India steps up clampdown on US social media giants
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Twitter under fire for allegedly restricting access to coverage
AFP/Olivier Douliery/Files KARACHI: Amid the ongoing farmer protests in India, Twitter came under fire on Monday for allegedly restricting access
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Why are Indian farmers angry?
25 January 2021 With the government trying out a variety of ploys to derail the mass movement, Indian farmers are
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India tops list of countries that curbed citizens’ web access in 2020
An AFP file image of protest against internet shutdown. India accounted for nearly three-quarter of the $4 billion lost worldwide
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Displaced by a riot | New Internationalist
4 January 2021 Since 2018, a remarkable uptick in communal violence has taken shape in India. Dilnaz Boga speaks to
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Adding pain to the pandemic
7 December 2020 Nilanjana Bhowmick on the new labour code being steamrolled through parliament that has gripped India’s farmers in protest.
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Indian, Jewish diaspora cultivating bipartisan support
With the US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden expanding the lead over President Donald Trump in various opinion polls, Indian
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India test-fires Anti-Radiation Missiles to target enemy radars
An Su-30 Mk1 fighter aircraft was used to test-fire a domestically developed new-generation anti-radiation missile (NGARM), RUDRAM, off the country’s
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View from India | New Internationalist
9 October 2020 Schoolchildren are falling through the digital divide, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick. Students of group 11 and 12 get
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India’s Uttar Pradesh moves Top Court for fair probe Into alleged gang rape case
India’s Uttar Pradesh state, headed by ascetic chief Yogi Adityanath, has come under widespread criticism for its handling of an
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India’s Congress Party demands removal of state official for cremating rape victim’s body
India’s Uttar Pradesh state has ordered a federal probe into the alleged gang-rape and assault of a 19-year-old woman following
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India’s COVID-19 tally surpasses 6.5 million
Xinhua 6:58 PM | October 04, 2020 India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed the 6.5 million mark on Sunday, reaching 6,549,373, said
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Shahid Afridi says he does not blame Misbah for 2011 World Cup loss against India
No blame on any individual [Misbah], says Shahid Afridi in tweet Source link
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Ambassador Munir Akram censures Modi for his silence on ‘international issues’ in UN
Akram says Modi’s speech was divorced from the reality of an intolerant, divided, brutal and economically failing India Source link
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Pakistan takes 24 foreign diplomats to LoC
Delegation of ambassadors and defense attachés to personally review the LoC violations by India Source link
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Apple announces to open first online store in India next week
Its renewed push into India comes as Asia’s third-largest economy has hit a record slump due to a months-long coronavirus
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‘China deploys 10,000 additional troops along Ladakh Border,’ Indian Govt sources claim
INP 9:01 PM | September 16, 2020 Both India and China have been amassing troops in the Himalayan territory of
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Islamabad registers 'serious concerns' with India over deaths of 11 Pakistani Hindus in Jodhpur
Pakistan summons Indian Charge d’affaires to protest against deaths of 11 Pakistani Hindus that took place in Jodhpur last year
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Chinese army exchanges heavy fire to dislodge Indian military at LoAC
Sputnik 5:16 PM | September 08, 2020 The Indian Army and People’s Liberation Army have exchanged gunfire for the first
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Defense ministers of India, China to hold talks in Moscow over border dispute
The talks are expected in Moscow late Friday Source link
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Rickshaw warriors: Domestic abuse survivors riding to women's rescue in lockdown India
‘When one of them said to me ‘Had it not been for you, I would have died’, I knew I
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Philippines reports lowest daily COVID-19 cases in month, as India records highest single-day spike
INP 7:53 PM | September 03, 2020 The Philippines reported the lowest daily cases in one month on Thursday, while
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View from India | New Internationalist
1 September 2020 Anti-blackness is still a galvanizing force in India, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick. In 2017, when a 19-year-old went
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China accuses India of violating line of actual control amid renewed border clashes
China has voiced a strong protest to India over an illegal breach of the Line of Actual Control by Indian
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Chinese ambassador urges India to provide open, fair, transparent business environment
Xinhua 4:44 PM | August 29, 2020 Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong has called on India to provide an
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At least 40 injured as Indian forces open fire on Muharram procession in IoK
About 25 people were taken to a nearby clinic with pellet wounds as Indian forces injure mourners on Muharram 9
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Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million, death toll tops 840,000
South America is the region with the most infections in the world; in US new coronavirus hotspots are emerging in
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11 members of Pakistani Hindu migrant family found dead in India
INP 9:16 PM | August 09, 2020 Eleven members of a family of Pakistani Hindu migrants were found dead in
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The interview: Sarojini Nadimpally | New Internationalist
6 August 2020 Public health researcher and social scientist Sarojini Nadimpally is a co-founder of Sama (‘equality’ in Sanskrit), a
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Pakistan to mark Yaum-e-Istehsal on August 5 in solidarity with Kashmiris
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi calls on political parties to support government to mark ‘Yaum-e-Istehsal’ day Source link
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Nine die in India from drinking sanitiser after liquor shops closed due to virus lockdown
The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand sanitiser mixed with water or soda, police say Source
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India uses arrival of five French fighter jets to issue veiled warning to China
India has bought 36 Rafale fighters from France in a deal estimated to be worth $9.4 billion Source link
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