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She fights for her rightful dues

Shahabuddin Ahmad Her name is not known but she is one of the thousands of determined jute mill workers protesting as they have not been paid their unpaid wages. They have nine-point demands and observed hartal (work stoppage) for 72 hours last month. These workers, including the women workers, have faced police and clash ensued, […]

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AT NETANYAHU’S REQUEST

Trump declares Iranian Revolutionary Guards a “terrorist group” Abdus Sattar Ghazali Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a hotly contested bid for a fourth term, tweeted on April 8 that the Trump administration designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization at his request, Los Angeles Times reported from Jerusalem. “Thank you, […]

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BJP, Modi responsible for ‘worsening’ Kashmir situation: Azad

GK report Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government for “worsening” the situation in Kashmir during its stint in power. Addressing a party workers’ convention in Lolab, Kupwara, Azad said: “The situation in the Kashmir Valley had considerably improved when there […]

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Egypt-mediated ceasefire declared in Gaza

Online Agencies An Egypt-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions in the besieged Gaza Strip was declared March 26 following two days of Israeli air-strikes and Palestinian rocket fire. Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of strikes across the Strip, while at least 50 rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel. Residential and commercial buildings […]

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Voices rise in Chile for the ‘Right to Live in Peace’ Concert

Online agencies Approximately 30,000 people have gathered in Santiago, Chile for the “Right to Live in Peace” Concert, organized on Sunday, March 24, to protest foreign intervention in Venezuela and the recently created right-wing South American block ProSur, according to organizers. “South America has never accepted an external military intervention, but now there is a […]