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Taliban broke multiple pledges on human rights since taking over Afghanist
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 11 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said the Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and women's rights since taking over Afghanistan a year ago.
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Allegations that Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan with millions in cash may b
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): The allegations that former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his senior advisors fled aboard with millions in cash are unlikely to be true, according to a new report by the US government's oversight authority on Afghanistan.
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China's spy ship at few nautical miles away from Sri Lanka's Hambantota de
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Yuan Wang 5, the Chinese research and Survey vessel, continues to sail to Sri Lanka's port of Hambantota despite a request from the island country authorities to defer the visit, local media reported.
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Indian Coast Guard conducts marine pollution response seminar cum workshop
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 10 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard on Wednesday started its two-day seminar cum workshop on marine pollution response in No. 4 Coast Guard District Headquarters (Kerala and Mahe) with an aim of increasing knowledge and cohesiveness among government and non-government
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Authorities roll out mass testing in Tibet after Covid outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 10 (ANI): Authorities in several parts of Tibet have rolled out mass testing, including in the capital Lhasa after the region reported a string of Covid-19 cases in over two years.
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Crest gates of Nagarjuna Sagar dam to open tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 10 (ANI): Nagarjuna Sagar Project authorities will open the crest gates tomorrow by 6 am and 1 lakh cusecs of flood water will be released.
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After Pakistan TV station taken off air for being critical of govt, its se
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): A day after the transmission of Pakistani television station ARY News was taken off air by the country's regulatory authorities, the outlet's senior Vice President Ammad Yousaf was arrested from Karachi in the early hours of Wednesday, the channel said.
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Pakistan rights commission slams disruptions to ARY News
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission in Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday strongly opposed the disruptions to ARY News and asked the country's regulatory authorities not to take channels off the air arbitrarily.
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China closes Potala Palace as Tibet sees first-ever COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 9 (ANI): Following a recent outbreak of COVID-19 in the Himalayan region, Chinese authorities closed the famed Potala Palace, the residence of Lamas in Tibet, local media reported.
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Rights experts condemn repeated use of emergency in Sri Lanka to crack dow
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts on Monday (local time) condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since April 2, 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to crack down on peaceful protesters and prevent them from voicing their griev
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Moscow in close contact with Cuba to help curb fire at oil facility: Forei
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday that Moscow remains in close contact with the Cuban authorities regarding the fire that engulfed the oil storage facility in Matanzas Province.
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Ukrainian troops shell Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight: Local a
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukrainian troops overnight launched an attack against the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant using an Uragan multiple rocket launcher, with shrapnel and a rocket engine falling at 400 meters (1,312 feet) from the station's operating power unit, the milit
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