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As per the recent communiqué from Chief Minister of Haryana M.L. Khattar’s, the Government of Haryana has decided to change the name of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Hospital in Faridabad to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hospital. So far we have witnessed the name changes by present ruling dispensation aplenty. Most of …

The court has effectively given the government two full months to firm up a parallel strategy. The farmers clearly see this “helping hand” for what it is, and have thus sought to evade it. Farmers during their ongoing agitation over the new farm reform laws, at Singhu border in New …

Burma Campaign UK, a Rohingya advocacy group, has called for Facebook to stop the Myanmar military from using the social media platform to recruit members and promote its businesses — profits from which help fund genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The call comes after Facebook suspended US President …

This is more than just occupation, it is extermination, says Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations JAKARTA, Indonesia: The UN must intervene to stop New Delhi’s “inhumanity and gross violation of international laws” in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, a Malaysian group said on Wednesday. The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations …

The DMK’s face in Delhi, Kanimozhi has emerged as a prominent woman leader in Tamil Nadu in recent years. As the state gears for polls, the Thoothukudi MP has begun campaigning, raising employment, women’s issues. The DMK leader talks about fighting polls without Karunanidhi, says DMK is at forefront of fighting BJP’s …

Prime Minister Imran Khan in a conversation with a group of digital media publishers on Sunday. — DawnNewsTV Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said his government had reached the conclusion that India was backing the militant Islamic State (IS) group to cause turmoil in Pakistan. In a conversation with …

Hundreds of Indian farmers took to the streets on Friday to protest new laws that the government says will boost growth in the agricultural sector through private investments.The protesting farmers fear they could be exploited by private players who buy their crops at cheap prices. Sikhs of Punjab are at …

This is an opinion article by an external contributor. The views belong to the writer Raashid Wali Janjua India, the largest country in South Asia, once carried the mantle of anchoring peace and development in the region. It has gone exactly in reverse. The reason interestingly has not been a …

The right to self-determination is a vital component of human dignity. Negation of this right is the negation of human freedom, Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Human Rights Covenants. In the post-colonial era, the realization of this inalienable right paved the way for successful culmination of freedom struggles in …

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leaders, before they came to power had been criticizing the former “Yahapalana” government for the postponement of the Provincial Council elections. They had been accusing the United National Party (UNP) for amending the Provincial Council Election Act in 2017 in an unethical manner, providing …