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Front Line Defenders demands release of Pakistan activist Idris Khattak am
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Front Line Defenders have condemned the arrest of human rights defender Idris Khattak, demanding his immediate release due to safety issues and deteriorating health.
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Beijing's crackdown on Tibetan education intensifies with forced transfers
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
In a concerning escalation of China's assimilation policies in Tibet, authorities have forcibly removed young monks from the Taktsang Lhamo Monastic School in Dzoge County, Sichuan, in recent months, pressing them into state-run boarding schools as part of a broader effort to erode the Tibe
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Pakistan: 47th polio case in Sindh raises health concerns
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The statement said on Friday that the lab confirmed the detection of WPV1 in a male child from Ghotki, adding that it was the first polio case from the district
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Chief Election Commissioner calls for increased voter turnout in urban are
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Friday expressed concern over the low voter turnout in urban constituencies like Colaba and Kalyan, highlighting the stark contrast with regions affected by Naxalism, such as Bastar and Gadchiroli, which reported 68 and 78 percent voter tur
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Sensex, Nifty end this week lower; sustained FII outflows a concern
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Stock indices in India settled in the red on Friday, extending losses from the past session. Sensex closed at 79,486.32 points, down 55.47 points or 0.070 per cent, while Nifty closed at 24,148.20 points, down 51.15 points or 0.21 per cent.
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Pakistan: Residents protest in Kurram amid prolonged road closure
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The residents protested against the closure of roads in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province due to security concerns on Thursday. As reported by The Dawn, the Thall-Parachinar road has been closed by the authorities for three weeks and this has created a shortage of food, medi
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Terror Funding Case: Yasin Malik goes on hunger strike in Tihar Jail, seek
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Malik currently imprisoned at Tihar Jail in Delhi, has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, stating that he has been on a hunger strike since November 1. The imprisoned Chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is protesting what he claims is the denial of his fundamental
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RBI's shift to neutral stance have eased concerns of widening credit-depos
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
"RBI's change of stance on liquidity, from withdrawal to a neutral position, should abate concerns. Also the growth rates between credit and deposit growth have now converged compared with a peak gap of 400bp over the past year. This, along with better deposit growth and easier liquidity, sh
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J-K: CM Omar Abdullah "unequivocally" condemns killings of two village def
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
"Deeply saddened & concerned by the attack that resulted in the deaths of Kuldeep Kumar & Nazeer Ahmed Padder of Kuntwara in Kishtwar, members of the local village defence committee. The terrorists killed two innocent men who had taken their livestock to graze. I condemn this attack
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Pakistan: 46th polio case in Balochistan raises health concerns
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The 46th polio case in Pakistan was detected on Tuesday from the Qila Saifullah district of Balochistan, bringing the national tally for 2024 to 46 cases.
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"What other option did we have?" AIP's Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh on displaying
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Following chaos in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) MLA Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh said that he had exhausted all other options on voicing his concerns he raised the banner demanding the restoration of Article 370 and 35A.
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"I feel extremely sorry that a man of such doubtful character": Ex-diploma
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar expressed his disappointment and concern over Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, calling him a "man of doubtful character."
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