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Indian authorities have asked journalists to refrain from live coverage of gun battles in Indian-administered Kashmir, a move seen by critics as a measure to further suppress freedom of the press in the restive Himalayan region.   Last week, Kashmir authorities denounced live reporting as a provocation amounting to interference ...

#Pakistan News Fast News Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many Muslim-majority countries have imposed restrictions on worshippers, including night-time curfews, and called for prayers to be performed at home during the fasting month. A Palestinian merchant hangs a luminescent star and crescent ornament at the Council Gate leading to ...

Police in the Himalayan region of Kashmir have asked journalists to refrain from live coverage of gun battles with militants fighting Indian rule inthe territory or protests, calling such reports a provocation amounting to interference in their duties.India has deployed tens of thousands of police and soldiers to keep ...

Uttar Pradesh The Uttar Pradesh government imposed night curfew in Lucknow, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Noida, Varanasi, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Bareilly districts. In Noida and Ghaziabad, neighbouring districts to Delhi, the night curfew will remain in place from 10 pm to 5 am till April 17. However, the movement of essential ...

Washington: India has several significant human rights issues, including unlawful and arbitrary killings, restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a US report said on Tuesday.In its 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ to the US Congress, the Department ...

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Sadia Munawar is a 29-year-old government employee in Indian-administered Kashmir. She is also an amateur poet. Sitting at her home in a picturesque town in central Kashmir, Munawar (not her real name) says she has closely witnessed the recent years of unrests, lockdowns and fear ...

TEHRAN, Iran Iranians on Sunday marked the beginning of the new Persian year, Nowruz, amid festivities dampened by restrictions against the novel coronavirus pandemic.Nowruz, which translates into "new day" in Persian, coincides with the spring equinox, which falls on March 21 every year.This year, the occasion also marked the turn ...

#Pakistan News The results of the WHO study suggest tens of thousands of deaths from air pollution were avoided in 2020 even as deadly small particle pollution in four of five nations exceeded recommendations the same year. Vehicles drive through smog in Gurugram, India, November 9, 2020. (Reuters) Deadly ...

Saudi Arabia will remove several controversial restrictions on foreign workers in a labor policy overhaul that officials hope will attract overseas talent and reduce citizen unemployment. Non-Saudis will no longer need their employer’s permission to change jobs, travel abroad or leave the country permanently, according ...

On September 29, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a press release stating in uncertain terms how it viewed the operations of the human rights advocacy group Amnesty India.“All the glossy statements about humanitarian work and speaking truth to power are nothing but a ploy to divert attention from ...