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‘In J&K, internet used to watch dirty films’: NITI Aayog member justifies suspension of services0
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- January 19, 2020
He also claimed that the lack of internet did not have a ‘significant effect’ on the state’s economy. Scroll Staff Yesterday NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat on Saturday claimed that the suspension of internet services in Jammu and Kashmir did not have a “significant effect” on the economy as it was used to only watch
READ MOREHow the British convinced Hindus that Muslims were despots and religious invaders0
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- January 19, 2020
How the British seeded the idea that Muslims were despots and religious invaders The East India Company wanted to be seen as a rectifier of the historical harm inflicted by the Muslims. Manan Ahmed Asif Sep 16, 2017 It is a fact not so easily known, thus rarely acknowledged, that the British colonial project in
READ MOREModi’s Thought Control Firewall in Kashmir May Be the Internet’s Future in India0
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- January 19, 2020
The reason the government wants to keep blocking full access to the internet in the Valley is its fear of civil disobedience. And that’s why internet restrictions across India are becoming more common by the day. Siddharth Varadarajan 19 Jamaury 2020 167 days. That’s how long Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah have
READ MOREChina’s Xi vows ‘new era’ of Myanmar ties after red carpet welcome0
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- January 18, 2020
17 Jan 2020 Channel News Asia NAYPYIDAW: Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to usher in a “new era” of ties with Myanmar after a red carpet welcome Friday (Jan 17) on a state visit aimed at buttressing the embattled government of Aung San Suu Kyi and driving through multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deals. Myanmar fighter jets escorted Xi’s
READ MOREWho represents India’s Muslims? Thanks to CAA protests, we now know the answer0
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- January 17, 2020
Without any political party’s support, India’s Muslims protesting CAA have asserted a new political identity and also settled the issue of representation. HILAL AHMED 17 January, 2020 The remarkable presence of Muslims in anti-CAA protests throughout India is a powerful, symbolic, and strategic assertion that counters aggressive Hindutva. It also signals the birth of a new
READ MOREChina’s Belt-and-Road push for global sway – renewed or ‘overhyped’?0
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- January 17, 2020
DemDigest January 17, 2020 As Chinese leader Xi Jinping landed in Myanmar on Friday he hoped to send a clear signal that his country is back in the driver’s seat. Having backed Myanmar, also known as Burma, while Western nations recoiled at its atrocities against the Rohingya, Xi is poised to cash in
READ MOREBangladesh Building China-Backed Exhibit Center in Defiance of Court Rulings0
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- January 17, 2020
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Jan 15, 2020 Dhaka’s city development authority is close to finishing a Chinese-backed exhibition center –part of a project touted as Bangladesh’s biggest new planned township – officials said, although Bangladeshi courts have denied permission for the hall’s construction. The agency is carrying on with building the exhibit center in
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India’s ominous threat to Rohingya Muslim refugees0
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- January 17, 2020
By Phelim Kine 17 January 2020 The tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to India to escape widespread and systematic violence and discrimination in Myanmar face an existential threat from a new source: India’s government. Early this month, a senior government minister announced that Indian authorities would move expeditiously to deport the
READ MOREBangladesh court orders arrest of journalist0
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- January 17, 2020
Matiur Rahman, editor of the Prothom Alo daily, is an outspoken champion of freedom of expression By AT Contributor 17 January 2020 A Bangladesh court Thursday issued an arrest warrant for the country’s most respected independent newspaper editor after a student was killed at an event organized by a sister publication. Matiur Rahman, editor of
READ MOREA rape in India every 15 minutes: government data0
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- January 16, 2020
Government has released annual data that reveals a rise in attacks against women By Varalika Mishra, New Delhi 15 January 2020 In India, a rape is reported every 15 minutes, according to recently released official government crime data. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data from 2018 has stark revelations about crime in the country.
READ MOREClimate Change and Intellectual Dishonesty0
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- January 16, 2020
The costs of climate change are mounting, yet the UN Climate Change Conference in December failed to reach substantial agreements on policies or funding for mitigation. Business and government leaders regard economic growth as paramount even as climate scientists warn that a warming climate will erode economic security for millions. “Only full redesign of our
READ MOREIndia: ‘UP Police Kicked and Beat Us in Custody,’ Say Activists Arrested in Lucknow0
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- January 16, 2020
“The way some of the Muslim detainees were beaten has convinced me that the BJP state government in UP has communalised UP police.” The Wire Staff 16 January 2020 New Delhi: Four Lucknow-based activists who were recently arrested by Uttar Pradesh police for protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens alleged
READ MOREIndia: CDS Bipin Rawat Advocates Putting Young Kashmiri Children in ‘De-Radicalisation Camps’0
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- January 16, 2020
Rawat also suggested diplomatic isolation and blacklisting of Pakistan by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as avenues to deal with terror. The Wire Staff 16 January 2020 New Delhi: Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue 2020 here on Thursday, chief of defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat pointed a finger at nations that sponsored terror
READ MOREStung by CAA-NRC backlash, Modi govt plans mega publicity campaign to boost image0
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- January 16, 2020
Less than a year after winning big Lok Sabha majority, Modi govt goes into ‘damage-control’ mode ahead of important state assembly elections this year. AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA 16 January, 2020 New Delhi: The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the scrapping of Article 370, the Balakot air strikes, strengthening the economy and schemes for India’s poor — the Narendra Modi
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