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20 Sep

Shooting at Russian university leaves at least 6 dead, 24 injured

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A student opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding several, law enforcement said. The gunman was himself killed after the shootings at Perm State University, around 1,300 km (800 miles) east of Moscow, Natalia Pechishcheva, a university spokesperson, said. It is the second mass shooting at an education facility in Russia this year. Students and staff locked themselves in the rooms, and the university urged those who could leave campus to do so. Some reportedly fled through windows. The perpetrator, who was an 18-year-old student at the…

20 Sep

India To Resume Exports, Donations of COVID-19 Vaccines: Health Minister

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India will resume the export and donations of excess vaccines next month, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Monday, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the US where the issue was likely to be raised by President Joe Biden.India, the world's biggest maker of vaccines overall, stopped vaccine exports in April to focus on inoculating its own population as infections exploded. The government wants to vaccinate all of its 94.4 crore adults by December and has so far given at least one dose to 61 per cent of them. Mandaviya told the media that India will resume…

18 Sep

Taliban replaces women’s ministry with ministry of virtue and vice

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The Taliban have replaced the country’s ministry for women with an office for what is known as the group’s moral police, residents of Kabul have said, as videos showed female former employees of the department apparently locked out of the building. Workers in Kabul were photographed on Friday replacing the sign on the women’s ministry building with a new one, which read, in a mixture of Dari and Arabic, “Ministries of Prayer and Guidance and the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”. The Taliban has earlier carried out anti-human rights activities in Afghanistan during its rule between 1996 to…

16 Sep

India aims to launch FTA negotiations with UK by November 1

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India and the United Kingdom plan to launch negotiations on a trade deal between the two nations by 1 November 2021, the commerce and industry said on Tuesday.Both nations are looking at an interim trade deal by March next year, which will be followed by a comprehensive FTA. The interim deal will involve early concessions on certain key high-priority products and services related to tariffs or market access Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said that an interim trade agreement is the first step towards an FTA that would allow both nations to immensely benefit from the early gains of…

16 Sep

US, UK, Australia launch new trilateral Indo-Pacific alliance to counter China

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The US, Britain and Australia have announced a new trilateral security alliance for the Indo-Pacific to take on the threats of the 21st century and allow for greater sharing of defence capabilities, including help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines, in a bid to counter China's growing power in the strategically vital region. Unveiling the ambitious security initiative, US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison in a joint statement said their move will promote stability in the Indo-Pacific and support of their shared values and interests. "We are taking another historic step to deepen…

14 Sep

Taliban today said that news of Mullah Baradar’s death is false.

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The Taliban have denied that one of their top leaders has been killed in a shootout with rivals, following rumours about internal splits in the movement nearly a month after its lightning victory over the Western-backed government in Kabul. Sulail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, said Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, former head of the Taliban political office who was named deputy prime minister last week, issued a voice message rejecting claims he had been killed or injured in a clash. "He says it is lies and totally baseless," Shaheen said in a message on Twitter. The denials follow days of rumours…

14 Sep

India stands by Afghan people, provided it has unfettered access: Jaishankar

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India is willing to stand by the Afghan people just as it supported them in the past, said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Addressing the UN High Level Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan, the Minister expressed support for a “central role” for the U.N. in dealing with the crisis. “Today, I want to underline that in the face of a grave emerging situation India is willing to stand by the Afghan people, just as in the past,” said Mr. Jaishankar urging the international community to “come together” . India expressed its “understandable concern” about the situation two days…

12 Sep

Kabul: At Pro-Taliban Rally, Veiled Women Pledge Support For New Regime

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Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre Saturday, pledging commitment to the Taliban's hardline policies on gender segregation. About 300 women -- covered head-to-toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education -- waved Taliban flags as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for the Islamists' policies.A handful wore blue burqas, which have only a small mesh window to see from, but most wore black niqabs covering most of the face apart from the eyes. The women attended an event at a university, in which women speakers spoke in…

09 Sep

Pakistan bans male teachers from wearing jeans, T-shirt; tights prohibited for women staff

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Pakistan’s Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has issued dress code for male and female teachers of all educational institutes in Islamabad, drawing fierce reaction on social media. Jeans and tights have been banned during the duty hours and principals asked to ensure that their teaching and non-teaching staff maintain “personal hygiene”. Some Twitter users called it an attack on women’s autonomy, others compared the directive to Taliban diktats. A letter in this regard was sent to the principals of schools and colleges by the director of academics on Monday, reported Dawn. The letter asked principals to ensure that each staff…

07 Sep

Taliban fire warning shots at protest in Kabul

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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Tuesday to denounce Taliban rule and demand women's rights. Protesters also chanted anti-Pakistan slogans, as many believe neighbouring Pakistan supports the Taliban, which the country denies. Taliban fighters firing their guns into the air - a move the group banned last week after several people were reported killed after celebratory aerial fire. Guards at a nearby bank opened its basement car park to dozens of women who sheltered from the gunfire for about 20 minutes, Some journalists, including the BBC's team, were prevented from filming at the rally. Afghanistan's Tolo news agency…