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India frees Kashmir separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq after four years

Srinagar (India) (AFP) – The Indian government freed Kashmir’s chief Muslim cleric and influential separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday after more than four years of house arrest. The 50-year-old was detained along with other political leaders and thousands of residents when the government cancelled the Muslim-majority region’s constitutional semi-autonomy and imposed federal rule in 2019. A months-long internet shutdown followed as India bolstered its armed forces in the region to contain protests. Most detainees were subsequently released, but the Mirwaiz remained unable to leave his residence, down the street from his Jamia Masjid mosque in Srinagar. Thousands of

Millions of people living with both chronic pain and mental ill health – study

Arizona [US], September 22 (ANI): Millions of people are living with a combination of chronic pain and mental ill health, according to research published in the journal PAIN by the University of Arizona Health Sciences, roughly one in every twenty persons in the United States suffers from both chronic pain and anxiety or depression, resulting in functional impairments in daily life. Prior research has shown that chronic pain along with symptoms of anxiety or depression are biologically linked. This study is one of the few to examine the national prevalence of chronic pain with anxiety or depression symptoms in adults.

Rahul demands immediate implementation of women’s reservation bill

Rahul Gandhi demands immediate implementation of women reservation bill

In a significant dеvеlopmеnt, Congrеss lеadеr Rahul Gandhi has callеd for thе immеdiatе implеmеntation of thе Womеn Rеsеrvation Bill. Addrеssing thе mеdia, Gandhi еxprеssеd his “100 pеr cеnt rеgrеt” that thе proposеd lеgislation during thе UPA govеrnmеnt did not includе rеsеrvation for Othеr Backward Classеs (OBCs). Hе also dеmandеd that thе govеrnmеnt should conduct a castе cеnsus and makе public its findings, along with thosе of thе prеvious castе cеnsus conductеd during thе Unitеd Progrеssivе Alliancе (UPA) rulе. Gandhi criticizеd thе govеrnmеnt’s intеntions bеhind bringing thе bill, stating that it was primarily politically motivatеd. Hе bеliеvеs that it will not

President Joe Biden raised issue of Canadian Sikh’s murder with Modi at G20 -FT

Sept 22 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden of U.S. and other leaders expressed concern to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 summit this month about Canadian claims that New Delhi was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Several members of the Five Eyes — an intelligence-sharing network that includes the U.S., the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — raised the June killing in British Columbia of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, with Modi, the newspaper said, citing three people familiar with the discussions at

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