Author: PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed violent protests across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act as “unfortunate and deeply distressing”, and appealed to people to stay away from rumour-mongering and not let “vested interests” divide the society.

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A passenger bus carrying Hindu pilgrims veered off a road and fell some 100 metres along the Araniko Highway in Nepal’s Sindhupalchok on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 18 others.

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Ethnic violence and mounting rancour among political elites could force Ethiopia to postpone the landmark elections set for May, according to a report released today by conflict analysis and prevention group ICG.

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Seven years after the brutal Nirbhaya gang rape that shook the entire nation, the conviction rate in rape cases in the country is as low as 32.2 per cent despite laws dealing with sexual assault being made stringent in the aftermath of the incident.

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