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China's DNA profiling campaigns attract global opposition: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The report said that one campaign is about the mass scanning of the irises of people in the Qinghai province and the other is about mass blood sampling of Tibetan people for their DNA profiling.
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China's Sichuan province faces surge in Covid-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The authorities in Sichuan province conducted an online survey where 158,500 people participated and 63 per cent said their PCR or antigen test results came back positive. The province has a population of approximately 83 million.
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Spike in covid cases in China's Zhejiang renews concern of impact on suppl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China's Zhejiang province, a manufacturing hub is recording around a million new COVID-19 cases in a single day and the situation has sparked concerns among people regarding its impact on supply chains, Nikkei Asia reported.
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Imran claims Punjab chief secretary forced to sign govt notification: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed that 'namaloom afraad' (unknown people) had pressured the chief secretary of Punjab province, Abdullah Khan Sumbal, to sign the governor's notification denotifying the chief minister and his cabinet, the
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Multiple blasts in Pakistan's Balochistan kill five: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Five people were killed and 10 others were injured in multiple blasts in Pakistan's Balochistan province, The News International newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Imran Khan summons PTI lawmakers from 2 ruling provinces on December 28
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has summoned all PTI lawmakers to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) House in Islamabad on December 28 to chalk out a strategy for their resignations, according to a report in Geo News.
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Surge in Covid cases strain Chinese hospitals
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Millions of people in China have been affected by Covid-19 since the 'zero-covid policy' was diluted on December 7. The health authorities in Qingdao in Shandong Province estimated on Friday that 490,000 to 530,000 people per day have contracted the virus. Many Japanese companies are operati
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Afghan women protest against Taliban ban on university education of female
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the videos circulating on social media, a group of women took to the street and marched around the province, chanting slogans like: "Education is our right", and "education for all or none".
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Pakistan: Lahore Court begins hearing Parvez Elahi's petition against Punj
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi today filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman's orders denotifying him as the province's chief minister.
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Thai Navy finds 6 dead sailors, 23 still missing following ship wreck
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While patrolling the bay 20 nautical miles offshore from Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Sunday night, the corvette Sukhothai was exposed to heavy waves and scooped up excessive amounts of water, which led to the ship tilting and eventually singing, at 00.12 a m local time.
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UN chief asks Taliban to end terror activities posing threat from Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Guterres made these comments in response to a question on rising terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including the recent attack at a police station in Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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India, Indonesia hold meeting on development of connectivity between Andam
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The two sides took stock of the progress made and the challenges faced in developing connectivity between ANI and Aceh, since the first JTF meeting in 2019.
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