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Yearender 2020: Biggest shutdown of entertainment industry due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): The year 2020 saw one of the biggest global shutdown of the entertainment industry. The impact of this worldwide film and TV production shutdown was perhaps felt nowhere more than in India, where the world's most prolific film industry was forced to go o
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There should be permanent ban on forced, fraudulent conversions: Prahlad S
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30(ANI): There is a need for strict and permanent legislation against forced or fraudulent conversion, and love jihad, said Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel on Tuesday.
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If forced to use our hands & feet, TMC will fall short of bandages: WB
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], December 27 (ANI): Without naming the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state President Dilip Ghosh on Saturday threatened the ruling party not to force the "civilised people" of the BJP to use their "functional" hands and
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Shivraj Chauhan: MP cabinet approves anti-conversion bill
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 26 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said on Saturday that the state cabinet has approved the Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) Bill 2020, which bars forced conversions.
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Menace of child marriage continues unabated in Pakistan, says columnist Su
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 25 (ANI): The menace of forced child marriage continues unabated in Pakistan and the repeated incidents have shown that the issue is deep-rooted in the country, said columnist Sulman Ali.
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As farmers' protest continues, commuters suffer, forced to walk several km
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): The ongoing farmers' protest on different borders of the national capital has disrupted daily lives of commuters as they are forced to walk for several kilometres every day before they reach either their destination or find other means of transportation
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South Asian human rights body slams Pak over forced conversion of Hindu gi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): In light of a 17-year old Hindu girl who died by suicide in October this year after she was allegedly raped last year, in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, a body of South Asian human rights groups has slammed Islamabad for unchecked forced conversion o
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Delhi woman allegedly forced to convert after marrying Muslim man
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): A woman has alleged that she was forced to convert after getting married to a Muslim man following which a complaint has been registered at Sarita Vihar Police Station.
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Delhi woman lodges FIR against man for rape, forced marriage
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): A FIR was registered at Sarita Vihar Police Station here after a woman lodged a complaint that a man allegedly coerced her for marriage and later raped her, the police said.
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Harsh Vardhan says Covid-19 vaccine cannot be forced on anyone, govt will
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): The coronavirus vaccine cannot be forced upon anyone but the government will educate and give the right information to people about it, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.
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Xinjiang forced labour issue may hit China's investment agreement with EU
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 20 (ANI): With the European Parliament (EP) passing a resolution on forced labour and the condition of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China's plans to have investment agreements with the European Union (EU) member states seem to be now
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Sydney's COVID-19 cluster could see Tests between SCG and Gabba switched
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], December 20 (ANI): A fresh COVID-19 cluster in Sydney has forced Cricket Australia to mull over the upcoming third Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), set to begin from January 7.
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