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"They Gave You Nobel For What?" Trump Asks Yazidi Activist Nadia Murad

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 18, 2019

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared unfamiliar with the work and cause of Nobel laureate Nadia Murad as she pleaded with him to help the Yazidis of Iraq.

Students Try To Breach Kerala Secretariat As Cabinet Meet Was Underway

Thiruvananthapuram News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday July 17, 2019

Four Kerala Students Union (KSU) activists on Wednesday breached the fencing of the state Secretariat even as a Cabinet meeting was underway to protest against the killing of a fellow student at the University College in Thiruvananthapuram.

Activist Who Spotlighted Black History Found Dead In Trunk Of Car: Police

World News | Alex Horton, Hanna Knowles, The Washington Post | Monday July 15, 2019

Sadie Roberts-Joseph's sister remembers her as a woman who made things better - who led neighborhood trash cleanups and house repairs, who launched a local group to fight drugs and violence, who founded a black history museum because, as Roberts-Joseph liked to tell everyone, "If you don't know where you came from, it's hard to know where you're go...

Worst Career Advice? Monica Lewinsky's Post Is Too Real For A Laugh

World News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Monday July 15, 2019

As people on Twitter shared the worst career advice they'd ever received, Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern turned anti-bullying activist, tweeted about a career decision she made that eventually changed her life.

Second Day Of Hong Kong Protests, Activists To Target Mainland Shoppers

World News | Reuters | Sunday July 14, 2019

Hong Kong protesters are set to rally for a second day on Sunday in an area popular with mainland Chinese shoppers as anger over the government's handling of an extradition bill revives other grievances, such as an influx of cross-border visitors.

Pakistan Removes Pro-Khalistan Leader From Committee On Kartarpur Talks

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Neeta Sharma, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday July 13, 2019

Conceding to India's demand, Pakistan has removed a pro-Khalistan activist from its committee to iron out issues in the second round of talks over the Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pilgrims, set to take place on Sunday.

Hundreds Of Migrants Occupy Paris Landmark

World News | Friday July 12, 2019

Hundreds of undocumented migrants surged into the Pantheon in central Paris on Friday, briefly occupying the vaunted memorial complex to demand talks with the prime minister on regularising their status, activists said.

Mahatma Gandhi Was Spiritual Leader Of Non-Violence In US: House Speaker

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 12, 2019

Mahatma Gandhi was the spiritual leader of America's non-violence movement, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has said as she described how the Indian leader influenced American social activist Martin Luther King Jr.

Ex-Gujarat BJP Lawmaker Given Life Sentence For RTI Activist's Murder

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 11, 2019

A Special CBI Court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Bogha Solanki from Gujarat's Saurashtra and six others to life imprisonment for the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa in July 2010.

Ex-BJP Lawmaker Gets Life For RTI Activist's Murder In Gujarat

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 11, 2019

A special CBI court today sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Bogha Solanki and six others to life imprisonment for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after he tried to expose illegal mining activities in the Gir forest region in Gujarat.

Contract Put Out To Kill Me, Anna Hazare Tells Court In A Murder Trial

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 9, 2019

Social activist Anna Hazare today told a special CBI court in Mumbai that a contract has been handed out to kill him for speaking out against the corruption in the Terna Sugar Factory in Osmanabad.

Anna Hazare Deposes Before Mumbai Court In 2006 Nimbalkar Murder Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 9, 2019

Social activist Anna Hazare today deposed before a special court in Mumbai as a prosecution witness in the 2006 murder case of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar.

Tamil Nadu Activist, Missing For 6 Months, Found In Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Sunday July 7, 2019

Tamil Nadu-based environmental activist T Mugilan, missing for nearly six months, was found in a railway station in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. He was brought back to Tamil Nadu after the police handed over the activist to Tamil Nadu police at Katpadi around midnight.

BJP Claims Worker Beaten In Bengal For Chanting "Jai Shri Ram"

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 7, 2019

The BJP claimed today that one of its workers was allegedly beaten to death by Trinamool Congress activists in West Bengal's Nadia district for chanting ''Jai Shri Ram''. Trinamool termed the allegation "completely baseless" and said the man was beaten up by locals for misbehaving with women.

Ex-BJP Lawmaker Dinu Solanki, 6 Others Guilty Of Killing RTI Activist

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 6, 2019

Former BJP lawmaker Dinu Solanki and six others were Saturday convicted by a special CBI court in Ahmedabad for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 as he tried to expose illegal mining activities in Gir forest region.