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Iran: Government announces fresh campaign reintroducing moral police to force women to wear hijab

OpIndia Staff -
There were claims that the moral police in Iran imposing hijab was disbanded, but the government denied it amidst the protests.
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Pakistan: Over 150 years old Hindu temple bulldozed to ground in Karachi, another Mandir attacked by ‘rocket launchers’ in Sindh within 24 hours 

OpIndia Staff -
An over 150-year-old Hindu temple was demolished in Karachi’s Soldier Bazaar on Friday night using diggers and bulldozers
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South Korea: Nine bodies recovered from flooded tunnel as death toll reaches 35

OpIndia Staff -
Rescuers working to reach cars trapped in a flooded tunnel near the city of Cheongju have found nine bodies.
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Pakistan: A day after radical Islamist party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan issued a threat to police to demolish an Ahmadi mosque, cops comply and demolish it

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, Pakistan, for which Ahmadiyya Muslims voted in uniformity in the 1940s, does not recognize Ahmadiyyas as Muslims and bars them from such identification.
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Ireland: Farmers on streets as govt wants to kill 200,000 cows to meet ‘climate change goals’

OpIndia Staff -
Farmers in Ireland protest to save their cows from govt's plan aiming to kill 200,000 cows in three years
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US: Over a dozen artisans withdraw from case of forced labour and human trafficking against BAPS temple, say they were coerced into making false...

OpIndia Staff -
Over a dozen artisans withdrew case against BAPS temple in New Jersey saying they were misled to file false allegations against the temple. They have accused advocate Swati Sawant of threatening them if they withdraw the case.
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As British politician makes rhetorical claim on “UK’s foreign aid” to India after Chandrayaan-3 launch, here is how it is a falsehood repeatedly peddled...

Paurush Gupta -
After Chandrayaan-3 launch, British politician Paul Golding asked UK to stop sending aid to India, ignoring the fact that India stopped accepting aid from UK long ago
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‘Modi is a terrorist’: Shri Bhagavad Gita Park signboard defaced with anti-India graffiti in Brampton, Canada

OpIndia Staff -
Anti-Hindu, anti-India activities are becoming increasingly prevalent in Canada
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Sweden: After Quran burning, police authorises protest to burn Torah and Bible outside the Israeli Embassy, Jewish community condemns the approval

OpIndia Staff -
Stockholm police informed that they had given permission to a man who has stated that he intended to burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden this weekend as a protest.
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Days after getting an IMF loan to revive its beleaguered economy, Pakistan decides to spend 40 crore rupees on getting a flag taller than...

OpIndia Staff -
At Liberty Chowk in Lahore, Punjab province will hoist the Pakistani national flag. According to reports, the country needs at least Rs 2,000 crore to repay foreign loans (plus interest) over the next two years.
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