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77 Indians evacuated from Syria amid rebel takeover of Damascus: MEA
4 weeks ago

77 Indians evacuated from Syria amid rebel takeover of Damascus: MEA

Firstpost  

“We have evacuated all Indian nationals in Syria who wished to return home following recent developments in that country. So far, 77 Indian nationals from Syria have been evacuated,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday India has evacuated all of its nationals from Syria who expressed a desire to return home following the overthrow of President Bashar …

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Will Labor learn from Trump’s working class win?
1 month, 1 week ago

Will Labor learn from Trump’s working class win?

ABC  

Sam Hawley: Since Donald Trump won the election, there's been a fair bit of debate about why. Kos Samaras: What we're dealing with is really people who don't have a college degree in the US, as the same thing applies here in this country when it comes to universities. Kos Samaras: Yeah, look, the right side of politics have grabbed …

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Jordan Chiles Olympic medal controversy: The latest on the fight to restore USA gymnast’s bronze
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Jordan Chiles Olympic medal controversy: The latest on the fight to restore USA gymnast’s bronze

The Independent  

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This Independence Day, guard against radicalism
4 months, 4 weeks ago

This Independence Day, guard against radicalism

Hindustan Times  

Three days from today, India will be celebrating its 78th Independence Day — the day the country was born. These people forget that within four years of Bangladesh being liberated in 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, whom that country titled “father of the nation”, was assassinated at his official residence. I am reminded of a statement an Indian diplomat stationed in …

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Dubai man trolls country that denied him tourist visa: 'Will never step foot there'
5 months ago

Dubai man trolls country that denied him tourist visa: 'Will never step foot there'

Hindustan Times  

A Dubai resident is earning praise in the UAE after he lauded the Middle Eastern country following his tourist visa rejection by another nation. Without naming the country that denied him a visa, Elvit Ebrahimi took to social media to rant about how the visa authorities raised concerns that he would not return to Dubai once he reached that country. …

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Biden administration to tax foreign-made steel and aluminum imports routed through Mexico
6 months ago

Biden administration to tax foreign-made steel and aluminum imports routed through Mexico

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum shipped from Mexico that were made elsewhere — an attempt to stop China from avoiding import taxes by routing goods through one of the United States’ closest trading partners. Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, said the tariffs announced Wednesday will be levied as …

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Pak support to Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, corruption-free governance and more: What PM Modi said in an interview with IANS
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pak support to Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, corruption-free governance and more: What PM Modi said in an interview with IANS

Op India  

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at the opposition and the Khan Market gang for creating a false narrative against probing agencies to protect ‘bigger fishes’. This is a matter that requires thorough investigation.” IANS Exclusive PM Modi opens up for the first time on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal receiving endorsements from Pakistan. …

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U.S. will resume deportation flights to Venezuela even as thousands flee that country
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S. will resume deportation flights to Venezuela even as thousands flee that country

NPR  

U.S. will resume deportation flights to Venezuela even as thousands flee that country Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images U.S. immigration authorities are restarting deportations to Venezuela, as the Biden administration tries to discourage migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Sponsor Message The Biden administration has responded with a combination of new legal pathways, …

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‘Trudeau Only Playing to Vote Bank Gallery’: Amarinder Singh Trashes Canadian PM’s Allegations Against India
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Trudeau Only Playing to Vote Bank Gallery’: Amarinder Singh Trashes Canadian PM’s Allegations Against India

News 18  

Hitting out at the Canadian PM over “baseless allegations” of the Indian government’s hand behind a Khalistani leader’s killing, Army veteran and former chief minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said Justin Trudeau is only playing to the “vote bank gallery”. The former Punjab Chief Minister stated that PM Trudeau had unfortunately walked into a trap owing to …

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How the Japanese overcame the US' soft power and preserved their cultural liberty
1 year, 5 months ago

How the Japanese overcame the US' soft power and preserved their cultural liberty

Hindustan Times  

The devastation suffered by Japan on August 6, 1945, after the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and three days later in Nagasaki was interpreted as a complete collapse of that country politically, economically and culturally. I was completely astonished to realise that America found it easy to exercise ‘hard power’ over Japan by dropping two atomic bombs, leading to …

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Delhi High Court Quashes BCI's Decision Refusing Enrolment To South Korean Citizen As Advocate With BCD, Orders Processing Of Application
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court Quashes BCI's Decision Refusing Enrolment To South Korean Citizen As Advocate With BCD, Orders Processing Of Application

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed the Bar Council of India’s decision refusing to consider a South Korean citizen as eligible for enrolment as an advocate with Bar Council of Delhi. "While the proviso to Section 24 of the Act permits nationals of other countries to be enrolled as advocates on a State roll if their country of origin …

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Indranil Banerjie | If Pakistan implodes, India has to deal with the fallout
1 year, 10 months ago

Indranil Banerjie | If Pakistan implodes, India has to deal with the fallout

Deccan Chronicle  

Pakistan could be imploding. Ironically, while Pakistan’s best friends could well walk off without a scratch if things go sideways, the one country that is unlikely to remain unscathed is India. During 2012-21, Pakistan’s population rose by a whopping 23.6 per cent -- even Bangladesh was way behind at just 12.2 percent, and India at 11.2 per cent. If and …

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Boris Johnson: Twenty two of the former PM’s biggest gaffes, from letterbox burqas to hiding in fridge
1 year, 11 months ago

Boris Johnson: Twenty two of the former PM’s biggest gaffes, from letterbox burqas to hiding in fridge

The Independent  

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Centre to hold all-party meeting on Sri Lanka crisis tomorrow
2 years, 5 months ago

Centre to hold all-party meeting on Sri Lanka crisis tomorrow

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre announced on Sunday that an all-party meeting will be held on Tuesday evening at the Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi on the situation in neighbouring cash-strapped Sri Lanka, which is facing a grave economic crisis. At the all-party meeting on Sunday on the eve of the Monsoon Session starting Monday, both major Tamil Nadu parties …

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Nupur Sharma has erred, no doubt: But why are liberals mutedly supporting Islamist challenge to her right to life?
2 years, 7 months ago

Nupur Sharma has erred, no doubt: But why are liberals mutedly supporting Islamist challenge to her right to life?

Firstpost  

It’s a typical Indian liberal propensity to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. In fact, she could have taken note of the 1985 Quran petition in the Calcutta High Court, where one Chandmal Chopra questioned certain ayats of the holy book to say that they promoted “disharmony, feeling of enmity, hatred and ill-will between different religious communities …

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Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Govt Looks At Increasing Flights, Sets Up Control Room | Top Points
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Govt Looks At Increasing Flights, Sets Up Control Room | Top Points

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Indian government is closely monitoring the prevailing situation in Ukraine over its tensions with Russia and fear of an invasion with massive military build-up near Ukrainian borders. According to official data quoted by news agency PTI, Ukraine had a small but vibrant Indian community and there were around 18,000 Indian students in the country in 2020. On …

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Welcome to the new Cold War: U.S. tightens the noose around China
2 years, 11 months ago

Welcome to the new Cold War: U.S. tightens the noose around China

Salon  

The word "encirclement" does not appear in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 27, or in other recent administration statements about its foreign and military policies. A "grand strategy" for containment What all these initiatives have lacked, until now, is an overarching plan for curbing China's rise and so ensuring America's …

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Tariq Ali: 'Democracy is largely a set of rituals now’
3 years ago

Tariq Ali: 'Democracy is largely a set of rituals now’

The Hindu  

Tariq Ali is an internationally known public intellectual, columnist and political activist. In this interview, Tariq Ali, the anti-war “hero” of the 1960s, reflects on some of the most important issues of our time: the situation in Afghanistan, the Western powers and the “war on terror”, political developments in Latin America, causes of the worldwide right-wing upsurge, the changing media …

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Why are we shocked by Waqar's Namaz bouncer? That's how Pakistan thinks about India
3 years, 2 months ago

Why are we shocked by Waqar's Namaz bouncer? That's how Pakistan thinks about India

Firstpost  

“No, he can’t say that,” says a friend. No wonder the land which should have prided itself in being the birthplace of the world’s oldest civilisation — we call it the Saraswati Civilisation; they may in their jingoism retain its Harappa and Mohenjo-daro nomenclatures — officially recognises Mohammad bin Qasim, the Arab invader who attacked Sindh in 712 CE and …

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Foreign Medical Graduates Who Interned In Country Of Study Not Required To Undergo Another Internship In State: Kerala High Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Foreign Medical Graduates Who Interned In Country Of Study Not Required To Undergo Another Internship In State: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that a medical graduate from a foreign university who has fulfilled all requisite qualifications as per the norms prevailing in that country to become eligible to be enrolled as a medical practitioner therein, need not undergo another internship in the State to be registered with the State Medical Council to practice Medicine in terms …

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India committed to safe return of all citizens; to make flight arrangements after Kabul airport reopens
3 years, 4 months ago

India committed to safe return of all citizens; to make flight arrangements after Kabul airport reopens

India Today  

India on Tuesday said that the evacuation of its embassy personnel from Kabul has been completed and the focus would now be to ensure the safe return of all Indian nationals from the Afghan capital in view of the prevailing situation in that country. READ: PM Modi chairs high-level meet on Afghan situation, directs officials to ensure safe evacuation of …

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Helicopter captured by Taliban doesn't belong to IAF: MEA
3 years, 4 months ago

Helicopter captured by Taliban doesn't belong to IAF: MEA

India TV News  

MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said that the helicopter captured by the Taliban doesn't belong to the Indian Air Force. He also said that India continues to hope that there will be an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban. India on Thursday joined a regional conclave hosted by Qatar to discuss ways to contain …

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Indranil Banerjie | US Afghan exit a pyrrhic victory for Pak generals?
3 years, 8 months ago

Indranil Banerjie | US Afghan exit a pyrrhic victory for Pak generals?

Deccan Chronicle  

Conventional wisdom has it that America’s decision to end its military presence in Afghanistan signals total victory for Pakistan’s artful generals and disaster for the Afghan government and its allies, particularly India. The Americans bled in the Afghan badlands, their convoys came under regular attack within Pakistan, assassins trained by Rawalpindi’s dirty tricks department regularly eliminated troublesome Afghans, especially the …

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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is 89.3 percent effective, but less so against variants, shows UK trial
3 years, 11 months ago

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is 89.3 percent effective, but less so against variants, shows UK trial

Firstpost  

Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not as well — against new mutated versions of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa. “Both those numbers are dramatic demonstrations of the ability of our vaccine to develop …

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