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Jack Ma to give up control of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ma continues to hold voting rights in an entity that controls Ant, alongside nine Ant executives and employees who were also given voting rights. Together, they jointly control the company, the statement said.
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Afghanistan: Journalists in Paktia criticize limited access to Information
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
As the Taliban's crackdown on journalists and media personnel continue in Afghanistan, numerous journalists in Paktia province on Friday criticized limited access to information and claimed that this has a negative influence on their operations as their basic rights to work are being challen
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Thousands remain in detention in Myanmar for opposing military rule: UN
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
To mark the country's 75th anniversary of independence, the military junta announced this week that it would free some 7,000 prisoners, UN news reported. However, it did not specify whether those jailed as part of its brutal crackdown on dissent would be included.
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Bengaluru: Accused dies in police custody; Kin alleges 'custodial death'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"He was to be produced before the court on Thursday. However, when the Station House Officer of the police station noticed the accused Vinod on early Thursday, he was found to be unconscious, Bengaluru police said.
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Pashtun community fights for equal rights and dignity in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
So-called "encounter killings" are common in Pakistan. Rights groups say when police lack enough evidence for a court conviction, they extrajudicially kill suspects.
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Pak court orders release of at least 400 Afghan Refugees, includes 257 chi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
After Afghan refugees in Pakistan complained of ill-treatment by the Pakistani police, in Pakistan's Karachi city ordered the release of 405 Afghan nationals, TOLO news quoted the Afghanistan consulate in Karachi as saying.
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Tribal elders call for reopening of education centres for women in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
As the Taliban's crackdown on Afghan women continues to persist, some Tribal elders in the Khost province of Afghanistan urged the authorities to reopen education centres for women and allow them to work in government and non-governmental organizations, TOLO news reported.
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NCPCR issues notice to Nanital DM over alleged use of minors in Haldwani p
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday sent a notice to the District Magistrate of Nanital for allegedly using minor children in illegal protests and orders to submit a report after a thorough investigation to the commission within seven days.
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Beijing intimidates female journalists for critical coverage of China
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The spike of targeting hatred towards female journalists, human rights researchers and analysts of Asian descent may just be the result of a campaign run by China reported Voice of America (VOA)
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Awami Tehreek Thatta, Sujawal activists take out processions against settl
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The processions were a part of protests against the settlement of non-natives in Sindh, the usurpation of the rights of the indigenous people and the Pakistan People's Party government's attempt to tear apart Sindh's integrity.
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MP: CM Chouhan to distribute plots worth Rs 120 crore for free to 10,500 p
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said he would provide plots to poor families who do not have a place to live, free of cost, under the Mukhyamantri Bhu-Awasiya Adhikar Yojana (Chief Minister Land Residential Rights Scheme).
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NHRC issues notices to Delhi govt, police chief over falling of father, so
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to the Delhi government and the city's police commissioner over a media report that a father and son fell in an open sewer at Rohini Sector-31 area of the national capital.
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