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Six Indian-Americans Sworn-In As Members Of US House Of Representatives
In a momentous occasion for Indian Americans, six of their leaders were sworn-in as the members of the US House of Representatives, the largest so far for this minority ethnic community in the United States.
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Biden Watching Situation In Bangladesh Very Closely: White House
President Joe Biden is closely monitoring the situation in Bangladesh and the US will hold the Bangladeshi interim government accountable for ensuring the protection of religious and ethnic minorities in the country, the White House has said.
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Opinion | Dissanayake's NPP Win: A Turning Point In India-Sri Lanka Ties?
The NPP received overwhelming support from ethnic minorities, even in Tamil-majority areas in the north and east, where its candidates outperformed traditional Tamil nationalist parties.
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Minority Groups Have Equal Stake In Democracy: US Envoy To India
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Wednesday said efforts should be made to ensure that every section of society including ethnic or religious minorities feels that it has an equal stake in a country's democracy.
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Indian Americans In Offices Not Reflective Of Their Population: Kamala Harris
The number of Indian Americans in elected offices is not reflective of their growing population, US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday, urging the members of the minority ethnic community to run for elected offices increasingly.
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China Arbitrarily Detained Over 1 Million Uyghurs From 2017 To 2023: US Report
A recent report by the United States has shed light on a series of human rights violations in China, including arbitrary arrests, restrictions on freedom of expression, and systemic abuses against ethnic minority groups.
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3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
Myanmar's junta has sentenced to death three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic town on the Chinese border to ethnic minority fighters last month, military sources told AFP on Monday.
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UK Labour Party To Improve Outreach Efforts To British Indians: Report
UK's Opposition Labour Party is overhauling its outreach efforts to British Indians, amid concern that the party's support among the country's largest ethnic minority has slumped in recent years, according to a media report.
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Myanmar Armed Group Claims It Has "Completely Controlled" Port Town Pauktaw
Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes with junta troops, they said.
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Myanmar Armed Group Says Captured Town Near India, Bangladesh Border
An armed ethnic minority group in Myanmar has said it captured a town and several junta outposts near the border with Bangladesh and India, in the latest setback for the embattled military.
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Armed Myanmar Group Seizes Border Crossing To China: Report
An ethnic minority armed group in Myanmar has seized control from the country's ruling junta of a lucrative border crossing to China, local media and a security source said Sunday.
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Manipur BJP Ally Withdraws Support From Biren Singh-Led Government
The BJP-led government in Manipur lost a minor ally on Friday over the ethnic violence raging in the northeastern state for over three months.
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Sri Lanka President To Hold All-Party Meeting On Reconciliation Of Tamils
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the thorny issue of ethnic reconciliation of minority Tamils in the island nation.
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Expecting Agreement To Solve Ethnic Conflict By Year-End: Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community.
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Rohingya Refugees Fleeing Myanmar, Bangladesh Surged Fivefold In 2022: UN
The number of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar or Bangladesh by sea surged fivefold to more than 3,500 in 2022 from a year earlier, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, in the deadliest year for the ethnic minority group at since 2014.
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Six Indian-Americans Sworn-In As Members Of US House Of Representatives
In a momentous occasion for Indian Americans, six of their leaders were sworn-in as the members of the US House of Representatives, the largest so far for this minority ethnic community in the United States.
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Biden Watching Situation In Bangladesh Very Closely: White House
President Joe Biden is closely monitoring the situation in Bangladesh and the US will hold the Bangladeshi interim government accountable for ensuring the protection of religious and ethnic minorities in the country, the White House has said.
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Opinion | Dissanayake's NPP Win: A Turning Point In India-Sri Lanka Ties?
The NPP received overwhelming support from ethnic minorities, even in Tamil-majority areas in the north and east, where its candidates outperformed traditional Tamil nationalist parties.
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Minority Groups Have Equal Stake In Democracy: US Envoy To India
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Wednesday said efforts should be made to ensure that every section of society including ethnic or religious minorities feels that it has an equal stake in a country's democracy.
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Indian Americans In Offices Not Reflective Of Their Population: Kamala Harris
The number of Indian Americans in elected offices is not reflective of their growing population, US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday, urging the members of the minority ethnic community to run for elected offices increasingly.
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China Arbitrarily Detained Over 1 Million Uyghurs From 2017 To 2023: US Report
A recent report by the United States has shed light on a series of human rights violations in China, including arbitrary arrests, restrictions on freedom of expression, and systemic abuses against ethnic minority groups.
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3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
Myanmar's junta has sentenced to death three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic town on the Chinese border to ethnic minority fighters last month, military sources told AFP on Monday.
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UK Labour Party To Improve Outreach Efforts To British Indians: Report
UK's Opposition Labour Party is overhauling its outreach efforts to British Indians, amid concern that the party's support among the country's largest ethnic minority has slumped in recent years, according to a media report.
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Myanmar Armed Group Claims It Has "Completely Controlled" Port Town Pauktaw
Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes with junta troops, they said.
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Myanmar Armed Group Says Captured Town Near India, Bangladesh Border
An armed ethnic minority group in Myanmar has said it captured a town and several junta outposts near the border with Bangladesh and India, in the latest setback for the embattled military.
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Armed Myanmar Group Seizes Border Crossing To China: Report
An ethnic minority armed group in Myanmar has seized control from the country's ruling junta of a lucrative border crossing to China, local media and a security source said Sunday.
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Manipur BJP Ally Withdraws Support From Biren Singh-Led Government
The BJP-led government in Manipur lost a minor ally on Friday over the ethnic violence raging in the northeastern state for over three months.
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Sri Lanka President To Hold All-Party Meeting On Reconciliation Of Tamils
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the thorny issue of ethnic reconciliation of minority Tamils in the island nation.
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Expecting Agreement To Solve Ethnic Conflict By Year-End: Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community.
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Rohingya Refugees Fleeing Myanmar, Bangladesh Surged Fivefold In 2022: UN
The number of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar or Bangladesh by sea surged fivefold to more than 3,500 in 2022 from a year earlier, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, in the deadliest year for the ethnic minority group at since 2014.
