India’s women wrestlers push for reforms after sexual harassment case
Kharkhoda (Reuters) – Indian women wrestlers and their families, aghast at accusations of sexual harassment by a top sports administrator,
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Shootout in southwest Pakistan kills 4 security forces,1 militant, officials say
Quetta (AP) — Militants attacked a security post in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, triggering a shootout that left three police
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NIA searches in the radicalization module case
New Delhi – On July 2, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at several sites in three States
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Annual government spending on farmers’ welfare is $6.5 billion, according to PM Modi.
New Delhi – On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the Union government spends 6.5 lakh crore annually on
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Thousands rally across Australia in support of Indigenous reform
(Reuters) – Thousands of people rallied on Sunday in Australia to back a campaign to recognise the country’s Indigenous people
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Myanmar’s Supreme Court to hear appeals of ousted leader Suu Kyi in cases brought by the army
Bangkok (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court scheduled hearings for this month to consider appeals from ousted leader Aung San Suu
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Mayawati requests that the BJP implement reservations for Muslims and address the hiring shortage
New Delhi – Friday, BSP President Mayawati renewed her call for Muslim reservation to state BJP governments, taking her cue
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Commercial operations of India’s first nuclear reactor of 700 MW capacity are launched
Kakrapar – At the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat, India’s first nuclear power reactor of its own design and
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Factbox: What Pakistan needs to do under the IMF programme
Karachi (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and Pakistan have struck a staff-level agreement for the provision on $3 billion
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Indonesia’s Java escapes 6.4 magnitude quake with few casualties, light damage
Jakarta (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Friday evening, injuring at least
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