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India.com
March 17, 2018
Colombo, Mar 17 (AFP) Maldivian authorities arrested more than 140 activists who defied a ban on rallies and demonstrated against a state of ... Yameen is facing increasing opposition both within and outside his tiny Indian Ocean archipelago since coming to power in November 2013 following aÃâà...
Livemint
March 17, 2018
New Delhi: India's rising economic profile besides Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “activist foreign policy” had made it a major “go to” destination in the world, with leaders of different countries making a beeline for Asia's third largest economy. But India's continued rise and heft in the world was dependentÃâà...
The Nation
March 17, 2018
LAHORE - Indian peace activist OP Shah on Friday said that a meaningful dialogue between India and Pakistan was the only way forward to improve relations between the two countries. Speaking at a round-table discussion on “Pak-India Relations and the way forward”, Shah said that the two neighboursÃâà...
Times of India
March 17, 2018
NEW DELHI: Noting illegal import and sale of genetically modified (GM) food in India, a group of farm activists on Friday lodged their complaint with the ... the permission from the health ministry's FSSAI”, said Kavitha Kuruganti, co-convenor of the Coalition for a GM-Free India, in her complaint to the FSSAI.
Business Standard
March 16, 2018
Luhana further said famous poet Rabindranath Tagore, who had great in-depth knowledge of history of the entire sub-continent had mentioned Sindh in the anthem. Echoing similar sentiments, Dr. Hidayat Bhutto, a Sindhi political activist also said, "We are taking it very seriously. Sindh is the basis of IndiaÃâà...
Times of India
March 15, 2018
... and Justices Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer also rejected intervention applications by 17 others along with the one filed by 32 eminent persons, including renowned filmmaker Shyam Benegal, actress Aparna Sen, columnist and writer Anil Dharker and social activist Teesta Setalvad who suggestedÃâà...
The National
March 15, 2018
Sondarva was the 67th RTI activist to be killed since 2005, according to figures maintained by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) in New Delhi. The murders are part of a pattern of threats, assault and harassment. More than 400 such attacks and threats have been reported across India,Ãâà...
New York Times
March 6, 2018
HYDERABAD, India — She was awarded one of India's highest civilian honors, brushed aside a fatwa issued against her and has traveled extensively despite threats to her safety, but on a recent Monday, Sunitha Krishnan looked a bit unnerved. A few days earlier, several women posing as sex traffickingÃâà...
BBC News
March 4, 2018
Tributes have been paid to Javed Abidi, the prominent Indian disability activist who has died, aged 53. Mr Abidi led a major protest in 1995 that led to the passing of a landmark disability law in the same year. He was born with spina bifida - a condition where the spine and spinal cord do not developÃâà...
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