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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 14-month jail term over 2019 protestLai and nine others were charged with incitement to take part in an unauthorized assembly, for their roles in a protest on Oct. 1, 2019, wh...28 May, 2021, 10.11 AM IST- Hong Kong bans Tiananmen crackdown vigil for 2nd yearThe Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which organises the candlelight vigil annually, said in a sta...27 May, 2021, 06.33 PM IST
- Hong Kong changes electoral law, reduces direct public voteThe new law empowers the city's national security department to check the backgrounds of potential candidates for public office and a sets ...27 May, 2021, 02.36 PM IST
- Dozens of leading Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners charged with subversionThey were accused of organising and participating in the unofficial primary last July aimed at selecting the strongest candidates for a leg...28 Feb, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
- US lawmakers nominate Hong Kong democracy movement for Nobel Peace PrizeIn a letter to the Nobel Committee submitted by the February 1 deadline and released Wednesday, nine lawmakers across party lines cited the...04 Feb, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
- Dozens of HK democracy activists arrested as crackdown intensifiesThe arrests represent the biggest crackdown on the opposition camp since Beijing imposed the law security law in the former British colony ...06 Jan, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
- Who are the young Hong Kong trio facing jail time for their participation in protests?Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have spent years campaigning for democracy, becoming activists when they were just teenagers.02 Dec, 2020, 01.40 PM IST
- Empty arenas, plexiglass protection for authors: How book fairs are held in post-Covid worldMore than 4,400 exhibitors from over 100 countries have registered to take part virtually.16 Oct, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
- Hong Kong protests roar back after China tightens grip on cityThe biggest erosion of Hong Kong autonomy since China took control of the former British colony in 1997 has alarmed democracy advocates and...24 May, 2020, 11.54 PM IST
- China to set up national security agencies in Hong Kong to back up controversial security lawThe draft bill on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (H...23 May, 2020, 06.54 PM IST
- Outrage in Hong Kong as China pushes security lawThe proposal for the security law - expected to ban treason, subversion and sedition - was introduced into China's rubber-stamp parliament ...22 May, 2020, 01.33 PM IST
- Hubble captures Neptune's foul-smelling storm as it diesWashington, Feb 16 (IANS) NASA's Hubble space telescope has captured Neptune's mysterious dark storm, that probably smells like rotten eggs...16 Feb, 2018, 01.47 PM IST
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins TIME readers' poll for 'Person of the Year' titleModi has been named winner of this year's readers' poll for TIME 'Person of the Year', securing more than 16 per cent of the almost five mi...09 Dec, 2014, 10.10 AM IST
- Narendra Modi favourite to win 'Time Person of the Year' pollNarendra Modi appears favourite to win the 'Time Person of the Year' poll, leading the online voting with a comfortable margin ahead of Fer...07 Dec, 2014, 02.51 PM IST
- Hong Kong teen protest leader Joshua Wong ends hunger strikeThe protesters want Hong Kong's government to drop restrictions on inaugural 2017 elections for the semiautonomous southern Chinese city's ...06 Dec, 2014, 09.03 PM IST
- PM Narendra Modi regains top position in 'Time Person of the Year' pollModi, according to latest results, has 12.8 per cent of the total votes polled and is followed by Ferguson protesters with 10.1 per cent.04 Dec, 2014, 04.07 PM IST
- Narendra Modi slips to second spot in TIME's 'Person of the Year' pollTill November 26, Modi was leading the polls with 11.1 per cent of the total votes while Ferguson protesters with 8.8 per cent were ranked ...30 Nov, 2014, 01.33 PM IST
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