Journalist and human rights defender Lukpan Akhmedyarov was detained upon leaving the editorial office of the “Uralsk Week” in Uralsk, Kazakhstan, on January 7. Later the same day, he was sentenced to ten days of administrative arrest for participation in an unsanctioned demonstration. According to his lawyer, Mereke Gabdualiev, the human rights defender was present at the demonstration in his journalistic capacity, but the court refused to take this into account. On January 10, the court upheld the decision despite the appeal by Lukpan Akhmedyarov’ lawyer to his detention. Lukpan Akhmedyarov is a prominent Kazakh journalist, human rights defender and former editor-in-chief…
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The Assembly election in Punjab has been postponed from 14 to 20 February. The Election Commission of India (ECI) made the announcement today, after a meeting was held in New Delhi to discuss the same. Now, the date of notification will be issued on January 25, and the state will go to polls on February 20. The counting of votes will be done on March 10. “After consideration of all facts made available, the Election Commission has announced 2022 General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of State of Punjab on 8th January 2022 under which notification for the election is…
World renowned Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj passed away at his residence in Delhi in the early hours of Monday, at his Delhi residence. Sunday, 16 January. The 83-year-old had reportedly suffered from a heart attack. He was diagnosed with kidney disease a few days ago and had been on dialysis and was one of the most famous faces of India’s Kathak dancers all over the world. Birju Maharaj was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers and an exponent of the Lucknow Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Kathak. He was sent by the Government of India to represent the country in cultural festivals…
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare released a commemorative Postal Stamp on COVID-19 Vaccine to mark the 1st anniversary of India’s National Covid-19 Vaccination program along with Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Devusinh Chauhan, Union Minister of State for Communications. The commemorative stamp design features a healthcare worker inoculating a senior citizen with COVID-19 vaccine, along with an image of ‘COVAXIN’ vial. This stamp signifies the remarkable work done by our frontline healthcare workers and scientific community across the country in protecting the people against the COVID pandemic.…
India’s Lakshya Sen created sensation, securing his maiden Super 500 title by winning the Yonex-Sunrise India Open with a stunning straight-game victory over reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the men’s singles final in New Delhi on Sunday. He is the third Indian men’s singles player after Prakash Padukone in 1981 and Srikanth Kidambi in 2015 to win the India Open title. I It was after Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first team from the country to win India’s flagship tournament after toppling three-time world champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. The 20-year-old Sen, who…
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has assured leaders of India’s top IT companies that the Central government will give full support to the sector to accelerate growth and help India’s Services exports soar to $1 trillion in a decade. Goyal said India was on track to achieve its merchandise exports target of $400 billion this year, while Services exports were likely to be about $240 billion to $250 billion, which is much lower, but can grow rapidly and catch up with merchandise exports. “When I look at the trajectory of these – I personally believe this is…
Two trafficking survivors have brought a case against Italy and Libya to a UN committee. The two Nigerian women claim the countries failed to protect their rights and left them vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. The Italian legal rights association, ASGI (The Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration), helped the survivors take their case to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). ASGI held a press conference on December 16 in which they spoke about the harrowing experiences of Princess* and Doris*. Traffickers brought both women to Libya from Nigeria in 2017 and 2018 respectively with the goal of trapping them in forced prostitution. Along their journey to Libya and…
British bank, HSBC, has admitted to holding over 3 million dollars of shares in Chinese chemical and plastics company, Xinjiang Tianye Group. Last year, Sheffield Hallam University released a report that found Xinjiang Tianye documents suggesting the company’s role in many “poverty alleviation programs” including “labor transfers” and “vocational training programs.” These terms are synonymous with the systematic erasure of Uyghur culture and breakdown of the population through forced labor and other human rights violations. Further, Xinjiang Tianye is a self-described ”state-owned enterprise in the eighth division of XPCC.” XPCC is the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as…
Union Minister of State PMO Dr Jitendra Singh said that India’s @2047 would have evolved beyond imagination. Not only are things moving fast , but the pace of this forward movement is much faster than ever before, which makes it very difficult to precisely visualise the exact shape of India that emerges 25 years from now, he said. But one thing is certain, he said, that when independent India turns 100, it will be the world’s Technological and Economic powerhouse. Chairing the first ever meeting of Sectoral Experts to deliberate on Vision India @2047 from the Governance perspective, organised by…
Union Minister of Culture G. Kishan has announced that a 10th century stone idol of Goat Head Yogini that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh is being returned to India. Announcing this in a tweet, the Culture Minister said that the repatriation of our rightful artifacts continues. Earlier, the High Commission of India in London said that it is happy to announce the recovery and repatriation of a very special 10th century stone idol that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh in the 1980s. The sculpture is of a…