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India’s PM Modi faces big electoral test in Muslim areas
Published On: March 26, 2021 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, March 26: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are making a serious bid for electoral victories in three states that have sizeable minority Muslim populations. But the Bharatiya Janata Party has for years been accused of stoking religious polarization and discriminating against minorities, and faces stiff challenges making inroads in the local elections.
More than 300 people killed since Myanmar's coup
Published On: March 26, 2021 10:50 AM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, March 26: Myanmar’s security forces have killed more than 300 people in attempts to crush opposition to a Feb. 1 coup, with nearly 90% of victims shot dead and a quarter of them shot in the head, according to data from an advocacy group and local media.
India has not banned COVID-19 vaccine exports, will keep supplying in phased manner - government source
Published On: March 26, 2021 07:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, March 26: India has not imposed a ban on coronavirus vaccine exports and New Delhi will continue to supply vaccines in a phased manner, a government source told Reuters on Thursday.
Brazil hits record 100,000 coronavirus cases in a day, piling pressure on Bolsonaro
Published On: March 26, 2021 06:59 AM NPT By: Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 26: Brazil on Thursday registered a record 100,158 new coronavirus cases within 24 hours, the Health Ministry said, underlining the scale of a snowballing outbreak that is becoming a major political crisis for President Jair Bolsonaro.
China sanctions UK entities, individuals for Xinjiang 'lies'
Published On: March 26, 2021 06:39 AM NPT By: Reuters
CHINA, March 26: China sanctioned organisations and individuals in the United Kingdom on Friday over what it called “lies and disinformation” about Xinjiang, days after Britain imposed sanctions for human rights abuses in the western Chinese region.
Special Report: Pompeo rejected U.S. effort to declare 'genocide' in Myanmar on eve of coup, officials say
Published On: March 25, 2021 04:31 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 25: In the last days of the Trump administration, some U.S. officials urged outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to formally declare that the Myanmar military’s campaign against the Rohingya minority was a genocide.
U.S. to blacklist Myanmar military companies after deadly crackdown - sources
Published On: March 25, 2021 11:47 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 25: The United States is planning to impose sanctions on two conglomerates controlled by Myanmar’s military over the generals Feb. 1 coup and a deadly crackdown, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Brazil becomes 2nd nation to top 300,000 COVID-19 deaths
Published On: March 25, 2021 11:25 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAO PAULO, March 25: Brazil topped 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has seen the South American country report record death tolls in recent days.
AstraZeneca confirms strong vaccine protection after US rift
Published On: March 25, 2021 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
USA, March 25: AstraZeneca insisted Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is strongly effective even after counting additional illnesses in its disputed U.S. study, the latest in an extraordinary public rift with American officials.
North Korea missile launch tests Biden administration, Japan Olympics
Published On: March 25, 2021 10:50 AM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL/TOKYO, March 25: North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday, Japan’s prime minister said, fueling tension ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and ramping up pressure on the Biden administration as it finalises its North Korea policy.
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