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India’s Covid-19 crisis worsens as deaths spiral out of control: PM Modi is accused of running a ‘rotting’ system as health authorities struggle to contain the pandemic0
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- April 14, 2021
The priest also urged people “to not touch the idols to prevent the spread of coronavirus” Nirendra Dev, New Delhi April 14, 2021 A dangerous second Covid-19 wave is now sweeping across India’s vast territory, killing some 700 people daily on average and forcing authorities to impose curfews and lockdowns in some areas. On April
READ MOREIs Indian democracy turning into an electoral autocracy? Recent reports by global agencies downgrade the country’s political status0
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- March 22, 2021
Nirendra Dev, New Delhi Mar 19, 2021 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses a public meeting ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, in Bokakhat on March 21. (Photo: AFP) Two international reports recently have left Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in India grieving and complaining that global organizations probably have an
READ MOREINDIA: Freedom of expression under stress in world’s largest democracy0
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- February 9, 2021
Indian PM Modi’s ambitions of emerging as a global leader will take a beating if he is dubbed as anti-democratic Nirendra Dev, New Delhi February 09, 2021 Farmers shout slogans as they block a highway in Amritsar on Feb. 6 during their ongoing protest against the Indian government’s recent agricultural reforms. (Photo: Narinder Manu/AFP) Indian politics, as
READ MOREINDIA; Hindu fanatics attack Christian pastor in southern India0
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- February 2, 2021
BJP workers accuse evangelical of carrying out conversions as assaults on Christians continue to rise Bijay Kumar Minj February 02, 2021 Catholics from the Syro-Malabar-Church, one of the three rites that comprise the Indian Catholic Church, observe Lent at St. Mary’s School in East Delhi in April 2018. (Photo: Bijay Kumar Minj/UCA News) Police in the
READ MOREINDIA: Fierce anti-Christian campaign targets India’s indigenous people0
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- January 29, 2021
Tribal leaders in Madhya Pradesh pledge they will not submit to pressure to convert to Hinduism Saji Thomas, Bhopal January 29, 2021 Leaders of a right-wing Hindu group speak to villagers as a part of an anti-Christian campaign in the villages of Jhabua district in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state. (Photo supplied) Right-wing Hindu groups have stepped up their anti-Christian
READ MOREMyanmar: An urgent appeal for peace and reconciliation in Myanmar0
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- January 27, 2021
History teaches us that there is never going to be a military solution to a political conflict Cardinal Charles Bo, Yangon January 26, 2021 A Chin child plays with a doll in Bethel village in Hmawbi on the outskirts of Yangon, where hundreds of members of the Chin ethnic community have settled after being displaced by fighting
READ MOREIndia: Hindu fanatics raze Protestant church in southern India0
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- January 27, 2021
Destruction of the under-construction church shatters a decades-long dream of the Christian community Bijay Kumar Minj, New Delhi January 26, 2021 Catholics from the Syro-Malabar-Church, one of the three rites that comprise the Indian Church, observe Lent at St. Mary’s School in East Delhi in April 2018. (Photo: Bijay Kumar Minj/UCA News) An under-construction Protestant church
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Bangladesh clamps down on provocative Islamic sermons0
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- January 21, 2021
Church welcomes move to stem inflammatory and indecent speeches by militant preachers UCA News reporter, Dhaka January 21, 2021 Crowds attend an Islamic gathering near Dhaka in this 2015 photo. A senior police official said on Jan. 19 that popular Islamic gatherings will be censored to curb provocative sermons. (Photo: UCA News) Minority leaders
READ MOREPAKISTAN: Pakistani Ahmadis accused of blasphemy over Islamic tombstones0
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- January 18, 2021
Hardline Islamist party files police complaint against ‘declared infidels’ for hurting Muslims’ religious feelings Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore January 18, 2021 Ahmadi graves desecrated in Gujranwala, Punjab province, in July 2020. (Photo supplied) Ahmadis in a Pakistani town have been accused of blasphemy for inscribing Islamic phrases on gravestones. Police in Sharaqpur Sharif in Punjab
READ MOREINDIA: India’s BJP uses bishops’ logo against Muslims, apologizes0
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- January 18, 2021
Pro-Hindu party accused of trying to gain Christians’ political support for upcoming elections in Kerala state UCA News reporter January 18, 2021 Kummanam Rajasekharan, then president of the BJP in Kerala, leads a march in October 2017. The party is trying to improve its position ahead of state elections due in April. (Photo: IANS) Leaders
READ MOREINDIA: How will an unaffordable Covid-19 vaccination help India’s poor?0
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- January 15, 2021
Is rolling out the world’s largest vaccination program justified and why would the government drain the public coffers? Nirendra Dev, New Delhi January 15, 2021 Vehicles move past the People’s University in Bhopal on Jan. 8. A homegrown coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out in India from Jan. 16 even though clinical trials have not
READ MOREINDIA: Shut down all churches in India’s tribal areas, Hindu group demands0
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- January 15, 2021
Indigenous Catholic priest says Christians are being persecuted for helping poor tribal people Saji Thomas, Bhopal January 15, 2021 Hindu devotees take a holy dip in the Narmada River on Makar Sankranti, a day considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology, at Tilwara Ghat in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on Jan. 14. (Photo: AFP) A right-wing Hindu
READ MOREBangladesh’s rape victims cry for justice in the wilderness0
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- January 14, 2021
The scourge of rape is extremely high but the rate of prosecution frustratingly low in the Muslim-majority nation Stephan Uttom, Dhaka January 14, 2021oU with palm oil firm sparks outrage Jan 13, 2021 Young people take part in a protest against violence against women in Dhaka in 2015. Bangladesh has seen a spike in rape
READ MOREPersecuted Hazara demand justice in Pakistan0
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- January 11, 2021
Shia Muslims protest latest killings and demand protection from attacks by Islamic militants Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore January 11, 2021 Blindfolded female protesters at the sit-in by the Hazara community in Quetta. (Photo supplied) When Tahir Khan visited a Quetta highway blocked with the bodies of 11 slain coal miners, he was greeted by women wearing white
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