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[Link] Doctor Apologizes for Ranting About ‘Console Wars’ From Operating Room
Read: 9/3/2022 www.vice.com
The anesthesiologist, who goes by Dr. Shreeveera on Twitter and his YouTube channel, filmed himself supposedly in an active operating room where he had just anesthetized a patient and was preparing for an invasive procedure to remove a gallbladder.
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[Link] Lawmakers Say This Holy City’s Airport Code Is Too GAY
Read: 7/2/2022 www.vice.com
As Indian lawmakers double down on their efforts to change a pilgrimage city’s airport code “GAY,” LGBTQ rights groups say the move speaks of their increasing homophobia. On Feb.
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[Link] Video Captures Horrific Moment Military Truck Rams Into Unarmed Protesters
Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com
At least three civilians have been killed and dozens injured in Myanmar after a military truck was caught on camera speeding towards a crowd and running down unarmed protesters.
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[Link] The World’s Longest Ruling Prime Minister Has Backed His Son to Take Over
Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com
Addressing the country he has ruled for 36 years, marking the prestigious occasion of the inauguration of a $300 million sewage treatment facility, Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen confirmed that he will back his oldest son Hun Manet to succeed him.
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[Link] The Taliban Are Blacklisted by Facebook. Then Why Are They Allowed to Post?
Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com
For years, Facebook has prohibited the Taliban from using its platform under its counter-terrorist and hate group community standards.
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[Link] Why Farmers Are Still Unhappy Despite Modi Withdrawing Controversial Farm Laws
Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com
In a surprise televised address last week, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi apologised to farmers and announced that the controversial farm laws they had been protesting for a year would be withdrawn.
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[Link] India Has Millions of Crypto Investors. A Proposed Ban Has Them Petrified.
Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com
In a move that has led to panic selling among local crypto investors, the Indian parliament announced on Nov. 23 that it is deliberating a bill that seeks to “prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India” to pave the way for a single official digital currency to be issued by the government.
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[Link] Indian police charge local Amazon executives over marijuana trade
Read: 22/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Police in the central state of Madhya Pradesh arrested two men with 20 kilograms of marijuana on November 14 and found they were using the Amazon India website to order and further smuggle the substance in the guise of stevia leaves, a natural sweetener, to other Indian states.
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[Link] Sci-Hub: Researchers File Intervention Application To Fight ISP Blocking
Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Last December, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society filed a lawsuit demanding that Indian ISPs block access to Sci-Hub and Libgen for copyright infringement.
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[Link] How This Extremist Political Party Got Itself Banned and Then Unbanned
Read: 13/11/2021 www.vice.com
After weeklong protests that led to violent clashes that killed 11 people and left over 250 others injured in the capital Islamabad, the extremist political group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) found itself back in good standing with the government.
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[Link] The Growing Crusade Against Sex, Muslim Culture, and Lesbians in India’s Ads
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
India’s leading fashion designer was forced to withdraw advertisements for his latest line of wedding jewellery after he was threatened with legal action by a politician from the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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[Link] For These Buddhist Monks, Sex Ed Starts With Safe Masturbation
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
Sunshine pours in through the monastery classroom window as monks in crimson robes lock their gaze in rapt attention at the chalkboard. Their instructor smiles warmly and asks them what they know about the use of a condom.
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[Link] Two Dead After 12 Inmates Tried to Get Drunk on Hand Sanitizer
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
Two prison inmates died and ten others were hospitalised in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after they ingested hand sanitiser to get drunk, prompting a ban on alcohol-based sanitising products in all prisons across the country, according to the Department of Prisons.
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[Link] Man Gets Double Life Sentence For Killing His Wife With a Cobra
Read: 17/10/2021 www.vice.com
According to prosecution lawyers, Sooraj Kumar killed his wife, Uthra, for her gold jewellery and wanted to marry another woman. This was Kumar’s third attempt to murder his wife, they said. In March last year, Kumar allegedly set a viper to bite Uthra while she was staying with her in-laws.
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[Link] North Korea’s Passport Is Apparently More Powerful Than These Countries
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
The world’s top passport ranking authority released a list that shows how COVID-19 regulations have made travel even more difficult, particularly if you’re from South Asia.
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[Link] 900 Detained After Seven ‘Targeted Killings’ in the World’s Most Militarized Zone
Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com
Teachers. A principal. And a well-known pharmacist. They were all shot dead in broad daylight last week in India-controlled Kashmir, heightening fear in the world’s most militarized zone.
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[Link] Police Say They’re ‘Too Busy’ to Assist Abused Children On National Children’s Day
Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com
However, when they arrived at the police station on October 1, the officers present refused to record their complaint.
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[Link] Police Uncover Secret Torture Room in Hospital
Read: 20/9/2021 www.vice.com
Police say leaked videos show the abuse had been going on for at least three months in the largest and oldest public hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. It is unclear why the alleged torture was filmed. Police suspect it may have been filmed for entertainment purposes or for record-keeping.
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[Link] Girls as Young as 5 Were Paraded Naked to Appease the 'Rain Gods’
Read: 9/9/2021 www.vice.com
One video showed the girls, some of whom looked no older than five, being paraded naked while carrying a wooden shaft bearing a frog, and begging from door to door as a group of older women trailed behind in procession.
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