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Taiwanese govt urged to take steps to protect Hong Kong dissidents
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 3 (ANI): Taiwanese students on Tuesday (local time) urged President Tsai Ing-wen's government to take concrete actions to protect Hong Kong political dissidents after 47 pro-democracy figures in the semi-autonomous region were charged last weekend under a new Chinese n
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Licenses of 21 lawyers suspended for ransacking Islamabad Judge's chamber
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the suspension of licenses of 21 lawyers for ransacking the chamber of Chief Justice Athar Minallah during a protest last month against the demolition of their alleged illegal chambers at the Islamabad Dis
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Was crucified by media, attacked by own party for pushing elections in you
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the media had "crucified" him and his own party members had "attacked" him for pushing for elections in the youth body and student organisation of the party.
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Former LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan condoles demise of BJP MP Nand Kumar Sin
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 2 (ANI): Former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday condoled the demise of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan and said it is a great loss for the party and the organisation.
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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Eight months since Beijing imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, authorities have used the legislation to stamp out street protests, ban activists from lobbying foreign governments, gut the legislature and arrest most of the
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People feeling suffocated due to current majoritarian form of democracy, s
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 2 (ANI): Party President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday alleged that people were feeling "suffocated" due to the current majoritarian form of democracy.
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Dip in birth rate to hamper China's workforce in coming years
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 2 (ANI): Although China's economy looks comparatively strong in the short term, the country however is losing out demographically, as there have been several indications that fewer babies were born in the country in 2020 than in any year since 1961, when it suffered ma
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Nanosafe all set to launch copper-based technology that kills bacteria, vi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): With the COVID-19 pandemic still largely looming, and a whopping 11,000 new cases reported daily in India, the demand for microbe killing objects and materials are surging.
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47 dissidents in Hong Kong booked for 'conspiring to subvert state power'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Hong Kong police has charged 47 former opposition lawmakers and activists for conspiring to subvert state power under the draconian national security law in the region.
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Pakistan: Rights group calls for release of activist Professor Muhammad Is
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): A civil rights group has demanded that the bail application of Pakistani human rights defender Professor Muhammad Ismail should be accepted by the Peshawar High Court on March 5 and the charges against him and his wife, Uzlifat Ismail, should be dropped im
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Liverpool mourns demise of former player Ian St John
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], March 2 (ANI): Liverpool on Tuesday mourned the demise of former player Ian St John, who died at the age of 82.
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President Kovind expresses condolences over Nand Singh Chauhan's death
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday condoled the demise of Lok Sabha MP Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan and said he was a skilled organiser, popular public servant and an eloquent speaker.
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