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Pakistan: Imran Khan orders inquiry against senior bureaucrat for mocking
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the government authorities to undertake an inquiry against a senior joint secretary of the Cabinet Division for mocking the Pakistan Tareek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on social media.
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China intensifies crackdown on celebrity culture and fans
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 24 (ANI): China is set to increase its crackdown on celebrity culture over the internet by ensuring information related to them complies with strict moral and cultural standards, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Rights group urges Pakistan to end 'abhorrent' enforced disappearances
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 24 (ANI): A UK based human rights group has called for Pakistani authorities to end the use of enforced disappearances as a tool of state policy as it released new evidence documenting the effect of illegal abductions on the families of those victims.
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Don't promote Chinese state propaganda, rights group urges IOC
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 24 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) collaboration with Chinese authorities on tennis star Peng Shuai's reappearance undermines its expressed commitment to human rights, including the rights and safety of athletes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tue
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Amid crackdown on internet personalities, Chinese authorities impose hefty
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 23 (ANI): China has penalised two influential livestreamers millions of dollars for tax evasion.
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Security strengthened at Shimla railway station amid threats from terror o
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], November 23 (ANI): The authorities of the Shimla railway station in Himachal Pradesh have strengthened the security and safety measures on Kalka-Shimla railways.
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Ravindra Prabhakar Bhoyar joins Congress, to contest MLC election from Nag
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], November 23 (ANI): Congress leader Ravindra Prabhakar Bhoyar to contest the ensuing biennial election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nagpur Local Authorities' Constituency.
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Tripura: Suspicious bag triggers bomb scare at Agartala airport
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 22 (ANI): A suspicious bag was found at the Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) airport in Agartala, airport authorities said on Monday.
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Sudanese opposition rejects political agreement between Prime Minister, Mi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Sudanese coalition of labour unions opposed to the military authorities issued a statement on Sunday in which it rejected the political agreement signed between the military and the previously ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan wants 'political office' in third country
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 21 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) wants to open a political office in a third country, is part of one of the three demands the terrorist groups made to Pakistani authorities during their initial talks, local media reported.
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Hong Kong libraries removed 29 books about Tiananmen massacre: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 21 (ANI): Hong Kong libraries have removed 29 out of 149 books about the Tiananmen massacre over the last 12 years.
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Opening of Taiwanese Embassy in Lithuania creates false impression of 'one
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], November 20 (ANI): China lashed out at Taiwan after the Lithuanian government approved the establishment of the "Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania" by the Taiwan authorities and said that the act creates a false impression of "one China, one Taiwan" in the wor
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