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Lord Rami Ranger lodges protest with BBC over documentary series on PM Mod
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
UK's National broadcaster BBC aired a two-part series attacking PM Modi's tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister during the Gujarat riots of 2002. The documentary sparked outrage and was removed from select platforms.
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President Lula fires 13 more from his security team after Brazil riots
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The decision follows the removal of 40 military officers on Tuesday from the Alvorada presidential residence, as Lula expressed his distrust in the military for failing to act against supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed government buildings on January 8.
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Brazil's President Lula sacks 40 guards for presidential residence riots,
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Last week, Lula told reporters that security force members were complicit in letting a mob of supporters of far-right former leader Bolsonaro storm the main buildings that form the seat of power in Brasilia.
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Delhi riots: SC says it doesn't believe in unnecessarily keeping people be
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"We don't believe in unnecessarily keeping people behind the bars," said a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S Oka and JB Pardiwala.
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Former Brazil minister arrested in connection with Jan 8 riots
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Brazil's former minister for Justice, Anderson Torres, was arrested on Saturday after he returned from the United States (US), The NHK World reported.
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Pakistan: People chase wheat truck on bikes as food crisis deepens
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a video shared on social media, some people riding a motorcycle are seen chasing a truck carrying sacks of flour, and people can be seen chasing the vehicle to buy the lot. One of the chasers coming closer to the wheat truck shows the note and asks for a packet of flour.
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Brazil's top court orders probe of Bolsonaro role in January 8 riots
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As part of a larger campaign to hold accountable those guilty, a justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court approved an investigation on Friday to determine whether former president Jair Bolsonaro sparked the unrest in the nation's capital on January 8, The Washington Post reported.
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Pakistan: Food supply at risk as banks reluctant to open letters of credit
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The inability of banks to open LC's despite the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) directives about import facilitation, poses a threat to the supply of food, as well as, could escalate price pressures and create a shortage of medications.
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China: Workers stage protests after layoffs by COVID test kit manufacturer
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Online videos show workers demolishing boxes of COVID test kits, vandalizing the company's offices, and clashing with police in riot gear. They threw water bottles, plastic boxes and cones at police officers who ran away from the protestors.
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Ludhiana: Anti-Sikh riot victims burn Rahul Gandhi's effigy
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On the arrival of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ludhiana, members of the 1984 Sikh Massacre Riot Victims Society, raised slogans and burnt an effigy of Rahul Gandhi at the Ghantaghar Chowk. The protesters alleged that the attack on Sri Darbar Sahib was on the orders of
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PoK on the verge of food riots as it grapples with flour shortage
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is on the verge of food riots as large parts of the region, including Bagh and Muzaffarabad, are facing an unprecedented flour shortage with people holding Islamabad and the PoK government squarely responsible for the acute food shortages.
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"Is PM Modi inaugurating youth festival or youth annihilation festival?" S
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The youth is suffering from unemployment, corruption in government appointments, neglect of the education sector and communal riots," he said.
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