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US warns banks against doing business with sanctioned Chinese officials
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The US has named five sanctioned Chinese officials it said had contributed to undermining Hong Kong's democracy and warned that financial institutions that conduct business with them would be subject to punitive action.
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Kharge slams Centre, says Election Laws Bill passed without discussion
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday lashed out at the Centre and said that the Election Laws 2021 amendment bill was passed without any "discussion or debate"; called it "mockery of democracy".
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Will have biggest victory margin, celebrating festival of democracy ahead
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 19 (ANI): Exuding confidence in Trinamool Congress' (TMC) victory in the ongoing Kolkata Municipal elections, party MP Derek O'Brien on Sunday said the people of the city are celebrating the festival of democracy ahead of Christmas.
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Disruptions in Parliament 'aberrations' in democracy, says Deputy Chairman
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Disruptions in the Parliament Houses are aberrations in democracy and freedom of media is indispensable for the successful functioning of democracy, said Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh on Saturday here in Parliament premises.
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South Asia faces environmental watershed amid climate change: Experts
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], December 16 (ANI): South Asian region is facing an environmental watershed from rising sea levels endangering the Maldives and melting of glaciers affecting Nepal and Afghanistan to overdevelopment that threatens Tibet's vital ecosystem and destabilisation caused by climate-indu
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Pakistan tries to mend ties with US after skipping Democracy Summit
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): Days after declining an invitation by the US for the Democracy Summit, top leadership in Pakistan is now attempting to mend ties with Washington by stating that it values its relationship with the United States and is committed to expanding it in all
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Putin, Xi discuss 'counterproductive' US-organized Summit for Democracy
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 15 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a virtual meeting on Wednesday and discussed the recently held US-organised Summit for Democracy.
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Rahul Gandhi insulting Parliament, Opposition likes to spend more time out
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday hit back at Rahul Gandhi accusing him of insulting the Parliament, the temple of democracy to which four generations of the Congress leader's family had got an opportunity to be elected into.
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'Pakistan not in position to deprive itself of any forum': PPP's Bilawal B
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): Taking a jibe at the Imran Khan government, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday said that Pakistan should not have skipped the US-hosted Summit For Democracy.
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Young Chinese have little interest in democracy, says report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 12 (ANI): Chinese youngsters show little interest in democracy but they are not satisfied with the present Communist system, said reports.
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Over 1,800 Tibetans detained in Chinese prisons: Human rights organization
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 12 (ANI): The Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) launched an online database of Tibetan political prisoners on Human Rights Day, and said that 1,809 people are currently detained in Chinese prisons.
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Nicaragua breaks ties with Taiwan at China's behest
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], December 12 (ANI): Nicaragua broke ties with Taiwan at China's behest at a time when Taiwan was attending the US Summit for Democracy to which China and Nicaragua, both authoritarian regimes, were not invited.
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