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Will India scoop up more investments at the expense of China in the new ye
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Singapore, January 3 (ANI): Last year witnessed China receiving a smaller share of foreign investments compared to previous years, a trend that started with former US President Trump's trade war with China.
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We will do whatever has to be done for truth, justice and people's rights:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): On the occasion of New Year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday made a lifelong resolution to work for truth, justice and people's rights.
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HRCP, PILDAT appeal to Islamabad HC to drop proceedings against journalist
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed disappointment at the Islamabad High Court (IHC)'s decision to frame charges against journalists for covering a case pertaining to the former chief judge of Gilgit-Baltistan, Rana Shamim, loca
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Pakistan shows dismal Human Rights record under Imran Khan government
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Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): Pakistan Human Rights under Imran Khan is going from bad to worse as noted by Human Rights agencies.
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Chinese stakes in 2022 high, but success is by no means guaranteed
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Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): The stakes of China in 2022 are undoubtedly high - from the Beijing Winter Olympics to the 20th Communist Party Congress in the fall, but success is by no means guaranteed. And numerous questions abound.
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Tibet witnessed a lot of human rights violations in 2021: Tibetan governme
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 1 (ANI): China imprisoned and detained several Tibetan writers, scholars, and artists in 2021, said Tenzin Lakshey, spokesperson of Tibetan government-in-exile but added that the Tibet matter is still alive and it is one of the core issues of C
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People of Myanmar face 'unprecedented' crisis in 2022: UN report
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New York [US], January 1 (ANI): The turmoil in Myanmar is projected to have driven almost half the population into poverty heading into 2022, wiping out the impressive gains made since 2005, according to a UN Humanitarian Needs Overview published on Friday by United Nations Office for the Co
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Enforced disappearances remain a taint on Pakistan's human rights record:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): Pakistan mocks the United Nations concern over enforced disappearances, which continues to be practised with impunity in the country, according to a Canada-based think tank, which says that these practices remain a taint on Islamabad's human rights reco
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Xi Jinping calls 2021 a year of exceptional significance amid West's accus
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Beijing [China], January 1 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has called 2021 a year of exceptional significance during which the West raised concerns over extreme human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang province and announced the diplomatic boycott of upcoming Beijin
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Taliban cracks down on woman rights while demanding western aid
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Kabul [Afghanistan], December 31 (ANI): Taliban officials are taking new actions to restrict women's freedoms and dismantle democratic institutions as they appeal to the world to release frozen humanitarian aid funds and bank accounts.
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Pakistan's human rights group warns of sit-in from Jan 31 if Govt fails to
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights group, the Defence of Human Rights (DHR) on Thursday appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Army Chief to address the issue of enforced disappearances or else it will hold a sit-in
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Some 'Taliban-minded' people conspiring against progress of girls, will ex
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New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): In a veiled attack at the Opposition for criticizing the Union Cabinet's decision to raise the minimum marriageable age of women from 18 to 21, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that some orthodox 'Taliban-minded' peo
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