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EU foreign policy chief is a "spineless coward": EU lawmaker, who cut off
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): European lawmaker Abir Al Sahlani, who cut off her hair in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, said she wanted to show the women of Iran that they have been heard and that they have a voice in the European Parliament.
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"Enough of the mumbling", EU lawmaker cuts off her hair in support of Iran
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 5 (ANI): A European lawmaker cut off her hair during a debate in the Parliament to express solidarity with Iranian women amid the ongoing protest in the country, following the death of Mahsa Amini.
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PoK: PTI lawmaker Rabbani hits Raja Farooq Haider with cellphone
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], October 3 (ANI): Lawmakers in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir assembly session got indulged in a heated argument which soon after turned into an all-out ruckus where the members were seen hurling abuses and putting grave allegations at each other, media reports said.
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US lawmakers call for investigation into Apple, Chinese chipmaker's deal;
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 28 (ANI): US Senators protest Apple's decision to purchase memory chips from Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) and has ordered an investigation into the threat that the deal poses to national security, media reports said.
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Rajasthan political crisis: Ashok Gehlot to visit Delhi, meet Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 28 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is likely to meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi here on Wednesday afternoon following the rebellion by his party lawmakers in the state, in the run-up to the Congress presidential poll.
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Article 370 was temporary provision that was put to rest, says Jaishankar
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday called out the politics that was played out following the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and explained how the facts were slanted and things were played up to shape a particular narrative.
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Tibetan President highlights repressive policies of CCP to Japanese parlia
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 25 (ANI): Penpa Tsering, the President of the Tibetan government-in-exile known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), highlighted the worsening situation of the Tibetan people under the repressive policies of the Chinese
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UK plans to replace Chinese language schools with teachers from Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 20 (ANI): A group of cross-party British lawmakers is in talks with Taiwan to provide Chinese-language teachers to the United Kingdon as the government seeks to phase out Confucius Institutes, according to media reports.
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Targeting China, EU seeks to ban products made with forced labour
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 10 (ANI): In a move to target China, concerned about human rights violations in the province of Xinjiang, the 27-member country European Union (EU) seeks to ban products made with forced labour.
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US lawmaker introduces bill to ban Chinese app TikTok on govt devices
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 7 (ANI): A US lawmaker on Wednesday introduced a bill to prohibit the Chinese video sharing app TikTok from accessing thier citizens' user data from within China and block the installation of the application on government devices.
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Pakistan: 9 PML-N lawmakers get interim bail in Punjab Assembly ruckus cas
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 4 (ANI): A sessions court in Pakistan has granted interim pre-arrest bail to the nine Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) members, in relation to the ruckus created at the Punjab Assembly election, earlier this year, local media reported on Sunday.
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Human rights activists call to impose limits on Pak intelligence agencies
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Former lawmakers and human rights activists on Tuesday demanded to introduce legislation to ensure that limits were imposed on state institutions and laws were introduced in Pakistan that lay down boundaries for the functioning of intelligence agencies
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