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Priyanka Chopra shared a photo showing all the nominees in the category and a photo of herself with Ramin Bahrani, who wrote and directed The White Tiger. The White Tiger is an adaptation of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name by Arvind Adiga. Priyanka Chopra has shared a post celebrating the nomination of The White Tiger in the Best Adapted Screenplay category in Oscars 2021. The global icon shared a photo showing all the nominees in the said category and a photo of herself with Ramin Bahrani, who wrote and directed the Netflix movie. The film is an adaptation of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name by Arvind Adiga. Priyanka is both the producer and actor in The White Tiger. Priyanka, who also announced this year’s Oscar nominations along with singer and husband Nick Jonas, also later posted multiple fun BTS photos from the event. Take a look. One way or the other…😆 Congratulations to all the nominees. And thank you @TheAcademy f...

Pakistan is considering "chemical castration" as a punishment for rapists and sex offenders. But is the method effective? What are the ethical implications? European countries have varying experiences. A demonstrator during a protest against the motorway gang rape in Pakistan, 2020. (AP) “Chemical castration” is a popular term for what doctors call “anti-libidinal” treatment. It means reducing male testosterone by administering a drug similar to the female hormone progesterone through injections or pills. “There are indications that it works, but there is no concrete evidence to prove how effective it is,” Jürgen Müller, a Göttingen-based neurologist, and forensic psychiatrist, told DW. Read  | Pakistan cracks down on rapists with new sexual violence law To date, no international study has been conducted that could effectively evaluate the success of this treatment. But several countries in Europe, including Germany, offer castration to potential and convicted sexual offender...

  Authorities in northwestern Nigeria say three teachers have been abducted in the latest attack on a school 00:20 00:44 Copy and paste to share this video Copy and paste to embed this video 0:43 LAGOS, Nigeria -- Gunmen abducted three teachers from a primary school in  Nigeria ’s northwest on Monday, four days after several dozen other students from another school in Kaduna state were abducted. The latest attack was carried out Monday morning at the Rema Primary School, according to Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs. The pupils who just arrived in the school “took to their heels in the course of the commotion and none of them was abducted, Aruwan said. It was the second attempt to abduct school children in the state since Thursday when 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization were abducted. The attack on the school came hours after the Nigerian media circulated a video of some of the students abducted ...

  The British police officers' decision to break up a weekend vigil for a woman killed after being abducted while walking home at night in London has touched off a national debate in Britain 00:10 03:02 Copy and paste to share this video Copy and paste to embed this video 3:01 LONDON - British police officers’ decision to break up a weekend vigil for a woman killed after being abducted while walking home at night in London has touched off a national debate about the government’s power to restrict protests during a public health emergency, as well as during more normal times. Images of burly officers handcuffing women who gathered Saturday night to demand authorities do more to protect them has fueled anger about heavy-handed policing and raised concerns about plans to expand the government’s ability to restrict protests. “Protest is not a gift, it’s a right,” said Gracie Bradley, interim director of the human rights group Liberty. “Yes, it can be limited for certain reasons, but th...

     A Sri Lankan Muslim woman, right in black attire, walks in a busy street of Colombo, Sri Lanka, A Pakistani diplomat and a U.N. expert have expressed concerns over Sri Lanka’s proposed move to ban the wearing of burqas COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A Pakistani diplomat and a U.N. expert have expressed concerns over Sri Lanka’s proposed move to ban the wearing of burqas. Sri Lanka announced plans over the weekend to ban the wearing of burqas — garments worn by some Muslim women that cover the body and face — and also said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. Pakistan's ambassador to Sri Lanka, Saad Khattak, tweeted on Monday that the ban would "only serve as injury to the feelings of ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims and Muslims across the globe.” The United Nations' special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, tweeted that the “burqa bans are incompatible with int’l law guarantees of the right to manife...