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Debate over phones for immigration detainees
1 month ago

Debate over phones for immigration detainees

ABC  

Rachel Mealey: A federal government move to crack down on organised crime within immigration detention by allowing the confiscation of phones is being met with alarm by immigration lawyers and former detainees. Nicole Hegarty: Behrouz Boochani says his mobile phone became a lifeline during his seven years in immigration detention on Manus Island. Nicole Hegarty: But that access could be …

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Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania
6 months ago

Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania

Al Jazeera  

The scheme will no doubt prove to be just another costly forum for politically expedient human rights violations. Well, that dream is now becoming a reality for Italy, where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia party is overseeing an agreement with the Balkan nation of Albania to open two processing centres for seaborne asylum seekers intercepted en …

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Maharashtra votes 2024: In a state brimming with dynasties, who speaks for the Maharashtrian?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra votes 2024: In a state brimming with dynasties, who speaks for the Maharashtrian?

Hindustan Times  

In Baramati, the home turf of the Pawars and the pocket borough of the Nationalist Congress Party, the contest is between sisters-in-law Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar. As this trend becomes more entrenched with every election, except in the Left parties, and an increasing number of dynasts bag party nominations and get elected, the approach of consolidating power, command and …

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Column: Trump claims Beverly Hills residents stink. I put it to the smell test
9 months ago

Column: Trump claims Beverly Hills residents stink. I put it to the smell test

LA Times  

Shirley, left, Mavis and Viola share a laugh after a balance class at the Roxbury Park Community Center in Beverly Hills. So I’m not sure what Donald Trump was talking about last fall when he claimed people “don’t smell so good” in Beverly Hills because they’re limited to a small amount of water when showering. Recently, my colleague Doyle McManus …

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The versatility of the tutari in Maharashtra’s politics and culture
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The versatility of the tutari in Maharashtra’s politics and culture

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission of India allotted a new election symbol — tutari vajavnara manus — to the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party. Marathi movies produced since the 1950s and ’60s, for instance, liberally used the tutari to tell the story of Chhatrapati Shivaji and the history of Maratha conquests. In the last two decades, other political parties, …

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The Australian government says a secret funding deal took care of the bill for Manus Island refugees, but some in PNG disagree
1 year, 1 month ago

The Australian government says a secret funding deal took care of the bill for Manus Island refugees, but some in PNG disagree

ABC  

A humanitarian program in Papua New Guinea looking after former detainees of Manus Island is in crisis, with the potential to see about 60 refugees and asylum seekers without a home as soon as Thursday. Australia's Home Affairs department said it paid a substantial sum to PNG to take over “full and independent management” of the living arrangements under a …

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More than 60 refugees fear eviction as PNG and Australia disagree over 'outstanding invoices'
1 year, 2 months ago

More than 60 refugees fear eviction as PNG and Australia disagree over 'outstanding invoices'

ABC  

Shah Nawaz Hussain was just 19 when he fled his home in Pakistan to Indonesia, to board a boat destined for Christmas Island. He could have had no idea that what would follow would be a decade of living in Papua New Guinea, including years of detention on Manus Island under Australia's "PNG Solution". PNG's top migration official claims the …

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Anusha Dandekar: Marathi cinema was always looked down upon as a smaller medium, but that has changed now
1 year, 3 months ago

Anusha Dandekar: Marathi cinema was always looked down upon as a smaller medium, but that has changed now

Hindustan Times  

It has been long since actor-VJ Anusha Dandekar was seen in a big screen project, her last appearance was in Bhavesh Joshi Superhero in a special song, Chavanprash. Anusha Dandekar, last seen in Baap Manus, talks about Marathi cinema “I really wanted to get back to acting. and it has been 10 years since I had done a Marathi film,” …

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End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?
1 year, 5 months ago

End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?

The Diplomat  

The Australian government was expected to begin the process of removing all remaining asylum seekers from the island of Nauru by the end of June, more than a decade after the offshore processing on the tiny Pacific Island was restarted. As Human Rights Watch noted, “few other countries go to such lengths to deliberately inflict suffering on people seeking safety …

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UK scheme to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda falls over after court challenge
1 year, 5 months ago

UK scheme to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda falls over after court challenge

ABC  

The UK government's plan to resettle asylum seekers in Rwanda has been deemed unlawful, after advocates challenged the policy in the courts. Key points: The court ruled that 'deficiencies' in the Rwandan asylum seeker system meant it was not a viable third country for resettlement Rishi Sunak has vowed to appeal the decision Last year, the ECHR imposed an injuction …

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Harvard University team heading to PNG in quest to find interstellar rock unlike anything scientists have seen before
1 year, 8 months ago

Harvard University team heading to PNG in quest to find interstellar rock unlike anything scientists have seen before

ABC  

A team of Harvard University scientists is planning an expedition to Papua New Guinea to investigate the origin and make-up of a rare interstellar meteor, fragments of which are believed to have crashed into waters near Manus Island. Key points: The meteor was discovered to be moving too fast for it to be bound to the sun Scientists say there …

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Former detainee and advocate Behrouz Boochani brings new life to an ancient play
1 year, 9 months ago

Former detainee and advocate Behrouz Boochani brings new life to an ancient play

ABC  

The nearly seven years Kurdish-Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani spent detained in the Australian-run Manus Island detention centre are not easy memories. Key points: Women of Troy is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, produced in 415 BC Kurdish-Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani has written a series of poems to form the lyrics for a new adaptation of the play The …

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How Behrouz Boochani is changing the narrative on refugees
1 year, 10 months ago

How Behrouz Boochani is changing the narrative on refugees

Al Jazeera  

Kurdish-Iranian writer and author spent six years in detention on Manus Island after trying to get to Australia by boat. “I have been watching this particular place for years but always this place has always disappointed.” In Australia to promote his new book Freedom, Only Freedom, the outspoken Boochani spent six years in an Australian offshore immigration detention facility on …

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Denied second term as BCCI chief, Ganguly’s balancing act in Bengal may have run him out of favours from BJP
2 years, 2 months ago

Denied second term as BCCI chief, Ganguly’s balancing act in Bengal may have run him out of favours from BJP

The Hindu  

It became clear on Tuesday in sporting and political circles that former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly will not get a second term as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. — DR SANTANU SEN October 11, 2022 The tweet by a senior Trinamool leader is an attempt to suggest Mr. Ganguly has been side-lined since …

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Why It’s Important to Look at Reasons Behind Summoning Sanjay Raut in Money Laundering Case Than Blaming ED
2 years, 5 months ago

Why It’s Important to Look at Reasons Behind Summoning Sanjay Raut in Money Laundering Case Than Blaming ED

News 18  

Two scams took place in Maharashtra: The PMC Bank scam where Rs 6,500 crore disappeared and Patra Chawl land scam of Rs 1,034 crore. The ED has filed a money laundering case to probe the alleged loan fraud in the PMC Bank in October 2019 against HDIL, its promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan, his son Sarang Wadhawan, its former chairman Waryam …

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Beyond the Park Hotel: Australia’s immigration detention network
2 years, 11 months ago

Beyond the Park Hotel: Australia’s immigration detention network

Al Jazeera  

As Djokovic attention fades, refugees held in indefinite detention because they arrived by boat wonder whether they will ever be released. They got my phone, my money.” The “most immediate” reason for the danger refugees find themselves in on PNG, says Ian Rintoul, a spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition in Australia is that “the refugees actually stand out… and …

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Novak Djokovic: What we know about the hotel where world No 1 is being held
2 years, 11 months ago

Novak Djokovic: What we know about the hotel where world No 1 is being held

The Telegraph  

Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday after authorities said he did not meet Covid-19 vaccination requirements. Soon after the decision, he was taken to the Park Hotel, a quarantine facility in Melbourne, after being held at the city’s airport overnight and was told he would be removed from the country later on Thursday. The Park Hotel is …

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Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister for third time
3 years, 7 months ago

Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister for third time

The Hindu  

May 05, 2021 11:11 am | Updated 08:44 pm IST - Kolkata Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee was on Wednesday sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister for the third time in a row. There were many in the country and across the world whose eyes were on the State,” she said after being sworn in as Chief Minister. He …

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National Film Awards: Kangana Ranaut Declared Best Actress for Manikarnika and Panga
3 years, 9 months ago

National Film Awards: Kangana Ranaut Declared Best Actress for Manikarnika and Panga

News 18  

The names of the winners of the 67th National Film Awards were announced today, and Kangana Ranaut was adjudged the Best Actress in a Feature Film. She was given this award for her performances in films like Manikarnika and Panga.While Kangana played the warrior queen Rani Laxmi Bai in Manikarnika, she was seen as an ageing kabbadi player in Panga. …

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67th National Film Awards Winners List: Chhichhore Wins Best Hindi Film, Kangana Ranaut Wins Best Actress
3 years, 9 months ago

67th National Film Awards Winners List: Chhichhore Wins Best Hindi Film, Kangana Ranaut Wins Best Actress

News 18  

The 67th National Film Awards were announced at National Media Centre, in Delhi on Monday, March 22. Take a look at the ceremony below: List of winners in some of the major categories: Feature Films Category Best Feature Film: Marakkar-Arabikkadalinte-Simham Best Actor: Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut Manikarnika and Panga Best Child Artist: …

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