China closed off a city of more than 11 million people on Thursday in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness. The Indian embassy in Beijing on Friday, 24 February, cancelled the Republic Day ceremony due to coronavirus outbreak in China and has also issued an advisory to travellers from…
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Death Toll Pegged At 23, As Anti-CAA Protests Continue Nationwide
CAA has become a contentious matter because it provides citizenship to immigrants from Hindu, Zoroastrian, Sikh, Christian, Jain and Buddhist communities who came to India by December 31, 2014 after fleeing religious persecution in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The exclusion of Muslims has raised concerns given how India is based on tenets of secularism, plurality and equality where religion is not to have a bearing in matters of granting citizenship.
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