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High COVID-19 risk among health care workers, especially those from min
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Boston [USA], August 1 (ANI): New research indicates that at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and the UK, frontline healthcare workers -- particularly those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds -- faced much higher risks of testing positive for COVID-19 than individu
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HC grants anticipatory bail to ex-Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafaru
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to the former chairperson of Delhi Minorities Commission Zafarul Islam Khan who is accused of posting objectionable content on social media.
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Delhi HC notice on plea to stay appointment of new Delhi Minorities Commis
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor on a petition seeking to stay the appointment of a new Chairperson of the Delhi Minorities Commission.
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US-based group appreciates Indian govt for facilitating 11 people belongin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): The members of US-based Global Sikh Council (GSC) on Sunday appreciated the Government of India for facilitating 11 people belonging to the Sikh community from Afghanistan, who had been the target of extremist atrocities.
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Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Sansthan urges govt to form National Comm
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Sansthan (PDUSS) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union government to take immediate steps for setting up a National Commission for Migrant Workers on the lines of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nation
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China forces Christians to replace images of Jesus with Communist leaders
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): Continuing with its repression of religious minorities, Chinese officials have now ordered Christians to smash crosses and remove images of Jesus from their homes and instead put up pictures of Communist leaders.
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Pak-based rights group demands resumption of temple construction in Islama
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan] July 18 (ANI): A Pakistan-based human rights organisation, Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has demanded the resumption of temple construction in Islamabad, which was stopped by pressure from Islamists.
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'United States will continue to shine the light of truth on Xinjiang'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 14 (ANI): US National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien has hit out at China for "horrifying repression" of Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province while saying that US will continue to "shine the light of truth" on Xinjiang.
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Pakistani hate song exposes open bigotry for Hindu minorities over temple
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): Ever since work on Islamabad's first Hindu temple began earlier this month, many Pakistanis have been on a spree threatening their government of violence and spewing hate against Hindus.
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Uyghur rights group urges UN to immediately strip China of its participato
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 9 (ANI): A Uyghur rights group has urged the United Nations to immediately strip Beijing of its participatory status at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and act swiftly to address the annihilation and atrocities committed against the religious minorities, resid
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Blocking construction of Hindu temple in Islamabad signifies Pak's trouble
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 9 (ANI): A Hindu temple planned for Islamabad, the city's first, was supposed to be a symbol of tolerance for Pakistan. But violence and controversy have turned it into an emblem of the country's troubled relationship with its religious minorities.
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Centre not concerned about SC students' future at all: Dharmsot
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], July 9 (ANI): Punjab Minister for Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Sadhu Singh Dharmsot on Wednesday said that the Union Government is not serious about the future of the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) of Punjab.
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