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Gujarat's tribals embracing progress through inclusive policies
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Siddi community in Gujarat is a unique ethnic group with African ancestry, settled in the regions of Junagadh and Gir Somnath.
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Myanmar rights groups urge China not to threaten country's ethnic groups
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
They said that China's support for the junta and its planned election "undermines the will of the Myanmar people, deepens the people's suffering and prolongs the crisis."
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UN calls on Pakistan to take necessary measures to investigate, prosecute
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued its findings on Pakistan, and called on the nation to take the necessary measures to investigate and prosecute reports of enforced disappearances, reported The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan: Pashtuns protest against operation 'Azm-e-Istehkam' in Khyber Pa
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) led the protest, with participation from various local ethnic groups. The protestors demanded an end to the mercenary war and the "terrorist military policy in the Pashtun homeland.
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Uyghur activists call for immediate global action against China's ongoing
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Uyghur rights leaders called for immediate global action to address the ongoing genocide and crimes done by China against the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic ethnic groups in the East Turkistan region.
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All Assam Students' Union, 30 other ethnic groups stage anti-CAA protests
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Assam, All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and 30 other ethnic organizations on Thursday hit the streets of Assam to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Big firms operating in China reviewing future over Xinjiang
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Several firms with deep roots in China are reviewing their future and reconsidering their ties in the Xinjiang region following new international scrutiny of forced labour using predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, the New York Times reported.
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Assam CM Sarma attends Mising Youth Festival at Kareng Chapori in Dhemaji
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday attended as Chief Guest the 9th Mising Youth Festival hosted at Kareng Chapori near Bogibeel Bridge in Dhemaji district.
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52 killed, dozens injured as violence flares in region disputed by Sudan,
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Armed youth from rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group have been battling over the location of an administrative boundary in the oil-rich region, claimed by both countries, according to media reports.
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Uyghur journalists face unprecedented crackdown in China: Report
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The data, offering a global overview of journalists incarcerated for their work as of December 1, paints a concerning picture of press freedom in China, especially concerning its treatment of the majority-Muslim ethnic group.
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'Arunachal's intrinsic cultural diversity has to be maintained': CM Khandu
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Speaking at the event, Chief Minister Khandu said that the intrinsic cultural diversity of the tribes here is the 'soul' of the state and has to be maintained and preserved for posterity.
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China-Myanmar border issues pose challenge to Beijing's stance on regional
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A concerted attack by three ethnic groups along the China-Myanmar border in northeastern Myanmar calls China's stance on regional stability into question, a Burmese-American analyst, Miemie Winn Byrd said, adding that China must now decide if it is the stability or influence that is more im
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