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Tibet Action Institute uncovers China's vast system of colonial boarding s
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 10 (ANI): A report by Tibet Action Institute on Tuesday uncovered China's vast system of colonial boarding schools inside Tibet which separates children as young as four from their parents.
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People with 'colonial mindset' blocking India's development in name of 'fr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said people with the "colonial mindset" create obstacles in the path of India's development in the name of "freedom of expression".
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PM Modi slams 'colonial mindset', says 'India is lectured on environmental
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Highlighting India's efforts to achieve goals of the Paris Agreement on environmental conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for doing away with a "colonial mindset", which is giving rise to many distortions and efforts are made t
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Strike down sedition law, offensive parts of UAPA, retired Justice Rohinto
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Justice Rohinton Nariman, former Supreme Court judge, has urged the top court to strike down colonial-era sedition law and offensive parts of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA).
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Tanzania's Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in literature
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 7 (ANI): Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Need of the hour is Indianisation of legal system: CJI Ramana
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday stressed the need for 'Indianisation' of the legal system and said that system practices and rules being colonial in origin may not be best suited to the needs of the Indian population.
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Taliban being micromanaged by ISI, Pak in-charge of Afghanistan effectivel
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 5 (ANI): Former Afghan vice president Amrullah Saleh has asserted that the Taliban are being micromanaged by Pakistan notorious intelligence agency--the ISI, adding that Islamabad is in-charge of the war-ravaged country effectively as a colonial power.
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CM Zoramthanga raises Assam-Mizoram border issue at convention of north-ea
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], July 25 (ANI): Border disputes in India's northeastern states are a legacy of the colonial era and lasting peace between states is important to further development in the region, said Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga.
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Govt should give due regard to the SC observation on Sedition law: Former
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister and Senior Congress leader Dr Ashwani Kumar welcomed the Supreme Court observation on the Sedition law on Thursday that it is a colonial law which was used by the British to suppress freedom. "It was used against Mahatma Gandhi a
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Why is sedition law still required 75 years after independence? SC asks Ce
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Central government over the requirement of a sedition law even after 75 years of the country's independence, observing that it was a "colonial law used against freedom fighters".
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Biden says US, Russia to enter 'strategic stability' dialogue
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): US and Russia have agreed to engage in a bilateral dialogue on "strategic stability" aimed at reducing the risks of unintentional conflict and restraining nuclear weapons.
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Biden tells Putin critical infrastructure should be 'off limits' to cybera
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) said he told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their Geneva summit that "certain critical infrastructure should be off limits to cyberattack" and expressed optimism that latter would not seek to esc
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