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Indian diaspora concerned over Bulli Bai, Sulli Deals and Haridwar hate assembly UN also condemns the occurrence of communal hatred against MuslimsDiaspora January 17, 2022 People protesting against the Dharam Sansad organised at Haridwar (Photo: PTI) The spate of communal events such as the Haridwar Hate Speech assembly, Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai apps have made headlines not just in India, but also attracting global attention. The Indian diaspora is concerned over the rise in overtly Islamophobic speeches and apps and ask the government to take urgent and stringent action against the perpetrators. The Indian diaspora has voiced concerns over…

Bangladesh’s struggle from the onset can be gauged from the fact that only four of their batters managed double digit scores, with last man Mondal top-scoring with a 41-ball unbeaten knock which Defending champions Bangladesh suffered a seven-wicket loss against England in a lop-sided contest to make a poor start to their campaign at the ICC U-19 World Cup here. Opting to bat, Bangladesh were bundled out for a paltry 97 by England, who then returned to overhaul the target in 25.1 overs. England produced a lethal bowling effort to reduce Bangladesh to 51 for nine in the 25th over…

There is controversy over a new constituency change as civil rights groups call on the state’s primary and secondary school board to add another minority seat. Jim Garvey, president of BESE, said he and the other 11 members of the board are generally happy with the current boundaries that have been in effect for the past decade. However, critics say black students make up almost half of the state’s public school population, but only 27% of BESE members, so the composition of BESE needs to be changed. .. Linda Johnson, chairman of the board in 2010, subsequently tried to increase…

Tafazzal Hossain Khan Senior Supreme Court lawyer, a former minister and former High Court judge Tafazzal Hossain Khan, popularly known as TH Khan, died at a hospital in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur on Sunday afternoon. He was 102. TH Khan’s elder son and SC lawyer Afzal H Khan told New Age that his father died at 5:00pm at the Bangladesh Specialised Hospital at Shyamoli, where he was admitted on Sunday morning with pneumonia. Supreme Court Bar Association’s secretary Ruhul Quddus Kazal told New Age that he came to know from the chief justice that the High Court would not sit for Monday…

By PTI LAHORE: A Pakistani court has denied bail to three persons belonging to the minority Ahmadi community who were arrested under blasphemy charges for sharing alleged objectionable religious content in a WhatsApp group. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cybercrime Wing has recently arrested Mahmood Iqbal Hashmi, Shiraz Ahmad and Zaheer Ahmad from Lahore and booked them under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). The FIA took action against the Ahmadi community members on a complaint of an individual, Mohammad Irfan, who alleged that they have added him to a WhatsApp…

The arrest of the ARSA member is the most high-profile since the group was accused of murdering influential Rohingya community leader Mohibullah.Bangladesh police have arrested the brother of a notorious rebel leader whose organisation has been blamed for murders and drug trafficking in Rohingya refugee camps. Mohammad Shah Ali was arrested late on Saturday by the elite Armed Police Battalion. He is the half-brother of Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, the leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) armed group. Commanding officer Naimul Haque told the AFP news agency that Ali had admitted his links with ARSA and that “Ataullah…

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez distributes educational material to drivers on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at a checkpoint in Window Rock, Ariz., on March 24, 2020.Donovan Quintero/ReutersFew communities in North America fought COVID-19 with as much vigour as the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. As the virus began to spread, the South Dakota tribe traced contacts, imposed a 10-day lockdown, ordered a curfew and transformed a high school dormitory and a veteran’s centre into quarantine isolation centres.When vaccines became available, the tribe gave $500 in cash to each member who got inoculated. It formed a 250-person army of…

This is the second arrest in the case after Waseem Rizvi, former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Central Shia Waqf board A screengrab from the Dharma Sansad event held in Haridwar. Haridwar, Uttarakhand: Haridwar Police on 15 January, 2022, arrested religious leader Yeti Narsinganand for alleged inflammatory speeches at Haridwar ‘Dharm Sansad’. The Nagar Kotwali police arrested Mahamandaleshwar Yeti Narsimhanand Maharaj of Juna Akhara on 15 January, 2022. This is the second arrest in the case after Waseem Rizvi, former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Central Shia Waqf board. On 13 January, 2022, Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi was also arrested and sent…

Deaths from COVID-19 rose by 314 to 486,066, the ministry said.India began administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers and vulnerable elderly people, with the fast-spreading omicron variant fuelling an almost eight-fold rise in daily infections since the start of the year.In recent days, hundreds of healthcare and frontline workers, including police, have contracted the virus, and there were media reports that hundreds of parliamentary staff have also tested positive ahead of a budget session on Feb 1.Facing this rising third wave of infections, the government sent booster reminders to more than 10 million people who took their…

In 1947, Bengal Presidency was divided into ‘West Bengal’ and ‘East Bengal’, mainly on the basis of religion. The former became a part of India and the latter of Pakistan as ‘East Pakistan’. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the then Governor-General of Pakistan, declared ‘Urdu’ as the official language of Pakistan, which was not liked by the people of East Pakistan. They started a language movement and on February 20, 1952, the West Pakistan Government imposed ‘Section 144’, restricting gatherings and rallies. On February 21, 1952, Bengali students gathered and police open fired on them. [This is celebrated as Martyr’s Day in…

Desmond Tutu. — BBC ‘If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.’ — Archbishop Desmond Tutu   THE world lost a great moral leader this Christmas when Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed away at the age of 90. I had the honour of meeting him a few times as a child. I was raised by a family dedicated to doing the work of justice, grounded in the…

Denmark, like a number of other countries, will not send official representatives to the Winter Olympics in China next month due to human rights concerns. The decision was based on “an overall view of the situation,” Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod told the Ritzau news agency late on Friday, adding Denmark’s views on China’s policies were no secret. Kofod told the Danish radio station DR that the government will show its support to Danish athletes – just not in person in Beijing. There has been a flurry of diplomatic boycotts against the Beijing Games since the United States announced in December…