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US raises concerns over China's upstream dams on Mekong river basin
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 1 (ANI): Raising concerns over the dipping water-levels of the Mekong River and upstream dams in China, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ambassador Atul Keshap points out that upstream dams in China that exacerbate drough
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Biden announces new actions to deliver masks to communities hit hard by CO
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Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) announced new actions to deliver face masks to communities hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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Baseless imprisonments surge in China's Xinjiang province: Human Rights Wa
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New York [US], February 24 (ANI): The Chinese government has increased its "groundless prosecutions" with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other minority communities in recent years in China's Xinjiang province, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Athawale welcomes Maha govt decision to approve 'reservation in promotion'
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 20 (ANI): Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday praised the Maharashtra government's decision to approve 'reservation in promotion' in the departments of the state government for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities.
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Speak to relatives of Baloch missing persons: Maryam Nawaz asks Pak PM
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Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Amid the growing atrocities against the minority communities of Pakistan, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to speak to the relatives of the Baloch missing persons who are protesting in Islamabad against the various
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Baloch rights group holds march in Islamabad against abduction, torture by
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Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a rights group -- Baloch Voice of Missing Persons (BVMP) has been holding demonstrations in Islamabad over the issue of forced abduction, torture, and harassment of the people of
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Human rights group from Kashmir asks UN to probe mass graves in Gilgit, Ba
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 16 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a human rights group from Kashmir has issued a memorandum calling on United Nations to look into the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and probe the m
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Ahead of FATF meet, communities living in exile in France to hold protest
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Paris [France], February 15 (ANI): Ahead of the scheduled meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), dissidents living in exile in France have planned to hold a protest on February 20 against Pakistan-China nexus in terror financing, money laundering and financial corruption in Pakis
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Guinea-Bissau's former PM authorized to leave country for medical treatmen
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bissau [Guinea-Bissau], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Aristides Gomes is authorized to leave the country for medical treatment, Guinea-Bissau's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities said Thursday.
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Rejection of British National Overseas passports leaves ethnic minority co
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Hong Kong, February 2 (ANI): Thousands of members of ethnic minority communities in Hong Kong - Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese - who only have a British National Overseas BN (O) passport are facing fresh hurdle in going abroad after the government said it no longer recognised the document
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Jindal Steel and Power Limited conferred with Mahatma Award 2020
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), Naveen Jindal on Monday has been conferred with the prestigious Mahatma Award 2020 for its humanitarian effort to support the communities and local administration in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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British Jews condemn Uyghur persecution in China on Holocaust Remembrance
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London [UK], January 28 (ANI): On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, prominent Jewish figures spoke out over China's state-run campaign against its minority communities including Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province.
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