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British MPs ask govt to block Chinese takeover of tech firm
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 16 (ANI): The UK government's refusal to intervene in a Chinese company's takeover of a semiconductor firm has prompted widespread backlash from opposition lawmakers.
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Twitter removes distorted map of India from its website, after backlash
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Faced with severe backlash, microblogging site Twitter on Monday removed from its website a distorted map of India, which depicted Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as not part of the country.
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Nike 'a brand of China, for China': CEO after facing boycott call over rem
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Nike CEO John Donahoe has said the sportswear apparel giant is a "brand of China and for China" after it faced a backlash earlier this year for voicing concerns about the communist government using Uyghur forced labour in the production of cotton.
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Pak warns Afghan leaders against blaming Islamabad during US visit amid ba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): As Pakistan is expected to be the main point of discussion during Afghan leaders' visit at the White House this week, Pakistan has reached out to the Afghan government conveying it in clear terms that the upcoming visit must not be used to blame Islamabad
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Chinese media faces backlash for backing Foreign Ministry's call to seek N
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): Chinese state media has faced backlash for eagerly amplifying its Foreign Ministry's call for seeking a Nobel Prize for the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) even as it faces mounting scrutiny as the potential origin of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pakistan ramps up Durand Line fencing despite backlash
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan has finished over 80 per cent of the Durand Line fencing along with Afghanistan despite facing backlash from the people on both side of the line.
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'If you raise temptation, young guys have nowhere to go', Imran Khan's tak
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): Barely two months after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments on sexual violence drew severe backlash, he again invited trouble by suggesting that avoiding "temptation in society" is the way to prevent sexual violence against women.
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Malala's remarks on marriage causes panic among Pakistani citizens, politi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): After Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai recently expressed doubts about whether she would ever marry, her remarks have sent shockwaves in Pakistan - where citizens and politicians are panicking over what they see as a threat to the institution of
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Kevin Hart opens up about cancel culture, following 2019 Oscars hosting sc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): American stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Hart recently spoke out against cancel culture, highlighting his own experience in getting backlash for past material.
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James Corden faces backlash over 'culturally offensive' segment of his TV
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): British comic and TV host James Corden is facing backlash after a petition recently labeled the 'Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts' segment of his 'Late Late Show' as "culturally offensive."
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Facing backlash, Delhi's GB Pant Hospital withdraws order asking nurses to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): A circular barring nursing staff at Delhi government-run Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER) not to converse in Malayalam but only use Hindi and English has been withdrawn, the hospital said on Sunday.
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China-backed projects in Africa face intense backlash over environmental t
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): Dozens of China-backed and funded projects in Africa, most of them developed as part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), continue to face intense backlash from communities and environmentalists who accuse the developers of destroying ecosystems in purs
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