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Rohingyas mark 2nd anniversary of exodus after Myanmar crackdown
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 25 (ANI): Thousands of Rohingyas on Sunday marked the second anniversary of the crackdown launched against the refugee community in northwest Rakhine state by the Myanmar military two years ago.
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UN appeals for more help to alleviate Venezuela refugee crisis
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 19 : The United Nations on Sunday appealed for more humanitarian aid for Venezuelan refugees pouring into neighbouring countries, where they are overwhelming social services and reportedly sparking local tensions.
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Art 370 repealed, over 21,000 West Pakistani families see a new life ahead
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): The abrogation of Article 370 has come as a ray of hope for nearly 21,000 families who migrated to India from Pakistan after partition.
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Karnataka flood: Former CM Kumaraswamy urges govt to ramp up rescue ops
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Belgaum (Karnataka) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the government to take all possible measures to rescue and rehabilitate the people who have been rendered refugees due to the flood in the state.
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Congress made us education refugees: Ladakh MP
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, on Wednesday attacked the Congress saying that it had made people of his region "education refugees" with its step-motherly treatment towards it.
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Over 1,400 Syrian refugees returned home in 24 hours: Russia
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 6 (Sputnik/ANI): Over 1,400 Syrian refugees have returned to their country from Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Anurag Kashyap steps in for Shekhar Kapur after fans' backlash on 'Masoom'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 2 (ANI): Controversies don't seem to be leaving filmmaker Shekhar Kapur's side. The director's recent tweet on his 1983 directorial 'Masoom' faced the heat from users after which Anurag Kashyap stepped in his support.
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Javed Akhtar asks Shekhar Kapoor to see 'a good psychiatrist'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 28 (ANI): A recent tweet from noted filmmaker Shekhar Kapur got him engaged in a war of words with renowned lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar.
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B'desh: Myanmar delegation meets Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], July 27 (ANI): A 15-member high-level delegation from Myanmar, led by permanent foreign secretary U Myint Thu, met a group of Rohingyas at a refugee camp here on Saturday.
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20 years on, Pak yet to rehabilitate locals displaced due to Kargil
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): Even after 20 years, thousands of civilians, displaced due to the Kargil War, are still languishing in refugee slums while waiting for the Pakistani authorities to rehabilitate them.
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Floodwater enters Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, animals take refuge in high
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Morigaon (Assam) [India], July 21 (ANI): A large section of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary here has been inundated, as incessant rains continue to lash the northeastern state.
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60 killed after Libyan guards shoot at migrants fleeing air strikes: UN
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 5 (ANI): At least 60 people were killed and 77 others sustained injuries after Libyan guards opened fire on migrants and refugees attempting to flee from air strikes on a detention centre near the country's capital city of Tripoli, United Nations said on Thursday.
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