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US report reveals Chinese tactics devised to suppress voices on Xinjiang g
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): China actively attempts to manipulate, dominate and discredit independent sources reporting ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity conducted against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in the Xinjiang
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China in tight spot after UN report confirms human rights violations in Xi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): Beijing is facing a difficult situation after the UN Special Rapporteur stated that China is involved in the suppression of the minority Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
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Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said.
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Pak Hindu families forced to relocate amid blasphemy furore
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): All Hindu families living in a six-storey building were forced to leave their apartments after an enraged mob attacked the building while trying to get hold of a man belonging to the Hindu minority community who was booked in an alleged case of blasp
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Pakistan: Police resort to tear gas shelling after angry mob creates unres
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): Law enforcement agencies resorted to tear gas shelling and fired into the air in different areas of Hyderabad on Sunday after an enraged mob tried to get hold of a sanitary worker, belonging to the Hindu minority community booked in a fake case of blasp
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Hindu man faces blasphemy charges in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): Over a personal clash with a local resident in Pakistan's Hyderabad, a man, belonging to minority Hindu community, was reportedly booked in a fake case of blasphemy on Sunday, several media reports said.
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Pakistan's rights commission condemns persecution of minority Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Rebuking the atrocities in Pakistan against its minority Ahmadiyya community, the country's Human Rights Commission on Saturday condemned the perpetuating violence and demanded justice.
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Ontario Teachers' announces agreement to acquire a significant majority st
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board ("Ontario Teachers'"), today announced an agreement to acquire a significant majority stake in Sahyadri Hospitals Group ("Sahyadri"), the largest private hospital chain in the stat
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Andhra CM orders comprehensive revamp of welfare hostels
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 11 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday directed the officials to prepare an action plan and standard operating procedure to revamp the welfare hostels and maintain the structures on war-footing at his camp office i
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India raises concerns over attacks on minorities in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 9 (ANI): India on Tuesday raised concern over the rising number of attacks at the religious places of the minority community in Afghanistan, including the recent attack at the Sikh Gurudwara on June 18 in Kabul.
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Afghanistan: US condemns ISIS-K attacks targeting Shiite minority in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Fears have intensified due to an increase in violence in Kabul during the final days of Muharram and amid this, US mission for Afghanistan strongly condemned the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K)-claimed attacks during Ashura which targeted Hazara
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Parl panel wants 'illegitimate' child reference removed, law on guardiansh
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): A Parliamentary Committee has raised strong objection to the term 'illegitimate' being used in the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA) and suggested the government omit the word, "as no child is illegitimate, asserting that "the law should be the sam
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