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Shirdi dress code appeal: Infringement of right to freedom of expression,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Shirdi (Maharashtra) [India], December 4 (ANI): After Shri Saibaba Sansthan Temple Trust in Shirdi put up a notice appealing to devotees to dress in "civilized clothes" as per "Indian culture", women rights activist Trupti Desai on Friday called it an infringement of the constitutional right
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George Clooney says wife Amal beat him, Barack Obama in free throw contest
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Actor George Clooney during a recent interview said his wife, an esteemed human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, is a phenom at the basketball court.
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US blocks China's cotton due to human rights concerns in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 3 (ANI): The US government has issued an order to block cotton imports from a Xinjiang governmental organisation in China due to the ongoing human rights abuses of Uyghurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan activists slam illegal detention of Pashtun leader
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chaman [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Days after the unlawful arrest of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader and human rights activist Owais Abdal, fellow activists have called the Pakistan government for his release. Abdal was arrested from Chaman last month and is currently being kept in a
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Pakistani rights group demands justice for Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian gir
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), a human rights group, condemned the abduction and demanded justice for 16-year-old Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian girl from Faisalabad who escaped kidnappers.
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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre on its treatment of protesting farmers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Taking a veiled dig at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that, rather than using 'lathis' and firing tear gas on them, the debt of farmers should be paid by ensuring justice and rights for them.
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NAB violating human rights, says Pakistan Senate Deputy Chairman
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB), alleging that the bureau was violating human rights by blackmailing people.
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Stan Swamy's claims of seizure of his straw, sipper false: NIA
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 29 (ANI): Claims made by jailed rights activist Stan Swamy, accused in Bhima Koregaon violence case, regarding the seizure of straw and sipper by National Investigation Agency (NIA) are "false and mischievous", said the central probe agency in a public
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Glenmark to divest select Anti-Allergy brands to Dr Reddy's in Russia, Ukr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. to divest - subject to completion of certain precedent actions and closing activities - its brand Mo
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PM Modi says farmers got new rights, opportunities with new farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): In a bid to allay fears of farmers who have been protesting against the new farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the agricultural reforms have opened the doors of new opportunities for farmers and gave them more rights.
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Biden might be risky for Chinese economy, likely to impose sanctions
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 29 (ANI): As tensions between the US and China continue to worsen under the current President Donald Trump's administration due to Beijing's human rights violations and hiding vital information regarding COVID-19, a leading economist said that incoming Biden adminis
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Elderly farmers at the front line on Burari ground
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Age and approaching winter couldn't dither them from asking for their rights. After a stand-off with police in the last two days, facing tear gas and water cannons, crossing all barricades, the nonagenarian, octogenarian, and septuagenarian farmers are n
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