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Pro-choice in India vs US: Bombay HC permits abortion at 16-wks in rape ca
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 1 (ANI): While the recent US Supreme Court's ruling that abortion is no longer a federal constitutional right in that country, the Bombay High Court in an order passed on June 27, 2022, granted liberty to a minor girl to undergo medical termination of her p
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Pakistan: TTP refuses to give up demand for FATA merger reversal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has stated that it would not budge from its demand for the reversal of the merger of Pakistan's erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Pakistan needs to pass budget agreed with IMF to get loan assistance
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan will have to take two more "prior actions" to secure economic relief package from International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Passing the federal budget as agreed with the monetary organization, as well as, presenting a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
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Five killed, nine injured in Nigerian highway incident
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five persons were killed and nine others injured when a bus suddenly caught fire Wednesday along the Lagos-Ibadan highway linking three states in Nigeria's southwest region, the traffic police said.
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US puts visa restrictions on 511 Russian officers operating in Zaporizhzhi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has targeted 511 Russian military officers operating in Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol, the mayor of Melitopol and the Federal Security Service in its latest round of sanctions, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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Media faces immense challenges, certain truths remain unsaid in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Power Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan on Sunday said that the media faces immense challenges in Pakistan as there are certain truths that cannot be said in the country where democracy is crushed often.
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'Full House' star Jodie Sweetin thrown to ground by LAPD at protest for ab
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Jodie Sweetin from 'Full House' was pushed to the ground by a Los Angeles Police Department officer on Saturday while attending a rally to protest against the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which effectively ends federal protections for abor
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Pakistan: Will Islamabad's delimitation issue be solved in set time?
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Ahead of the local government (LG) polls, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to complete the delimitation of constituencies in the federal capital territory within 65 days.
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Daytime Emmys addresses Roe v. Wade verdict, assures to 'use its voice'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], June 26 (ANI): At the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday in Pasadena, California, attendees took to the platform to discuss the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the federal protection of abortion rights.
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Lizzo pledges USD 1 million to Planned Parenthood and NNAF after Roe v. Wa
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Lizzo is taking action on Friday, June 24, when the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that protected a woman's federal right to an abortion. As a result of the ruling, 23 states are expected to make abortion illegal almost immed
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Biden pledges to take every step to protect abortion rights after supreme
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): US President Joe Biden pledged to take every step his administration can to protect abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on Friday, and called on voters to elect state and federal officials who will vote to
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US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortio
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and ruled that states may regulate the practice of it, according to a media report.
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