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Hong Kong internet service provider admits blocking pro-democracy website
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 15 (ANI): As China continues to crack down on dissent, a telecom company has admitted to blocking one of the most popular websites devoted to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
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Police crackdown on demonstrators opposing parliament dissolution in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 14 (ANI): Nepal police cracked down and arrested dozens of people protesting in the country's capital city on Wednesday against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).
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Pakistan stepped up crackdown on media, failed to stem violence against wo
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], January 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2021 said that Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities.
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YouTube bars Trump's account from uploading videos for one week
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], January 13 (ANI): Video-sharing app YouTube said on Tuesday night it was barring new content from being posted on President Donald Trump's channel for at least a week over a violation of its policies, the latest move by a social media giant to crack down on the president follo
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Makara Sankranti: Hyderabad man crafts miniature gold kite, silver face ma
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 13 (ANI): Ahead of Makara Sankranti festival, a man from Hyderabad has used gold and silver to craft miniature versions of a kite and face mask to mark the occasion.
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Chinese civil society has entered 'ice age' after years of crackdown: Acti
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 11 (ANI): The Chinese civil society has entered an unprecedented "ice age" after years of the crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said a veteran dissident Ou Biaofeng, adding that any form of resistance these days is almost guaranteed to "draw retaliation
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Rescuers collect five bags of human body parts from Indonesian plane crash
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Rescuers on Sunday collected five bags of human body parts and three bags of debris of the Sriwijaya Airplane that crashed in the waters off the coast of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, a senior official said.
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PM Modi condoles loss of lives in Indonesia plane crash
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his deepest condolences to the families of the victims who lost their lives in the crash of Sriwijaya Air plane on Saturday stating that India stands with Indonesia during this hour of grief.
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Kerala govt to set up Kalaripayattu Academy to boost traditional martial a
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 10 (ANI): To give a boost to the traditional martial art form of Kerala, the state government is setting up a Kalaripayattu Academy at Vellar Craft Village here, under the Department of Tourism.
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Boeing in touch with Sriwijaya Air after plane crash, ready to support fam
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): Boeing remains in touch with Sriwijaya Air and is ready to support the families of the victims of a plane crash in Indonesia, said a spokesperson for the company on Saturday.
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Sriwijaya Air plane crashes in waters off Jakarta: Report
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 9 (ANI): The passenger plane of Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air, that lost contact soon after the takeoff, has crashed in water not far from Jakarta on Saturday, Xinhua reported citing local TV.
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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested in Hong Kong under national se
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 8 (ANI): Beijing's crackdown on pro-democracy protestors continues with impunity. Just a day after police arrested dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Thursday (local time) over an alleged violat
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