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AIFUCTO THREATENS ALL INDIA PROTEST PROGRAM ON PUNJAB TEACHERS DEMAND FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS 0F 7th REVISED UGC SCALES OF PAY:
All India Federation of University and College Teachers Organization (AIFUCTO) seriously considering an All India Protest Program in support of Punjab University and College Teachers demand on (…)
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Kritskiy’s Review of Glaser, Lee, (eds.) Comintern Aesthetics
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, seven others, jailed over Tiananmen memorial in 2020 | James Griffiths
17 December 2021(In the absence of practically no coverage on the issue in the Media in India we are carrying the below report from the Canadian paper The Globe and Mail)
by James Griffiths
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Media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to as many as 14 months in prison for their roles in a banned vigil held last year for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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How battling France’s COVID pass led the Left to embolden the far Right | Philippe Marlière
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Photo: Hand of Great Leader - Beijing (2003) | Bogdan Konopka
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Music: Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2014) - Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash
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Nobel Peace Prize Concert - Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash by Sarod Records https://youtu.be/Dv5hdYNiPLU
[The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai]