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China exploit 40,000 child workers in cobalt mines of Congo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): China was found exploiting 40,000 child workers in cobalt mines of Congo and witnesses testified about the child labour at a congressional hearing on human rights violations, entitled "Child Labour and Human Rights Violations in the Mining Industry of the Demo
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Blinken, Austin to return for Congressional hearing on challenges in Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): United States Secretaries of State and Defence, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, have promised to return for another congressional hearing on the challenges in Afghanistan following the US withdrawal, according to Senator Jim Inhofe's office.
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Facebook offloads concerns about Instagram use for kids
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): In a recently held U.S. Congressional Hearing with world's social media giants, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, on Thursday (local time) shrugged off the questions raised on the concerns about Instagram use for kids.
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US should ban surveillance equipment exports to Saudi Arabia over Khashogg
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States should consider a moratorium on the export of surveillance equipment to Riyadh over the killing of former Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a UN human rights expert said in a congressional hearing on Friday.
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US State Dept abruptly cancels 2 classified Iran-related briefings
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): The US State Department abruptly cancelled two classified congressional briefings related to the ongoing crisis with Iran, scheduled for Wednesday without providing any explanation, Senate and House aides told CNN.
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At US Congressional hearing, brave Kashmiri Sunandha Vashisht exposes Paki
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 15 (ANI): Pakistan's diabolic propaganda on Jammu and Kashmir was exposed by a brave and fearless Kashmiri columnist and political commentator, Sunanda Vashisht, who gave a befitting reply to the neighbouring country over its nefarious attempts to spread disharmony a
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US congressional caucus to hold hearing on situation in Kashmir on Nov 14
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): A bipartisan US congressional caucus will hold a hearing on November 14 to examine the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the context of region's history.
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US Congressional hearing: Proscribed terror outfit perpetrated Mumbai atta
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Aarti Tikoo Singh, senior Indian journalist from Kashmir exposed nefarious activities of Pakistan based terror groups during US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday and spoke about LeT killing of Kashmir based journalist Shujaat Bukhari and th
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US expresses concern over human rights abuses, discrimination over faith i
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 22 (ANI): The United States said on Tuesday that it remains deeply concerned over restrictions imposed on the civil society, media, and other groups expressing opposition to Pakistan government's policies and noted that the citizens in the country continue to face
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Don't listen to me, but to scientists over climate change, says activist T
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sept 18 (ANI): Ahead of a US congressional hearing, Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday (local time) submitted an eight-line testimony to the house, asking the Congress to listen to the scientists on the issues of climate change.
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'US forces should stay in Afghanistan until no insurgency left'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 9 (ANI) : A top US military official, during a congressional hearing here on Wednesday (local time) suggested that the United States should not withdraw their troops from Afghanistan until insurgency is uprooted from the country.
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Twitter aims to become a healthy platform for public conversations
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], September 6 (ANI): During a Congressional hearing titled "Twitter: Transparency and Accountability," Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stressed that the company's sole objective is to become a platform which is healthy for public conversations.
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