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Beirut port blast: Two years on, Lebanon still awaits justice
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 4 (ANI): Two years on, Human rights experts continue to call for an international investigation into 2020 Beirut explosion, a powerful blast caused by a stockpile of ammonium nitrate in a port warehouse, that occurred on 4 August 2020 and killed more than 200 people
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Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 3 (ANI): Journalists in Cambodia are increasingly being subjected to various forms of harassment and pressure, as well as violence, a report published by the UN Human Rights Office said on Wednesday, amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedoms in
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Pakistan: Punjab government radicalizing society against minorities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly opposed the Punjab government's move to incorporate a mandatory declaration of belief in the finality of Prophethood in 'nikahnama' forms.
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Mumbai woman finds her mother in Pakistan after 20 years; seeks Centre's h
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 3 (ANI): Social media has once again proved itself a boon to humankind as it helped a Mumbai-based woman find out her missing mother, who landed in Pakistan after she moved to Dubai with an agent to work as a house help.
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RPF rescues 183 minors under month-long campaign against human trafficking
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Railway Protection Force (RPF) has rescued total of 183 minors from human traffickers under 'Operation AAHT'.
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Protest held outside Pak Embassy in London against "fake encounters" in Ba
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 3 (ANI): Several Baloch activists on Monday demonstrated outside the Pakistani Embassy in London against the "fake encounter" in the Ziarat district and the human rights violations in Balochistan, local media reported.
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Researchers investigate effects of zero gravity on bones
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Long periods in space damage bone structure irreparably in some cases and can make parts of the human skeleton age prematurely by up to 10 years, according to new research. Adapted training programs in conjunction with medication could provide better protecti
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China's information operations silencing, influencing global audiences on
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 2 (ANI): China is using information operations in silencing and influencing global audiences on Xinjiang as they have a good record of conducting these operations, both within and outside China to silence critics of actions taken by the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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Study: Ultrasound exposure improves depressive behaviour in rat model of d
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 2 (ANI): Whole-body exposure to high-frequency ultrasound increases brain activity in humans. However, little is known about its impact and associated mechanisms on emotional states like depression.
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UK: Questions raised over Chinese CCTV firm
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 2 (ANI): UK MPs and parliamentarians called for blacklisting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled Hikvision after its role in aiding human rights violations was brought to light, according to media reports.
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Considering catastrophe: high-impact, low-probability climate scenarios "d
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], August 2 (ANI): A new "Climate Endgame" agenda is needed, according to researchers, who also claim that far too little research has been done on the mechanisms by which rising temperatures might pose a "catastrophic" risk to society and humanity.
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India's own Swadeshi Size chart - INDIAsize, multicity human safe 3D body
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 2 (ANI/PNN): The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has launched a national sizing survey to develop India's first country-specific size chart, which will give Indians clothes that fit better. The survey for mapping will collate primary data
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