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Finnish wood pulp giant Stora Enso to leave viscose market after Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 31 (ANI): Finnish pulp and paper giant Stora Enso has announced that it will 'divest' from making the raw ingredient needed to produce wood-based viscose rayon fibre, amid reports of links between the company and forced labour in Xinjiang.
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'Well known global brands' may be linked to Xinjiang rights abuses: UN pan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI): Scores of Chinese and foreign companies may be involved in human trafficking, forced labour and other human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region, a United Nations working group said on Monday.
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Will be forced to impose lockdown in Maharashtra, warns Ajit Pawar
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Puna (Maharashtra) [India], March 26 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said there will be no option left, but to impose a strict lockdown in the state if COVID-19 norms continue to be floated in the state till April 2.
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Chinese tech firms face US ultimatum over issue of American accounting sta
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 26 (ANI): New York-listed Chinese tech firms could soon be forced to leave the US market after the country's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) started implementing a law to remove foreign firms that did not comply with local accounting standards, South China
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Macron admits failures in vaccine rollout as Covid-19 cases surge in Franc
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Paris [France], March 25 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron has admitted failures in the country's vaccination campaign against COVID-19 and vowed to accelerate the rollout, days after the government was forced to impose new coronavirus restrictions to contain a surge of cases across th
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IPL 2021: DC skipper Iyer may undergo surgery, likely to miss full season
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): In what comes as a big blow not just for Team India, but also Delhi Capitals, batsman Shreyas Iyer may be forced to undergo surgery on his left shoulder and that could lead to him missing the whole of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.
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Ind vs Eng: Archer keeps pressure on, forces teams to attack other bowlers
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 17 (ANI): England pacer Mark Wood on Wednesday said that his partner-in-crime Jofra Archer always keeps the pressure on the opposition and as a result, the batsmen are forced to go after the other bowlers in the team, leading to dismissals.
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93rd Oscar nominations: 11 biggest snubs and surprises
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): After a year that saw the biggest shutdown that forced most movie theatres to close the nominations of the 93rd annual Academy Awards were announced on Monday morning by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas.
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Once oppressed, Xinjiang's Uyghur women take on Chinese government
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 14 (ANI): Uyghur women have found themselves the targets of some of Beijing's cruellest tactics - featuring forced sterilisations and intrauterine devices (IUD) implantations--meant to slash birth rates, which dropped 24 per cent in 2019 in Xinjiang compared with 4.2 p
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US Congressman expresses solidarity with Sindhi community as Pak crackdown
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Pakistan against the Sindhis, US Congressman Adam Schiff has condemned the human rights abuses in Sindh province, including disappearances, torture, forced conversions and extrajudicial killings.
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Marcus Rashford to undergo scans on ankle after win at City
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Manchester [UK], March 8 (ANI): Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said that striker Marcus Rashford will have a scan on his injured ankle on Monday as he was forced off during a derby win against Manchester City in the Premier League.
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Showed empathy to boys because of adverse circumstances: Shastri
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 7 (ANI): India head coach Ravi Shastri said the team management showed empathy on players because of the unprecedented times forced by the coronavirus pandemic which curtailed the movement of people and being a sportsperson many of the cricketers could not
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