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China orders Covid lockdown in Zhengzhou city after iPhone factory protest
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
While addressing the presser on Wednesday evening, the city authority asked its residents in the downtown area to stay at home from Friday till next Tuesday as the new cases found at the community level remain high, Global Times reported.
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West creating "baseless and fallacious" atmosphere: Iran Minister on Mahsa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Islamic Republic is facing one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent history following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the morality police allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly, according to media reports.
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Teachers in PoK stage hunger strike for upgradation in pay scales
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Protests by as many as 30 teachers continued for the second day on Tuesday in the Chattar in PoK with participants showing no signs of giving up until the acceptance of their demands of upgradation in pay scales.
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Manchester United is up for sale, owners Glazer family looking for potent
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The owners are willing to listen to offers after a 17-year-long reign as owners, which had fan protests and a decline in on-field performances as two of its highlights
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1 dead in Iranian guards strike against Kurdish groups in Iraq
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Iran again launched deadly missile and drone strikes overnight into Monday against Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq, killing at least one fighter from the groups it accuses of stoking a wave of protests.
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Pakistan: Protestors threaten to close Gwadar port from July 21
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch, who led the Gwadar rights movement, has threatened to close the Gwadar port from July 21 if the demands agreed by the provincial government are not fulfilled, the Dawn reported.
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UNICEF concerned over children's death in ongoing protest in Iran
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Raising its concern over the death of children in the ongoing protest in Iran, the United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, said in a statement on Friday, that the reported deaths of children at anti-government protests "must stop."
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Kerala Governor vows to end life-long pension for state ministers' persona
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Friday raised the issue of life-long pensions for the state ministers calling it a mockery of public money and said that he will be making it a national issue.
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Xinjiang Police investigating 3 men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Xinjiang police are investigating three men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments, critical of COVID-19 restrictions in the regional capital, Urumqi on the live stream.
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Ongoing inspections of private buses will continue: Kerala DCP
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Amidst the ongoing protests march of the Private Bus operators and employees in the Kochi district of Kerala, the Deputy Commissioner (DCP) of Kerala Police clearly stated that the ongoing inspections in the private buses will continue.
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China's Guangzhou witnesses massive protests amid stringent zero-covid res
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
China's Guangzhou has been facing severe protests by residents due to extreme zero-covid measures the sprawling port city is a major trading hub of China but is now under a livelihood crisis due to lockdowns.
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Climate activists throw black liquid on Gustav Klimt's painting in Vienna
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The latest in a series of protests against the Government's use of fossil fuels, climate activists threw black liquid on the painter Gustav Klimt's artwork 'Death and Life' at the Leopold Museum in Vienna on Tuesday.
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