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WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 5 Aug, 2021 04:50 AM3 minutes to read Supporters of Indian National Congress protest over the alleged rape case in New Delhi, India. Photo / Getty Warning: Distressing content. The alleged gang rape and murder of a 9-year-old, "low-caste" girl has…

Synopsis As soon as the House met at 2 PM, Rajendra Agrawal, who was chairing the proceedings, took up the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021, for consideration and passage. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav moved the bill for consideration and passage and…

On a balmy, overcast Tuesday in Washington, protesters and lawmakers gathered on either end of the Capitol to urge Congress and the White House to act on two issues of varying urgency: the push for a new voting rights law and a solution to the recently expired eviction moratorium. The…

On August 03, 2019, the Department of State Service (DSS) operatives in a commando style abducted human rights' activist and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 elections, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was illegally arrested around 1:30am in Lagos State for creating and championing ‘#RevolutionNow’, a…

Even with governments dangerously behind schedule on emissions reductions, oil producers are beginning to feel the heat. In recent weeks, the United States, China, the European Union, and a handful of international organizations have unveiled plans for alternative energy investments, carbon pricing, and environmental regulations. Their proposals are neither fast enough…

A political academic said on Monday that the government's decision to cut ties with the Professional Teachers' Union (PTU) has sparked concern that authorities are “extending their suppression”, from political parties to civil society. Ivan Choy, a senior lecturer at the Chinese University's department of government and public administration, made…

Topline U.S. Olympic officials are on a possible collision course with the International Olympic Committee Monday after the organization said it did not believe Team USA shot put silver medallist Raven Saunders broke rules against protests on the podium, raising questions over what will happen if American officials—who have stated…

Rema remembers the distinct feeling of despair he felt performing some of his new songs at shows outside Nigeria as last year’s momentous #EndSARS protests began to take shape. “It was deeply troubling for me,” he admits when we catch up to talk about that period on a Zoom call…

“The found remains — a skull with a bullet hole — that seems like you’re just beginning to get somewhere” in investigating the deaths, state Rep. Regina Goodwin told KJRH-TV In this July 30, 2021 photo, Graves Public Oversight Committee Chair J. Kavin Ross views remains in a mass grave…

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