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Priyanka Chopra faces heat for wearing gown designed by Harvey Weinstein's ex-wife

Remove Priyanka Chopra as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, says Pakistan petition

Some Pakistani citizens have filed a petition against Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra after her tweet on India's air strikes in the country. But is she still the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador?

Mar 3, 2019

7 Assam bound Rohingya Muslim children detained in Tripura

With this, 68 Rohingya Muslims, mostly children, have been apprehended in Tripura and the Assam-Tripura border in two weeks.

Feb 3, 2019

UN encourages all to respect rule of law: UN chief's spokesperson on Sabarimala row

Deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq was asked about the UN's position on the Sabarimala situation in the wake of the widespread violence in Kerala over the entry of women into the hill-top shrine.

Jan 5, 2019

UN concerned over India returning Rohingyas to Myanmar: Official

The Indian authorities said that the family had entered the country illegally in 2014, or in 2013, according to the UNHCR. They had been detained by India since then.

Jan 5, 2019

A local man carries an old Rohingya refugee woman as she is unable to walk after crossing the border, in Teknaf, Bangladesh

Rohingya crisis: 7 dead in Independence day shooting by Buddhist army

Rakhine was where a brutal military-led crackdown in 2017 drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into bordering Bangladesh.

Jan 4, 2019

Those who feel unsafe in India should be bombed, says BJP MLA Vikram Singh Saini

The MLA from Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh, an accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, had earlier threatened to manhandle those who killed and disrespected cows.

Jan 4, 2019

India set to deport second Rohingya refugee group to Myanmar

Guwahati Police took a Rohingya Muslim family of five to the border by bus, readying to deport them to neighbouring Myanmar as the second such group expelled in four months during a crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Jan 3, 2019

Detained Myanmar journalist Phyo Wai Win (R) leaves the court compound after a hearing in Yangon on October 26, 2018. - Three Myanmar journalists from Eleven Media were granted bail on October 26, but must continue to fight a defamation case after hopes t

Number of journalists jailed for doing job near record high

A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a report released on Thursday.

Dec 13, 2018

Telangana elections LIVE updates: Polling underway; over 49% voter turnout recorded till 1 PM

The Election Commission has set up over 32, 815 polling stations across the state to accommodate a total of 280,747,22 people out of which 1,41,56,182 are men and 1,39,05,811 are women.

Dec 7, 2018

ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

ISRO launches pollution-monitoring satellite and 30 satellites from Sriharikota

The 31 micro and nano satellites will be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C43) into two separate orbits.

Nov 29, 2018

Rohingya refugee children carry firewood

Myanmar seizes boat carrying 93 fleeing Rohingya camps for Malaysia

The navy stopped the boat on Sunday and detained the 93 people, who said they had come from the Thae Chaung camp in the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe.

Nov 27, 2018

Amnesty International strips Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour

The London-based global human rights organisation said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009 while she was still under house arrest.

Nov 13, 2018

Myanmar authorities drop 'incitement' charges against 3 senior journalists

Eleven Media's chief reporter, Phyo Wai Win, and two editors, Kyaw Zaw Lin and Nayi Min, were arrested on Oct. 10 for incitement after publishing an article that quoted lawmakers raising questions over spending by the Yangon city government.

Nov 10, 2018

Editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek Stephen J. Adler attends the relaunch of BusinessWeek magazine at Guastavino's October 11, 2007 in New York City.

Reuters reporters file appeal against prison sentence in Myanmar

The president and editor-in-chief of Reuters, Stephen J. Adler, said in a statement that "in condemning them as spies, it ignored compelling evidence of a police set-up, serious due process violations, and the prosecution's failure to prove any of the key elements of the crime".

Nov 5, 2018

India wins seat at UN Human Rights Council with highest number of votes

This is the fifth time India is elected to the Geneva-based Council, the main body of the UN charged with promoting and monitoring human rights.

Oct 13, 2018

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