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Activists urge deep scrutiny of China at U.N. rights gathering this week

GENEVA – Activists called for U.N. member states to pressure China this week to account for alleged human rights violations, including the suspected mass detention of one million Muslim Uighurs in far-western Xinjiang province. China’s record will be examined by the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday, the […]

Surinsar Mansar Development Authority organised Folk festival under Sunday activity

open view web desk JAMMU NOVEMBER 04: Surinsar Mansar Development Authority organised Folk festival under Sunday activity. Bhajan Sandhya dedicated to devotional songs was the highlight of the folk festival. Local cultural group of Ram Ditta and party presented tourists with a range of devotional songs in praise […]

Sri Lanka’s ousted PM says U.S., Japan freeze aid over political crisis

COLOMBO- Sri Lanka’s deposed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the United States and Japan had frozen more than a billion dollars of development aid after his abrupt dismissal raised doubts about the future of democracy in the island. The move to hold back project financing, along with the […]

CCI to hold national conference on public procurement & competition law tomorrow in Delhi

Infusing competition in public procurement is a priority: CCI Chairperson open view web desk A ‘National Conference on Public Procurement & Competition Law’ is being organised by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in Delhi on 5th November, 2018 with a view to scale up Competition Advocacy and […]

Iran marks ’79 US Embassy takeover as renewed sanctions loom

TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of Iranians rallied Sunday in commemoration of the 39th anniversary of the takeover and hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, just hours before the re-imposition of all American sanctions lifted by the nuclear deal. The 444-day crisis after the fall of the […]

Why it’s still in Russia’s interest to mess with US politics

PARIS— Sweeping accusations that the Kremlin tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election haven’t chastened Russian trolls, hackers and spies — and might even have emboldened them. U.S. officials and tech companies say Russians have continued online activity targeted at American voters during the campaign for Tuesday’s election, […]

Gujjars urge govt to eradicate poverty among nomadic tribes of JK

open view web desk JAMMU NOV. 4: The Gujjars and Bakerwals   of Jammu and Kashmir today urged the government to  formulate a compact programme to eradicate poverty among nomadic tribes. They sought inclusion of all the  migratory people  in Blow Poverty Line population and demanded to provide food […]

Sacked Sri Lankan PM’s residence becomes symbol of power struggle

The banquet hall at Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister’s official residence is packed with supporters — many sleeping on chairs and the floor — who have come to stand guard as he tussles for power with an old rival. Thousands of loyalists from across the country are camped […]

Italian storms claim 17th life, and 14 million trees

MILAN – Heavy rain and gales devastating parts of Italy have claimed two more lives, taking the overall death toll to at least 17, and laid waste to vast swathes of forest. A German tourist died on Friday when hit by lightning on the island of Sardinia while […]

Yoga shooter appeared to have made misogynistic videos

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A brooding military veteran and former teacher appeared to have made videos in which he railed at women and blacks, years before he fatally shot two women at a Florida yoga studio, wounded five other people and then killed himself. The Friday evening shooting at […]

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