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  • Inspiring to watch: “Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike: World’s first Prime Minister when she became the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka0

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    • January 11, 2021

    Inspiring to watch: “Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman. She was the world’s first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960. She served three terms: 1960–1965, 1970–1977 and 1994–2000.” BBC World Service “My mum was the world’s first woman prime minister.”

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  • The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign0

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    • December 10, 2020

    By Abid Hussain & Shruti Menon BBC Urdu & BBC Reality Check 10 December 2020 IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionThe UN Human Rights Council meets at least three times a year and reviews UN member states’ rights records A dead professor and numerous defunct organisations were resurrected and used alongside at least 750 fake media outlets in

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  • Afghanistan, home to the heroin trade, moves into meth0

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    • November 28, 2020

    By Secunder Kermani BBC News 29 November 2020 IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionA rehabilitation centre in Kabul is treating Afghans addicted to meth Underneath a busy bridge in Kabul, among piles of discarded rubbish and a stream of filthy water, lives a drug-ravaged community of homeless men. “It’s no place for a human being,” said Khudadad,

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  • Australian ‘war crimes’: Elite troops killed Afghan civilians, report finds0

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    • November 20, 2020

    BBC   20 November 2020 CLICK for video media caption Dr Rodger Shanahan speaks about the culture in the ranks There is “credible evidence” that Australian elite soldiers unlawfully killed 39 people during the Afghan war, a long-awaited report has found. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has released findings from a four-year inquiry into misconduct by

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  • India – Tanishq: Jewellery ad on interfaith couple withdrawn after outrage0

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    • October 15, 2020

    15 October 2020     BBC     Published 2 days ago IMAGE COPYRIGHTTANISHQimage captionThe video has now been removed from the Tanishq site Popular Indian jewellery brand Tanishq has withdrawn an advertisement featuring an interfaith couple after a right-wing backlash on social media. It shows a baby shower organised for the Hindu bride by her Muslim

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  • Hathras gang rape: India victim’s death sparks outrage0

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    • September 29, 2020

    BBC    29 September 2020 image copyrightAFPimage captionA social activist hold placards during a protest against rape in Delhi A 19-year-old Dalit (formerly untouchable) woman has died after she was allegedly gang raped by four upper-caste men, sparking outrage in India. The woman was admitted to a hospital in Delhi two weeks ago with several

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  • Karachi fire: Two to hang for garment factory inferno0

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    • September 22, 2020

    BBC.COM  22 September 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54250075 Image copyright Reuters Image caption The charred remains of the abandoned factory are a reminder of what happened A court in Karachi has sentenced two men to death for arson after finding them guilty of starting Pakistan’s deadliest industrial fire, which killed some 260 people in 2012. The men were

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  • A 13th-Century Persian poet’s lessons for today0

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    • July 3, 2020

    BBC By Joobin Bekhrad 24th June 2020 Sa’di’s remarkable poetry is perpetually modern and full of ‘benevolent wisdom’ on how to live. Joobin Bekhrad revisits the life and work of ‘the cheerer of men’s hearts’. I In the 13th Century AD, during one of the most turbulent periods in Iranian history, the poet Sa’di left

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  • Coronavirus: How ‘overreaction’ made Vietnam a virus success0

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    • May 16, 2020

    By Anna Jones BBC News 15 May 2020 Coronavirus pandemic Despite a long border with China and a population of 97 million people, Vietnam has recorded only just over 300 cases of Covid-19 on its soil and not a single death. Nearly a month has passed since its last community transmission and the country is

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  • The law of generosity combatting coronavirus in Pakistan0

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    • April 2, 2020

    As Pakistan imposes greater social distancing measures to combat coronavirus, a Muslim law of generosity is helping to save those out of work. By Aysha Imtiaz 1 April 2020 Outside grocery stores in Karachi, a remarkable scene has been unfolding over the past two weeks. Instead of rushing home after shopping to avoid being exposed

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  • Manmohan Singh: Former PM says India situation ‘grim and morose’0

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    • March 7, 2020

    6 March 2020 BBC Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has warned of “social disharmony, economic slowdown and a global health epidemic” facing the country. “The current situation is very grim and morose,” he wrote in a sharply critical op-ed in The Hindu newspaper. The article comes in the wake of the most violent riots

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  • India and Bangladesh: Migration claims fact-checked0

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    • February 22, 2020

    21 February 2020   BBC Reality Check As controversy continues over India’s moves to restrict rights to citizenship, a row has erupted between India and its eastern neighbour, Bangladesh. Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy recently claimed that Bangladesh would be half empty if India allowed everyone who entered the country illegally

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  • Debbie Abrahams: India denies entry to UK Labour MP critical of government0

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    • February 17, 2020

    BBC News | 17 February 2020 India has denied entry to a UK Labour MP who was critical of the government’s controversial decision to revoke Kashmir’s special status last year. Debbie Abrahams, who chairs a parliamentary group on Kashmir, said she was denied a standard e-visa at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi airport. Immigration officials did not

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  • Jai Shri Ram: The Hindu chant that became a murder cry0

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    • February 13, 2020

    13 February 2020 In many parts of India, Hindus often invoke the popular god Ram’s name as a greeting. But in recent years, Hindu lynch mobs have turned Ram’s name into a murder cry, writes the BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi. Last month, a video that went viral on social media showed a terrified Muslim

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