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Online Petition Calling Resignation Of Who Director-General Crosses 720k Signatures 2020-04-07 07:46:19
An online petition calling the resignation of the WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has gained over 720,000 signatures challenging his incompetency in controlling the global health emergency owing to the spread of the novel coronavirus.According to the petitions, it claims...
Keywords: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director general, coronavirus, WHO
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Women's empowerment: Wonder Woman named a special UN ambassador 2016-10-22 05:33:06
Despite the protest, the United Nations named the comic book character Wonder Woman as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls on its 75th birthday. U.N. staffer Cass DuRant, who held a sign saying “Real Women...
Keywords: special UN ambassador, special UN ambassador, UN Honorary Ambassador, Wonder Woman
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Indian-origin cartoonist asked to shut his design school 2017-03-02 08:30:23
South Africa based Indian-origin cartoonist’s design school has been asked to shut down by the South African government. Nanda Sooben often caricatures leading political figures, his work were greatly lauded by the former president Nelson Mandela and forms part of the...
Keywords: South Africa government asked Indian-origin to shut design school, Indian-origin cartoonist asked to shut his design school, Indian-origin cartoonist asked to shut his design school, South Africa government asked Indian-origin to shut design school
Read More Voices rise against 'unfair' verdict in NRI student's case 2012-03-21 07:28:24
As an online petition to the White House suggesting Indian American student Dharun Ravi was "prejudged and declared guilty" by media gathered momentum, more voices were heard across the US against what is seen as an "unfair verdict". Ravi, a...
Keywords: Voice rise against NRI student's case, Dharun Ravi, gay roommate, Dharun Ravi
Read More Revolt against employee sacking 2015-07-06 14:03:26
Reddit’s decision to dismiss a popular employee has piled pressure on its interim CEO, Ellen Pao. Victoria Taylor, Director of Talent and manager of the Ask Me Anything part of the site, was dismissed without explanation to the much dismay...
Keywords: Reddit, Reddit, Reddit, Ellen Pao
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Sikh Activists Demand Apology from Kamala Harris for Defending Discriminatory Policy in 2011 2019-07-01 06:06:25
A group of Sikh activists in the United States has launched an online petition asking Indian origin Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris to make an apology to the community for allegedly defending a discriminatory policy in 2011 that...
Keywords: sikh activists, discriminatory policy 2011, American sikh activists, discriminatory policy 2011
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