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Taliban intensified suppression of human rights in Afghanistan: Human Righ
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Human Rights Watch has released a new report stating that the Taliban has intensified its suppression of human rights, especially women's rights, in Afghanistan, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported.
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IMF approves USD 700 mn loan for Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the crippling economic woes in Pakistan, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its first review of the country's economic reform programme and allowed the immediate disbursement of USD 700 million, ARY News reported on Thursday.
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Rajasthan Electricity Corporation CMD visits Chhattisgarh; asserts on Coal
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Highlighting the coal crisis in Rajasthan, State Electricity Corporation Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) RK Sharma on Thursday pointed to the shortage of coal, saying that coal is left for "more than a day in two plants in the state".
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Change in govt will take country back to crisis: Sri Lanka's Provincial Go
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahead of Sri Lanka's Presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled this year, Eastern Province Governor Senthil Thondaman affirmed support for sitting premier Ranil Wickremesinghe and backed him to be re-elected, saying that he stabilised the country and lifted the economy from dire
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Uttar Pradesh emerging as country's most progressive state: CM Yogi
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that those involved in nepotism, caste-based politics, and division had caused an identity crisis for the youth of Uttar Pradesh.
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Loss of lives clearly unacceptable...dialogue only way forward: India on I
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
India's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj, strongly condemned the loss of civilian lives in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas saying that the alarming humanitarian crisis was 'clearly unacceptable'.
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"Qatal ki Raat": Former Diplomat's book shows how PM Modi snubbed Imran Kh
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Following the Pulwama terror attacks in 2019, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, fearing an Indian missile attack, desperately attempted to speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the phone to avert a full-blown military crisis, former diplomat gives a minute-by-minute account
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Bhutan votes today as economic crisis hits 'national happiness'
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhutan is conducting general elections on Tuesday amid significant economic challenges, raising questions about the country's longstanding commitment to prioritize "Gross National Happiness" over economic growth, as reported by Al Jazeera.
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Sharp decline in visitor arrivals to Israel in 2023
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reported that 3.2 million foreign visitors entered the country in 2023. This was more than the 2.9 million in 2022, but still a great deal less than the 4.6 million in 2019, the last year before the COVID crisis lockdowns.
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Migrant workers moving out coastal cities as crisis grips Chinese economy
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In its report on Thursday, it said that in China, January is typically a time when many migrant workers begin an annual trip home to celebrate the Lunar New Year. However, this year, the massive exodus from coastal cities to provinces across the country began much earlier.
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PoK residents raise voices against corrupt, expensive education system
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan has never laid emphasis on learning and enlightenment, the state of education in the regions that Islamabad has illegally taken over is particularly appalling. There is a serious crisis in the education system in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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Israel: Tax incentives offered to aid housing crisis for war evacuees
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Investments Authority of the Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Tax Authority are working to provide individual support to entrepreneurs among the evacuees from the war zones who own residential buildings.
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