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- World
How China promotes inter-ethnic marriages between Uyghur women and Han ‘suitors’
Washington: China is mixing financial, educational and career incentives with coercive measures to families under state policies to promote intermarriage between majority Han Chinese and ethnic minority Uyghurs in the restive Xinjiang…
- World
US: 5 killed, 18 injured in gay nightclub shooting in Colorado
Washington: In another case of a mass shooting in the United States, five people were killed and another 18 were injured in a shooting incident at a gay nightclub “Club Q”, in…
- India
Anti-conversion law: MP govt to move SC against interim relief from action given to interfaith couples
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh government is going to move the Supreme Court to challenge the high court’s interim order restraining it from prosecuting interfaith couples who enter wedlock without informing the district…
- World
COP27 ends with historic decision on damage fund, little progress on other issues
.New Delhi: While the UN climate summit in Egypt concluded with a landmark decision to establish a fund to address loss and damage, the outcome on other crucial issues like phaseout of…
- India
Marriage of Muslims is not excluded from POCSO Act: Kerala HC
Kochi: Kerala High Court has held that marriage between Muslims under personal law is not excluded from the sweep of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Court also ruled…
- India
ED files charge sheet against PFI, 3 members
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed a charge sheet against the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and its three members in a special court in Delhi in connection…
- India
Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel appointed as new Election Commissioner
Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel appointed was appointed by the President of India as the new Election Commissioner on Saturday. Goel, a 1985-class Punjab cadre officer, will serve on the election panel with…
- Bangalore
Zomato plans to lay off 3 percent of its workforce
Bengaluru: Online food delivery platform Zomato on Saturday said it is planning to lay off nearly 3 per cent of its workforce on account of cost-cutting efforts and to turn profitable. The…
- India
US cites PM Modi’s example as defense to providing Saudi Crown Prince with legal immunity
The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman just received the same level of protection from prosecution in the US as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a US State Department official said in a…
- World
What would the world lose with the demise of Twitter?
East Lansing: What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest fires, and public health…
- World
Racism, discrimination against kids rife worldwide: UNICEF
United Nations: Racism and discrimination against children based on their ethnicity, language, and religion are rife in countries across the world, according to a new report by Unicef. Children from marginalised ethnic,…
- Telangana
BJP national gen sec served notices in TRS MLA poaching case
Hyderabad: BJP’s national general secretary B.L. Santosh was served notices in connection by the Telangana Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with the alleged plot to poach four TRS MLAs from a…
- Sports
T20 World Cup fallout: BCCI sacks entire Chetan Sharma-led selection committee
New Delhi: The BCCI on Friday sacked the four-member senior national selection committee led by Chetan Sharma after the Indian cricket team failed to reach the final of the T20 World Cup…
- India
NHRC notice to TN chief secy, DGP after 3 workers die due to asphyxiation
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued notices to Tamil Nadu’s chief secretary, DGP and a top civic body official after three workers were asphyxiated to death while cleaning…
- Telangana
Telangana: How migrating to Gulf countries has helped rural folk
In Beerpur village of Jagtial district, D Narsiah, 61, works in agriculture fields. He owns around two acres of farm land acquired at a cost of Rs 3 lakh that he managed…
