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US lawmakers press corporate sponsors to boycott Beijing Winter Ol
Updated : 28 min ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 28 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) urged corporate sponsors to back out of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, over human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province.
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Myanmar junta escalating media crackdown, alleges rights group
Updated : 2 hours, 16 min ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta should stop prosecuting journalists and end its assault on independent media, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.
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IRB Infra completes Rs 382 crore fund raise by way of rights issue
Updated : 18 hours, 56 min ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 27 (ANI): IRB Infrastructure Developers said on Tuesday it has completed total fund raise of Rs 381.63 crore with an investment of Rs 194.63 crore in its sponsored IRB Infrastructure Trust, the private InvIT jointly launched by the company and Singapore-bas
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Delhi HC allows more time to Centre to file reply on transgender's
Updated : 20 hours, 36 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted more time to the Centre to file its reply in a petition moved by a transgender woman regarding non-issuance of a new passport with the required changes in her name and gender.
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Delhi HC permits Centre to submit info on plea filed by Commonweal
Updated : 1 day, 13 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday granted permission to the Centre to submit information in a sealed cover in connection with a petition filed by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI).
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Beijing announces naval drill in disputed South China Sea
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): China on Monday announced that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will conduct an exercise in the disputed South China Sea.
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In meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister, US Deputy State Secretar
Updated : 1 day, 15 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Monday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and raised concerns over human rights issues, including Beijing's anti-democratic crackdown in Hong Kong and the ongoing genocide in Xinjiang.
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Afghanistan calls on international community, human rights agencie
Updated : 2 days, 12 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 25 (ANI): Afghanistan on Sunday called on the international community, human rights agencies, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to cooperate with the Afghan government in preventing the Taliban's organised atrocities and help in the prosecution of the perpe
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Pegasus issue: Snooping is violation of fundamental rights; govt h
Updated : 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Communist Marxist Party of India (Marxist) leader and Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas said snooping of activists, politicians, journalists and Constitutional functionaries by the Israeli spyware Pegasus is a violation of fundamental rights while alleging that go
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59.2 pc children use smartphones for messaging, only 10.1 pc for o
Updated : 3 days, 1 hour ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The apex child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in a study revealed that 59.2 per cent of children use their smartphones for instant messaging applications and only 10.1 per cent of children like to use smartphones for o
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33 people assassinated in Taliban-held areas in Afghanistan's Kand
Updated : 3 days, 7 hours ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 25 (ANI): As many as 33 people were assassinated in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province over the past two weeks, TOLO News reported on Saturday citing a rights commission.
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China orders Tencent to give up exclusive music licensing
Updated : 3 days, 7 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], July 25 (ANI): China's market regulator has ordered Tencent Holdings Ltd. and its affiliated companies to relinquish exclusive rights to music labels, in what appears to be yet another case of a clampdown on the multinational technology conglomerate.
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