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India reciprocates to UK’s travel guidelines, imposes mandatory Covid-19 tests, 10-day quarantine for all travellers from the UK

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

India imposes 10 day quarantine for travellers from UK after the UK refused to accept India's Covid-19 vaccine certificates issued through CoWIN

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How the liberal PM of Canada spent years fighting against compensation to indigenous children who faced discrimination

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

Indigenous children in Canada are set to receive billions in compensation after overcoming the challenges put forth by the Trudeau government.

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‘You may be strip searched’: Pakistani cricketer shares boarding pass for USA flight with ‘SSSS’ stamped on it. Read what it means

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal shared a picture of his boarding pass for a flight to the US in which he was marked with “SSSS” stamp

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UCLA professor sues Uni for suspending him after he refused to be ‘more lenient’ towards black students compared to others

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

UCLA professor Gordon Klein was suspended for three weeks in June 2020 after he turned down a request to show greater "leniency" in evaluating black students in the wake of George Floyd incident.

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Canadian military used Covid-19 pandemic to test propaganda techniques on citizens, reveals a report by Canadian Forces

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

Canadian military had started to test propaganda technique on Canadian citizens during Covid-19 without the approval of govt

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Christian country Papua New Guinea Covid controller first denies permission for Durga Puja because of ‘idol worship’, apologises later: Details

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

Earlier, a letter signed by Manning had denied Hindus living in PNG permission to hold Durga Puja celebrations saying idol worshipping is morally inappropriate and against Christian values.

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China: Power outages impact production, Evergrande fall out, coal crisis may trigger major economic trouble

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2021

Nomura’s Chief China Economist Ting Lu cut his forecast for Chinese GDP growth this year as factories shut down to comply with carbon emissions reduction targets.

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‘Our pandering has allowed Pakistan to set the region on fire’: USA expert calls for end to the ‘toxic relationship’ with Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2021

In a strongly-worded article in The Hill, US expert Arthur Herman has written that it is time (for the USA) to pull the plug on the toxic relationship with Pakistan.

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UK fuel shortage: London petrol station owner Nerali Patel assaulted, racially abused by British man, suffers head injury

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2021

Nerali Patel, 38 and a mother of 2, who runs a BP petrol station at Haverstock Hill, North London, was attacked and violently pushed to the ground by the British man.

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