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"IWIL India StartUp Marathon saw more than 100 StartUps, 30 Global
Updated : 4 days, 17 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI/ IWIL India Foundation): Indian Women Institutional League (IWIL India) is a non-profit that incubates entrepreneurs, MSMEs, and Business School students. It brought 35 business schools, 30 Global Mentors, 20 patrons, and 100s of StartUps from across Ind
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South Asian human rights body slams Pak over forced conversion of
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): In light of a 17-year old Hindu girl who died by suicide in October this year after she was allegedly raped last year, in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, a body of South Asian human rights groups has slammed Islamabad for unchecked forced conversion o
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Protest outside Pak mission in Washington, demonstrators demand ap
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Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): A US-based Bangladeshi organisation along with other South Asian minorities held a protest outside the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, demanding an apology for the 1971 'genocide' named Operation Searchlight.
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'Highly unacceptable', says Europe think tank on failure to nail P
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 28 (ANI): The international community's failure to nail Pakistan for Mumbai terror attacks even after the 12 years is "highly unacceptable," according to an European think tank, which said the Pakistani military establishment, was "eminently culpable" in the
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Bhutan plays paramount role in India-China tensions, says EFSAS
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 26 (ANI): As relations between India and China sour, the role of Bhutan has become paramount with its internal developments having important implications in terms of how these countries position themselves politically, economically and strategically, a Eu
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India is conscious of perils of entering into free trade agreement
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 21 (ANI): Through its decision to stay out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), India has demonstrated that it is "conscious of the perils" of entering into free trade agreements that would merely provide its vast market for countries s
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Afghanistan: Scores protest against Imran Khan visit, call Pakista
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 20 (ANI): Terming Pakistan a "producer, sponsor and exporter of terrorism", scores of people on Thursday took to the streets of Kabul to protest against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's maiden visit to Afghanistan.
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Pak military, administrations exploited, politicised Gilgit-Baltis
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Amsterdams [Netherlands], November 10 (ANI): Pakistan military establishment and successive administrations have exploited and politicised the sectarian fault lines in Pakistan occupied Kashmir's Gilgit-Baltistan, which have allowed Islamabad to vindicate the militarisation of Gilgit-Baltist
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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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Kamala Harris set to make history as first female US Vice Presiden
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Senator Kamala Devi Harris on Saturday became the Vice President-elect of the United States, and will become the first female and first black and South Asian Vice President of the United States, according to CNN projections.
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US elections 2020: Running mate of Democratic presidential nominee
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): Kamala Devi Harris, the running mate of US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in 2020 elections, holds a lot of firsts to her name. She is the first woman of colour to be elected district attorney of San Francisco, the first South Asian American
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Kamala Harris: Running mate of US Democratic presidential nominee
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 1 (ANI): Kamala Devi Harris, the running mate of US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in 2020 elections, holds a lot of firsts to her name. She is the first woman of colour to be elected district attorney of San Francisco, the first South Asian American to
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