rime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled several development initiatives from a cardiology hospital to yoga centres at the third summit with 14 Pacific island nations in Papua New Guinea on Monday, May 22. https://t.co/e0Tko198nk
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India Announces New Development Initiatives at Meeting With Pacific Island Nations
Modi listed 12 new development initiatives ranging from a fully-sponsored cardiology hospital in Fiji to dialysis units across all 14 island nations.
Basavaraj Bommai getting voted out of Karnataka after BJP’s devastating defeat is a reaffirmation that people want governance based on an inclusive vision. | S.N. Sahu https://t.co/XqVeAkdJA6
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Understanding 'BJP-Mukt Karnataka' from the North-South Perspective
Basavaraj Bommai getting voted out of Karnataka after BJP’s devastating defeat is a reaffirmation that people want governance based on an inclusive vision.
Defying past conventions, the J&K administration has kept the names of the visiting delegates for the G20 meeting in Srinagar and their designations under wraps. | @Gaamuk https://t.co/m1Fdasic9w
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Silence Around Delegates, High Security, Cleared Roads: What the G20 Meeting in Srinagar Entailed
Defying past conventions, the J&K administration has kept the names of the visiting delegates and their designations under wraps.
Over 7,500 people from Manipur have fled to neighbouring Mizoram because of the violence. | @yaqutali https://t.co/ee8lpx97DZ
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Manipur: Tensions Still High; Over 7,500 Have Fled to Mizoram So Far
In Imphal on Monday, a few houses were set ablaze on Chassad Avenue, Imphal East District under Porompat Police Station, around 2 pm.
The greatest challenge that every one of us who works with the juvenile justice system faces is keeping the balance between being fair to both, the child in conflict with the law, and the victim. | @enakshi_G https://t.co/KoAi2ejqlv
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Why Do Children Turn to Crime?
'It was friendship, ma’am,' is how many children will describe what made them step into the world of crime.
Jobs of more than one million diamond workers in India, particularly in Surat in Gujarat, stand threatened after the fresh sanctions imposed by G7 countries at Hiroshima on diamonds mined in Russia. https://t.co/8uGnSvU6BQ
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New G7 Sanctions at Hiroshima on Russian Diamonds Threaten One Million Indian Jobs
PM Narendra Modi had attended the G7 meeting at Hiroshima as one of the invited guests, others being the leaders of Comoros, Cook Islands, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, South Korea and Australia.
“The next elections could be an historic opportunity to defeat the BJP. Mathematically it is possible, but we need chemistry too,” @salman7khurshid told @bombaywallah. https://t.co/g4DW4NjXJB
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Podcast: Sachin Has a Future. This Rebellion Will Cost the Congress and Will Cost Him Too.
“The next elections could be an historic opportunity to defeat the BJP. Mathematically it is possible, but we need chemistry too,” Salman Khurshid said.
The complainant is a Gujarat-based NGO who alleged that the BBC's documentary titled 'India: The Modi Question' "casts a slur" on India's reputation.
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BBC Summoned by Delhi High Court Over New Defamation Case
The complainant is a Gujarat-based NGO who alleged that the BBC's documentary titled 'India: The Modi Question' "casts a slur" on India's reputation.
Some experts have said that Prime Minister Modi has a fair chance to return to power in 2024. However, they failed to address that the NDA lost all the oldest allies – Shiv Sena, SAD and JD(U), and therefore, itself lacks unity. | Soroor Ahmed
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A Look at the NDA’s Lost Elections and Broken Alliances Amid Talks on Lack of Opposition Unity
Some experts have said that Prime Minister Modi has a fair chance to return to power in 2024. However, they failed to address that the NDA lost all the oldest allies – Shiv Sena, SAD and JD(U), and therefore, itself lacks unity.
In recent years, Indian military planners have stressed the need for Predator UAVs to counter China’s and Pakistan’s Wing Loong II medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAVs, powered by turbocharged engines. | Rahul Bedi
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Will Modi’s State Visit to the US Bring News on Deal for Predator Drones?
While negotiations over the Predator had proceeded since 2016, the purchase had still not received Acceptance of Necessity clearance by the Ministry of Defence. Another stumbling block could be the Indian Navy's insistence to incorporate 60% indigenous content…
The Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary agreed on a cease-fire commencing on Monday night. It may be extended if both parties agree, but several cease-fires in Sudan have failed.
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Sudan: Factions Agree on 7-Day Ceasefire
The Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary agreed on a cease-fire commencing on Monday night. It may be extended if both parties agree, but several cease-fires in Sudan have failed.
The egregious blunder committed in 2019 by excluding the president from the National War Memorial inauguration should not be repeated while inaugurating the new parliament building. | S.N. Sahu
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Why the President of India Should Inaugurate the New Parliament Building
The egregious blunder committed in 2019 by excluding the president from the National War Memorial inauguration should not be repeated while inaugurating the new parliament building.
The police have reportedly arrested three individuals over their alleged involvement in the incident at New Checkon.
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It seems that the prime minister is done with his statement clothing after the humiliating debacle in the Karnataka polls. | Vrinda Gopinath https://t.co/fMXG7dxAxs
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Is Modi’s Sartorial Flash No Longer a Smash?
It seems that the prime minister is done with his statement clothing after the humiliating debacle in the Karnataka polls.
The record fine came after Meta breached a previous court ruling, with data transfers that were "repetitive and continuous," regulators said. Meta said it would appeal the decision.
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EU Fines Meta €1.2 Billion Over Data Transfers to the US
The record fine came after Meta breached a previous court ruling, with data transfers that were "repetitive and continuous," regulators said. Meta said it would appeal the decision.
No one denies that there is Hindu iconography in the dargah at Tribeni, especially from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. One entire doorway has been identified as being in the style of a Hindu temple. | Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
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My Thesis Was Doctored to Suit the Goals of Hindu Supremacists, Says Canadian Researcher
A part of Alan Morinis's 1979 PhD thesis was edited to claim that a Hindu temple was destroyed to build an Islamic shrine at Tribeni in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. There is no conclusive evidence for this claim, he tells The Wire.
Bloomberg reports on pressure on India on five specific projects important to India, should it fail to “block moves” by countries to isolate Russia further. https://t.co/8oVT65MMDu
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Russia Is Putting Pressure on India for Support to ‘Block Moves’ by FATF: Report
Bloomberg reports on pressure on India on five specific projects important to India, should it fail to “block moves” by countries to isolate Russia further.
The report titled '2022 Report on International Religious Freedom' cited examples from a number of cases where minorities were targeted and attacked in the country. | @iChiragJha
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Watch | US Report Expresses Concern Over Religious Freedom in India, Aakar Patel Comments
The report titled '2022 Report on International Religious Freedom' cited examples from a number of cases where minorities were targeted and attacked in the country.
This is a long introduction to make the case that when it comes to the wrestlers protesting against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual harassment, it is both the moral as well as the pragmatic thing to do to support them. | Omair Ahmad
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Wrestlers’ Protest and the Politics of Doing the Right Thing
Many of the wrestlers who are protesting against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh have expressed their support for the BJP in the past. They may continue to support the government even now, or after their particular issue is resolved. But it is both the moral as…
Pramod Sawant's bloated budget has helped sugar-coat media coverage around his person and leadership. Recently, the Goa edition of Lokmat ran over 14 pages of his birthday ads | Devika Sequeira
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Goa CM's Rs 32.68-Crore Advertising Largesse Ensures He’s in Firm Control of Media
Pramod Sawant's bloated budget has helped sugar-coat media coverage around his person and leadership. Recently, the Goa edition of Lokmat ran over 14 pages of his birthday ads