Since August 25, as many as 290,000 Rohingyas have fled persecution in their home nation and travelled to Bangladesh, the United Nations says. Engineer also appealed to governments of nations where Rohingyas have taken refuge, to take care of them. Around 14,000 Rohingyas living in India are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, but around 40,000 are said to be staying illegally. But Union Minister Kiren Rijiju recently said Rohingyas were illegal immigrants, whether they "are registered under the United Nations Human Rights Commission or not." ON GAURI LANKESH'S MURDERThe Jamaat-e-Islami Hind also condemned the murder of Kannada journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, 55, who was gunned down by unknown assailants at her Bengaluru home on September 5.

Source: India Today September 09, 2017 10:47 UTC