Tag: African
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Bengaluru police interact with African student community
A stern message was also given not to take law into their hands. It was also assured that law-abiding students will be protected.
August 14, 2021 -
African American spelling bee champ makes history
MacNolia Cox in 1936 became the first Black finalist at the bee and wasn’t allowed to stay in the same hotel as the rest of the spellers.
July 9, 2021 -
The African Tragedy
The World Health Organization has warned that Africa may soon face “a huge peak” in coronavirus infections.
April 17, 2020 -
Sudan’s makeover
More than 120 people are believed to have been killed when paramilitaries moved in to disperse a protest camp in the centre of Khartoum in June.
September 16, 2019 -
African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo passes away
African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo has died at the age of 64. Ouedraogo, from Burkina Faso, passed away on Sunday, read a statement from the National Filmmakers Guild. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said that his country “has lost a filmmaker of immense talent”, noting that the director “truly contributed to turning the spotlight on Burkinabe …
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February 19, 2018 -
Foreign national held for carrying forged travel papers
A citizen of the Central African Republic was arrested here while trying to cross over to Nepal on fake visa documents, senior immigration official said on Sunday. The Central African Republic national was arrested on Saturday evening. “Bismark Bakuba-Guitrembi, a citizen of Central African Republic, who was on his way to Nepal from Delhi, was …
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January 14, 2018 -
African national’s body found in Delhi
The body of an African national was found on a pavement here on Monday, police said. The police were informed about the body after it was spotted near the Mahrauli-Gurguram road in south Delhi around 7.40 a.m. “There were no external injuries on the body and efforts are on to identify it,” Deputy Commissioner of …
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December 11, 2017 -
To eat without being eaten
Mimicry, by changing form, shape and colour on the spot, is unique to animals. Imagine if you went into a Chinese, or African, neighbourhood and had to defend yourself by looking Chinese or African. Or if you had to change your colour to black or white or polka dotted? Or become shorter, fatter, change the …
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May 6, 2017 -
Assault on Africans
The incident of 28 March of attacks on students of African origin at a shopping mall in Greater NOIDA has shocked everybody in India and has created a serious image problem for the country, especially in Africa. Clearly a manifestation of racial prejudice, it is also of a piece with deepening prejudices in India, be …
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March 31, 2017 -
Assault on Africans
The incident of 28 March of attacks on students of African origin at a shopping mall in Greater NOIDA has shocked everybody in India and has created a serious image problem for the country, especially in Africa. Clearly a manifestation of racial prejudice, it is also of a piece with deepening prejudices in India, be …
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March 31, 2017 -
Racism runs deep
This week’s brutal attack on African students in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, not very far from the national capital, is evidence of a grim reality ~ bigotry and prejudice run deep among a section of Indians. The government acted swiftly to avoid any diplomatic fallout, with Sushma Swaraj immediately contacting new UP Chief Minister Yogi …
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March 30, 2017 -
Racial attacks in the country cannot be justified : Kurien
The recent brutal mob attack on Nigerian students in Greater Noida made waves in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, with the Deputy Chairman P J Kurien himself asking the Centre to take strong action in curbing such "racial attacks" against African nationals in the country. Responding to serious concerns expressed by Opposition MPs on …
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March 30, 2017 -
Kenyan woman lodged false assault complaint : Noida police
The complaint lodged by a Kenyan woman ~ that she had allegedly been pulled out of a cab and assaulted by several men in Greater Noida yesterday morning ~ was found to be "false", the Noida police said today. The senior superintendent of police (SSP), Noida, Dharmendra Yadav told a press conference here this …
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March 30, 2017 -
All non-Africans descended from single migration out of Africa
Studying hundreds of new genomes from across the globe, researchers, one of them of Indian-origin, have found compelling evidence that essentially all non-Africans alive today descend from a single migration out of Africa some 72,000 years ago. The findings are supported by three new genome sequencing studies published in the journal Nature. One of the …
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September 22, 2016 -
Toyota launches new Etios, Liva at Rs.6.43 Lakh
Toyota’s workhorses get yet another update on Tuesday, as the Japanese auto giant revealed the facelift of its C-segment sedan, the Etios. Notably, its hatchback sibling, the Liva, gets the same set of updates as well. Prices for the Etios Liva start at Rs 5.24 lakh, whereas the Etios sedan starts at Rs 6.43 lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai) …
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September 13, 2016 -
Abu Dhabi eyes 20% rise in Indian tourist arrivals in 2016
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, is eyeing more than 20 per cent growth in tourist arrivals from India in 2016 owing to more long weekends this year and better air connectivity. "In 2015 (January-December) we hosted 2.8 lakh Indian travellers. This year till July we had already crossed the 1.76 lakh mark and …
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September 1, 2016