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Fuel prices hiked across metros, petrol crosses Rs 93 in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): After a gap of two days, petrol and diesel prices again witnessed a minor hike across the metros on Friday.
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Lithuanian parliament latest to term China's treatment of Uyghurs 'genocid
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 21 (ANI): The parliament in Lithuania on Thursday became the latest to describe China's treatment of its Uyghur minority as "genocide", voting to call for a UN probe of the internment camps in the country's northwest region of Xinjiang.
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PM Modi warns states against laxity, says Coronavirus a challenge even on
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): In view of the declining active COVID-19 cases across the county, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday cautioned the states against laxity in COVID appropriate behaviour and said the past experience has taught us that the virus remains a challenge even
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Goldman Sachs invests in Aragen Life Sciences
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Aragen Life Sciences ("Aragen"), formerly known as GVK Biosciences and a leading contract research organization (CRO), announced today that Goldman Sachs, an active investor in India, has taken a significant minority stake in t
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Won't support bipartisan deal for 9/11-style commission to probe January 6
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US] May 19 (ANI): The US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said he will not support bipartisan legislation for the 9/11-style commission to probe the January 6 Capitol riot as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has "refused to negotiate in good faith" on the parameters of t
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EU speaks for religious minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in mob violence and religious persecution in Pakistan, the EU Parliament last month called for a review of Pakistan's GSP+ status, citing concerns over the latter's blasphemy laws and poor rights record.
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Minor gang raped in MP's Indore, search on for four accused
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): A minor girl was allegedly gang raped by four of her acquaintances in Choral area here on Saturday, the police informed.
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Nordic-Baltic countries express concern at human rights situation of Uyghu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden have issued a joint statement expressing grave concern at the human rights situation of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang province.
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Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli forms minority government
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 14 (ANI): Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has formed a minority government after opposition parties failed to form a coalition, days after he lost a vote of confidence on Friday.
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Jailed Uyghur businessman dies in Xinjiang under mysterious conditions
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 14 (ANI): A jailed businessman in China's Xinjiang province, belonging to the Uyghur minority community, has been confirmed to have died in a prison hospital under mysterious circumstances.
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Calls grow at UN for unfettered access to China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): Several western countries and human rights organizations have yet again called on China to allow the UN human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang province to probe the situation of ethnic minorities in the northwest region of the country.
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UN members ask China to give 'unfettered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): A group of United Nations members has asked China to grant "immediate, meaningful and unfettered access" for the group's human rights chief to Xinjiang to inspect human rights abuses of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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