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DESPARDES News Monitor — Gory pictures and graphic videos of cow vigilantism in India is surfacing on social media and that’s happening days after PM Modi won for the second
Continue readingIn India 3 Days 3 Lynching: Is Cow Vigilantism the New Normal? (Video)
DESPARDES News Monitor — The Sikh Community of Connecticut, along with Norwich and state officials, unveiled a permanent memorial Saturday to the victims of the 1984 massacre of Sikh worshippers
Continue readingSikh Genocide 1984: Memorial Day Observed in US, UK, Canada
DESPARDES News Monitor — Three Kashmiri youth were killed by Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir on Friday amid widespread protests across the divided Himalayan region seeking self-determination. All the
Continue readingThree Kashmiri Youth Killed By Indian Forces in Occupied Valley
Last year, the Taliban and US-led forces observed ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan and festival of Eid– without peace talks. Not this time though despite peace talks. DESPARDES
Continue readingAfghanistan Peace Talks: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
Currently Saudi Arabia has the highest rate of smoking in the world; it has already imposed a huge 213 percent duty on cigarettes and other consumable tobaccos. SAEED HAIDER —
Continue readingHard Times Ahead for Shisha Smokers in Saudi as Cost May Go Up
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday mooted the idea of a common trading currency for East Asia that would be pegged to gold, describing the existing currency trading in
Continue readingMahathir Proposes Common Currency for Trade in East Asia
For months, Australia warned the United States what it saw as the destructive capacity of 5G technology, according to Reuters. “Now, America is aggressively campaigning against Chinese telecom champion Huawei,
Continue readingTrump’s China Challenge: 5G, Huawei, and the Trade War
Chinese shipments accounted for 80 percent of all U.S. imports of rare-earth minerals between 2014 and 2017 DESPARDES News Monitor — Amid the threat of more tariffs to come, China
Continue readingChina May Restrict Rare Earth Exports to US Amid Trade War
Reportedly, the deceased had performed two surgeries earlier in the day In a shocking incident, a postgraduate student of gynaecology, Dr Payal Tadvi committed suicide after being allegedly tortured by three of
Continue readingHarassed Over Caste, Muslim Doctor Commits Suicide in Mumbai
Don’t get distracted by Donald Trump’s bluster. An economic war waged through sanctions has been inflicting great suffering on ordinary Iranians for decades now. Many are worried about the risk of
DESPARDES News Monitor– 27 Muslim member of Parliament have been elected for Lok Sabha (Lower House). Although Muslim population in India is 14.2% as per the census of 2011 (independent
Continue readingIndia Election 2019: Only 27 Indian Muslim MPs in House of 543
DESPARDES News Monitor — President Donald Trump this week used emergency authority to approve nearly two dozen arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and other countries. The announcement was made
Continue readingTrump Sells $8Bn In Arms to Saudi, UAE Invoking ‘Emergency Loophole’