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Ethnic diversity helps identify more genomic regions linked to diabetes-re
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 1 (ANI): By including multi-ethnic participants, a large scale genetic study by the University of Exeter has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted in Europe alone.
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Ethnic diversity helps identify more genomic regions linked to diabetes-re
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Exeter [UK], May 31 (ANI): A largescale genetic study, by including multi-ethnic participants, has recently identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted on Europeans alone.
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Yaroslavl Region to host Folk Tradition Festival "Khranimie vekami"
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI/ TV BRICS): On June 5 the opening of the all-Russian folk tradition festival "Khranimie vekami" will take place - one of the largest and most significant events on a federal scale for the preservation and popularization of folk culture. It will be held with th
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Weaving designs as a concoction of culture and modernity, Dipti Vijayakar
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI/Heylin Spark): With constant efforts and a creative mind, Dipti Vijayakar and her clothing label, 'Kazbee- The Ethnic Lounge', bags the award of 'Young Women Entrepreneur of the Year' announced by Transformance Forums.
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Pakistan needs to re-evaluate its policy of favouring Pashtuns in Afghanis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] May 21, (ANI): Pakistan needs to re-evaluate its policy of favouring Pashtuns in Afghanistan as by dissociating itself from sophisticated inter-ethnic and inter-tribal affairs, Islamabad can gain leverage in the eyes of all Afghans.
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Calls grow at UN for unfettered access to China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): Several western countries and human rights organizations have yet again called on China to allow the UN human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang province to probe the situation of ethnic minorities in the northwest region of the country.
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Veteran Uyghur advocate's sister confirmed dead after release from Chinese
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Amid China's increasing repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, the younger sister of veteran Uyghur rights advocate Rebiya Kadeer is confirmed to have died after her release from an internment camp in the region, according to sources.
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Families of Uyghur editors slam China over documentary 'grossly misreprese
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 12 (ANI): Families of former Uyghur textbook editors, who have been accused of incorporating ethnically charged and separatist views into classroom literature, say that a pro-Beijing media outlet's recent documentary grossly misrepresents them.
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China's 'relatives policy' emerging as part of broader crackdown on Uyghur
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 11 (ANI): China's 2016 'relatives policy', where Chinese government cadres are sent to live, work and sleep with families to promote national harmony in the country, has emerged as a major constituent of a broader crackdown on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang
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Winter Pasture: Book describing hardships endured by ethnic Kazakh herders
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 6 (ANI): The hardships of Kazakh herders of Xinjiang in China depicted in the book Winter Pasture will soon be available to a wider audience as the book, first published in 2012 by author Li Juan, has been released in English this year, reported The Diplomat.
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Bangladesh Human Rights Council protests against persecution of Uyghur Mus
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Protection Council of Sylhet held protests across Bangladesh on Wednesday against the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region and to mark Doppa Day, the festival celebrated by the people of the ethnic group.
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Uyghur Turkish nationals detain in Xinjiang after they 'witnessed govt cri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 2 (ANI): Xinjiang Authorities have detained an ethnic Uyghur couple as they have witnessed human rights abuses in the region, according to their daughter.
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