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"We're going to watch this closely..." US on protests in China against zer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"We continue to stand up and support the right of peaceful protest. And I think we're going to watch this closely, and we'll see where things go," the National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said during the press briefing.
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New analysis finds pandemic didn't dampen deforestation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally proceeded more or less as expected from the trends established over the last 15 years, according to a recent study from researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
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Gut microbes disturbed by COVID-19 infection, antibiotics: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In an intensive look at the effects of the virus causing COVID-19 on patients' microbiome - the collection of microorganisms that live in and on the human body - Rutgers scientists found that acute infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad microbes in the gut, especially with
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"Want Freedom" becomes rallying cry of youngsters against stern Covid lock
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid ongoing protests across China, the outcries of the youngsters in the country have come to light as they are demanding to be freed from not only the strict covid lockdowns Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) surveillance of people in China.
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Amid protests, China says fight against Covid 'will be successful'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian's statement comes a day after protests erupted in Shanghai against China's 'Zero Covid' policy to contain the virus.
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Demonstrators protesting against COVID-19 restrictions clash with police i
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Hundreds of demonstrators and police have clashed in Shanghai as protests over China's severe COVID-19 restrictions continued into the third day and spread to several other cities.
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Uyghur community in Vienna holds demonstration against fire incident in Ur
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Uyghur community in Vienna, Austria organised a demonstration in front of the Embassy of China on Monday to protest against the death of innocent Uyghurs in the fire incident in Urumqi, Xinjiang.
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Amid protests, China censors maskless crowd shots from FIFA WC broadcast
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, citing South China Morning Post, the CCTV's sports channel snipped images of fans without masks during the match between Costa Rica and Japan. It replaced them with images of players and other officials.
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China censors reference to protest code words, demonstration hotspots like
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Chinese internet users and government censors are engaged in a cat-and-mouse game to control the narrative around the country's anti- "zero COVID" protests, reported Al Jazeera.
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Nizamuddin Markaz case: HC directs Delhi Police to hand over keys to Maula
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Nizamuddin Markaz is closed since March 2020. The High court rejected the stand of the Delhi Police on restrictions imposed for the closing of Markaz.
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China's draconian lockdowns galvanize widespread protests
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
China is a nation of 1.4 billion people, ruled by an authoritarian government unable to abide dissent. China has 106 cities possessing populations more than one million, so a few hundred, or even a thousand, people gathering on a street does not yet constitute "mass" protests.
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"Step down, Xi Jinping, Step down, CCP: China sees massive protests over C
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This large-scale protest was apparently sparked by an apartment block fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province, which killed at least 10 people on Thursday and has acted as a catalyst for searing public anger.
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