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Hardline Islamic group Hefazat-e-Islam poses challenge for Bangladesh: Res
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 25 (ANI): Bangladesh is gripped by challenges posed by hardline Islamic group Hefazat-e-Islam as the country continues to witness frequent outbursts of massive violence, increase in religiously motivated illiberalism, and a general shrinking of free, liberal, and s
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"Pak military establishment transformed country into prison-like system",
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activist Sanna Ejaz said that the Pakistan Army has transformed the country into a prison-like system controlled by security authorities, with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) playing a particularly central role in entrenc
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Protests in Pakistan against return of outlawed Pak Taliban militants
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): Residents of Swat and Lower Dir district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan held protests against the return of outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, reported South Asia Media Research Institute (SAMRI).
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Stark contrast in how India, Pakistan evolved in last 75 years post-partit
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam [The Netherlands], August 20 (ANI): India and Pakistan both celebrated their 75 years of Independence however, both nations have evolved very differently. While democracy thrived in India, Pakistan alternated between civilian and military regimes since its Independence.
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Rights group expresses concerns over 'torture' on Imran's close aide Shahb
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 19 (ANI): Expressing concerns over claims of torture inflicted on Shahbaz Gill, a close aide of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, a rights group has called for an impartial investigation into the matter.
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HBOT-India launches one of the First Medical Grade Hyperbaric Oxygen Thera
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], August 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In 2020, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), 463 million people have diabetes in the world, 88 million people in the South Asia region, of this 88 million people, 77 million belong to India.
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Debt trap: Global alarm over Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): Chinese investment under Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) across the world are causing alarm, including among the beneficiaries, as some realise, at times too late, perils of the debt trap that it entails.
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Aster Medcity becomes the first centre in South Asia to introduce NeuroNav
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 18 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Aster Medcity and India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc, have partnered to build a comprehensive and advanced Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) program for Parkinson's patients in India.
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South Asian Media body expresses concern over attack, restrictions on Afgh
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 17 (ANI): The South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) in its report has raised concerns over the deteriorating situation of media organizations in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control and criticised attacks and harsh restrictions imposed on them.
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Afghanistan's media in doom as country loses nearly 60 pc journalists unde
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the situation of journalists in Afghanistan, Reporters Without Borders in its report said that country has lost 39.59 per cent of its media outlets and almost 60 per cent of its journalists since the Taliban took over the South A
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Zawahiri's killing stokes debate over Pakistan's complicity in combatting
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): Islamist militant outfit Haqqani network which is long known to be a terrorist proxy of Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI, was involved in Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's movements and his stay in Kabul is a clear indication of Pakistani complicity,
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India gets an opening to regain influence in South Asia amid Sri Lanka cri
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka's economic crisis has resulted in a serious political and socio-economic impact on its residents. But for India, analysts regard this situation as an opportunity to regain lost ground in the island nation.
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