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India is friends with everybody, leading power of Global South: Swiss State Secretary Alexandre Fasel

ANI - 13 February, 2025

Swiss State Secretary Alexandre Fasel on Thursday expressed confidence in India's abilities and said that the country is a leading power of the global south.

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Switzerland: “Burqa ban” to be implemented from 1st January next year, breaking the law could cost up to $1,144

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2024

Muslim associations in Switzerland have strongly protested against the "burqa ban" in the country.

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Nestlé adds sugar in infant food sold in India, avoids sugar in Europe and US: Report

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2024

Nestlé India spokesperson stated that the company complies with all local and international standards and has already decreased added sugars across its infant cereal range.

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Switzerland’s parliament passes legislation to ban burqa, introduces fine for violators

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2023

The legislation to ban burqa was adopted by the National Council with a vote of 151-29. It had already been approved by the upper house.

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Black money is no more an issue with India says Swiss envoy

ANI - 9 January, 2023

Traditionally, Switzerland was seen as a safe tax haven for Indian businessmen, politicians and industrialists.

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Switzerland to impose $1,000 fine on those violating ‘Burqa Ban’

OpIndia Staff - 14 October, 2022

The Swiss government sent a draft law to parliament seeking to impose fine of $1,000 on 'Burqa Ban' violators.

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Isreal’s Mossad may have bombed Swiss and German companies that helped Pakistan in developing nuclear weapons: Report

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2022

A Swiss newspaper suggests that in 1980s, the Israeli spy agency- Mossad had allegedly bombed and threatened German and Swiss companies who were helping Pakistan develop its nuclear weapons programme.

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Switzerland allows legal gender change through ‘self-declaration’, without medical procedure or therapy

OpIndia Staff - 27 December, 2021

Legal change of gender will no longer need medical procedure or hormone therapy. Transgenders in Switzerland can now just walk into a civil registry office and get themselves documented as per 'chosen gender'.

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Switzerland embassy fact-checks Chinese media story on Covid origins, says the ‘Swiss scientist’ they had quoted does not exist

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2021

Chinese State media outlets, including the Global Times, the People’s Daily, had carried articles with comments from one Wilson Edwards, on the origins of Covid-19 and the WHO's independence.

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Switzerland: People vote to ban burqa or niqab in public spaces, Islamic group calls it ‘dark day for Muslims’

OpIndia Staff - 8 March, 2021

On March 7, during the referendum, 51% of the voters in Switzerland cast their vote favouring banning people from covering their faces completely in public places

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