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Here's How Elon Musk's X Is Cultivating Hard-Right Politicians In Europe
Elon Musk is a kingmaker on the platform he acquired in 2022 for $44 billion. He has used his influence to cultivate hard-right politicians and insurgent activists across Europe.
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Delhi Court Upholds Medha Patkar's Conviction In Defamation Case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and punishment awarded to activist Medha Patkar in a defamation case filed by Delhi LG V K Saxena.
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Why Brazil Chose One Of Its Poorer Cities For UN Climate Talks
When world leaders, diplomats, business leaders, scientists and activists go to Brazil in November for the United Nations' annual climate negotiations, poverty, deforestation and much of the world's troubles will be right in their faces - by design.
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Bangladesh Security Forces Fired Indiscriminately During Clashes In Sheikh Hasina's Hometown: Report
Security forces fired indiscriminately during clashes involving supporters of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina this month, killing at least five people, human rights activists said Friday.
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Rs 27 Lakh For 1-Hour Bike Rally At Madhya Pradesh Event? Activists Seek Probe
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav played a key role in the formation of Ratapani Tiger Reserve, spread across Raisen and Sehore districts in Madhya Pradesh.
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Artisans' Faces Blackened Over "Objectionable" Ganesh Idol Design In Indore
A controversy erupted in Indore's Khajrana locality on Sunday evening after Bajrang Dal activists stormed into a local sculptor's workshop, accusing Bengali artists of crafting Lord Ganesh idols in an "objectionable and modern" style that allegedly h
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Ajit Pawar Party Leader Suraj Chavan Told To Resign Amid Marathwada Protests
Ajit Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party, has asked Suraj Chavan to resign immediately from the position of state president of the party, following his involvement in the assault on Chhava Sanghatana activists in Latur.
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Gal Gadot, Criticized For Comments On Gaza War, Opens Jerusalem Film Festival With Call To End War
The 40-year-old star, who was born near Tel Aviv, said in her acceptance speech that she was "praying for this (Gaza) war to end and for everyone here to finally have calm and security".
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In Race To Save Nimisha Priya, Worried Activist Claims 'We Had Setback'
Efforts to save Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for killing her business partner - may have suffered a setback because of media reports focusing on 'blood money', or cash offered to his family in exchange for a pardon, a social worker sai
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"This Is All Jihad": Zohran Mamdani's Ex-Intern On Protests Against Israel
A former intern for New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has described political activism as "jihad" and urged Muslims to risk getting suspended or arrested while standing up to "settler colonialism."
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Sena Minister In 'Bag Full Of Cash' Row Faces Rs 2,000 Crore Corruption Claim
Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat finds himself at the centre of mutliple controversies, the latest being allegations of corruption by social activist Anjali Damania.
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Telangana MLC Office Attacked By Mob, Blood On Floor, Bodyguard Fires In Air
MLC Teenmaar Mallanna was reportedly in office where he was attacked and his office was vandalised on Sunday morning by a group of people claiming to be activists from Telangana Jagruthi, an organisation led by BRS MLC K Kavitha.
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Pardon By Yemeni Man's Family Only Real Hope For Nurse On Death Row: Activist
The family of the Yemeni national who was killed by Nimisha Priya has been offered $1 million (Rs 8.6 crore) by her family as 'blood money' and the only real hope for the Indian nurse is if the man's relatives pardon her, an activist has said.
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Iran Threatens Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi With 'Physical Elimination'
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for women's and human rights in Iran, has received death threats from Tehran, the Nobel Committee said Friday.
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Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
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Here's How Elon Musk's X Is Cultivating Hard-Right Politicians In Europe
Elon Musk is a kingmaker on the platform he acquired in 2022 for $44 billion. He has used his influence to cultivate hard-right politicians and insurgent activists across Europe.
-
Delhi Court Upholds Medha Patkar's Conviction In Defamation Case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and punishment awarded to activist Medha Patkar in a defamation case filed by Delhi LG V K Saxena.
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Why Brazil Chose One Of Its Poorer Cities For UN Climate Talks
When world leaders, diplomats, business leaders, scientists and activists go to Brazil in November for the United Nations' annual climate negotiations, poverty, deforestation and much of the world's troubles will be right in their faces - by design.
-
Bangladesh Security Forces Fired Indiscriminately During Clashes In Sheikh Hasina's Hometown: Report
Security forces fired indiscriminately during clashes involving supporters of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina this month, killing at least five people, human rights activists said Friday.
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Rs 27 Lakh For 1-Hour Bike Rally At Madhya Pradesh Event? Activists Seek Probe
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav played a key role in the formation of Ratapani Tiger Reserve, spread across Raisen and Sehore districts in Madhya Pradesh.
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Artisans' Faces Blackened Over "Objectionable" Ganesh Idol Design In Indore
A controversy erupted in Indore's Khajrana locality on Sunday evening after Bajrang Dal activists stormed into a local sculptor's workshop, accusing Bengali artists of crafting Lord Ganesh idols in an "objectionable and modern" style that allegedly h
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Ajit Pawar Party Leader Suraj Chavan Told To Resign Amid Marathwada Protests
Ajit Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party, has asked Suraj Chavan to resign immediately from the position of state president of the party, following his involvement in the assault on Chhava Sanghatana activists in Latur.
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Gal Gadot, Criticized For Comments On Gaza War, Opens Jerusalem Film Festival With Call To End War
The 40-year-old star, who was born near Tel Aviv, said in her acceptance speech that she was "praying for this (Gaza) war to end and for everyone here to finally have calm and security".
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In Race To Save Nimisha Priya, Worried Activist Claims 'We Had Setback'
Efforts to save Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for killing her business partner - may have suffered a setback because of media reports focusing on 'blood money', or cash offered to his family in exchange for a pardon, a social worker sai
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"This Is All Jihad": Zohran Mamdani's Ex-Intern On Protests Against Israel
A former intern for New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has described political activism as "jihad" and urged Muslims to risk getting suspended or arrested while standing up to "settler colonialism."
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Sena Minister In 'Bag Full Of Cash' Row Faces Rs 2,000 Crore Corruption Claim
Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat finds himself at the centre of mutliple controversies, the latest being allegations of corruption by social activist Anjali Damania.
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Telangana MLC Office Attacked By Mob, Blood On Floor, Bodyguard Fires In Air
MLC Teenmaar Mallanna was reportedly in office where he was attacked and his office was vandalised on Sunday morning by a group of people claiming to be activists from Telangana Jagruthi, an organisation led by BRS MLC K Kavitha.
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Pardon By Yemeni Man's Family Only Real Hope For Nurse On Death Row: Activist
The family of the Yemeni national who was killed by Nimisha Priya has been offered $1 million (Rs 8.6 crore) by her family as 'blood money' and the only real hope for the Indian nurse is if the man's relatives pardon her, an activist has said.
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Iran Threatens Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi With 'Physical Elimination'
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for women's and human rights in Iran, has received death threats from Tehran, the Nobel Committee said Friday.
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Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
