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Hotels cannot forcibly collect service charges from customers, says senior
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): After the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issued guidelines for preventing unfair trade practices and violation of consumer rights with regard to levying of service charges in hotels and restaurants, Additional Secretary in the Government of Indi
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Cannot rely on Pak & China, Afghanistan must turn to tested developmen
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Kabul [Afghanistan], July 6 (ANI): Afghanistan under the Taliban's fundamentalism is on a rapid path to financial crisis and humanitarian crisis and amid this, the country cannot rely on Pakistan's politically motivated token gestures or on China's debt diplomacy which has wreaked economic
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UN rights chief calls for 'transparent' probe into deaths during Uzbekista
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New York [US], July 6 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday.
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Taliban's policies keeping 'sanctions in place': US envoy
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Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): The US special envoy has said there is no reason that girls should not be in school in Afghanistan as she blamed the Taliban's "policies against the Afghan population" for the continuing sanctions on the country.
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Ethiopia rights body calls for reinforcement of security forces to prevent
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Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The state-backed Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for urgent reinforcement of government security forces in order to prevent further civilian deaths.
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Pak: FQJ voices out concern for local tribes amid peace turmoil in FATA
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 5 (ANI): Fata Qaumi Jirga (FQJ) expressed its concern over the peace turmoil in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) areas merged with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and said that unless the tribes were given their rights and FATA's original status is not rest
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Historical drama 'Mary Antoinette' to release in Australia's BBC First
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Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): It is time to rejoice for historic film lovers as Banijay Rights production company has given a green light to license one of the classic historical drama series 'Marie Antoinette' scheduled to release on BBC First in Australia.
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China wants instability in Myanmar: Southeast Asia expert Bertil Lintner
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New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): China wants instability in Myanmar, and wishes to remain a major controlling player in the politics of the Southeast Asian country, said veteran journalist and regional expert Bertil Lintner on Monday.
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Myanmar military atrocities laid bare in gruesome footage: report
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New York [US], July 5 (ANI): Shocking footage has recently emerged on social media of brutal killings allegedly in Myanmar's Sagaing Region where a United Nations investigator has documented apparent war crimes by the Myanmar military, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Jon Stewart slams the US Supreme Court on Roe v. Wade, calls it 'Kabuki Th
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Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): American comedian Jon Stewart has publicly denounced the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the historical case of Roe v. Wade that made abortion a constitutional right in the United States.
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Afghanistan: Taliban detained former military officer, says family
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Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): The family of a former military officer of the Afghan Defense Ministry, Layiq Saifi said that he is still incommunicado, 24 days after the Taliban detained him.
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Afghan women protest, demand reopening of schools after Taliban skips to d
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Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): A group of women activists under the name of 'Kabul School of Critics' staged a protest demanding the Taliban to reopen schools for women without further delay, local media reported.
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