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News brief: Big stories of the day

WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Aug 28, 2018, 06:54 PM IST
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Villagers wait outside the National Register of Citizens centre to get their documents verified by government officials at Mayong Village in Morigaon district. Photograph:(Reuters)

Pune Police raided the homes and offices of activists in five states on Tuesday, arresting five. The arrests were made over the violence in Bhima Koregaon earlier this year. 

The Supreme Court today ordered reverification of 10 per cent of the people who were excluded from Assam's draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) which was published recently.

The United States told UN judges Tuesday they had no jurisdiction to rule on Tehran's demand for them to order the suspension of debilitating nuclear-related sanctions against Iran.

The study was conducted by Xin Zhang of Beijing's School of Statistics, Xi Chen of the Yale School of Public Health, and Xiaobo Zhang of Peking University. 

Rohingya leaders in Bangladesh on Tuesday challenged the United Nations to ensure Myanmar's generals stand trial after investigators called for top military commanders to be prosecuted for genocide against the minority.