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      3 May

      Indian community in Riyadh narrates woes to visiting union Minister

      The Indian Steering Committee that comprises veteran NRIs from various States met with the Union Minister under leadership of Zaigham Khan Union Minister V. Muralidharan interacting with Indian community in Riyadh on Monday Jeddah: Indian community members in Riyadh poured out their woes, ranging from exorbitant school fees back home in India for NRI children to delays in clearing Huroob cases, in front of Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muralidharan. They also aired their views on family dependent fees and higher education to visit visa issues. “We are determined to address every single issue that affects any Indian abroad,”, the Minister told the Indian community delegation that met him on Tuesday at the embassy. The Indian Steering Committee that comprises veteran NRIs from…

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    • 3 May

      Pakistanis’ misery worsens as inflation surges to record high

      (IANS) Amid the unceasing political and economic turmoil in Pakistan that continues to make the lives of citizens miserable, monthly inflation has soared to an all-time high, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Tuesday, as per media reports. Inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), clocked in at 36.4 per cent year-on-year in April. It was recorded at 35.4 per cent last month and 13.4 per cent in April 2022, Geo News reported. This is the highest inflation ever, according to data available since 1965, Arif Habib Limited said. Meanwhile, inflation rose by 2.4 per cent month-on-month, Geo News reported. According to Bloomberg, Pakistan has the fastest rising prices in Asia, leaving behind even…

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    • 3 May

      Ukraine forms eight new ‘storm’ brigades for counterattack

      Eight new Ukrainian brigades of soldiers have been formed to take part in a future counter offensive amid growing speculation about its timing and whether it can succeed in inflicting a serious defeat on the Russian invaders. The Ukrainian interior ministry said on Tuesday it had “fully formed” the initial “storm” brigades, comprising up to 40,000 troops, but added they would need further training before being ready to take part in fighting. Ihor Klymenko, the interior minister, said in an interview the troops would be re-equipped and the instruction process would take another two to three weeks, before they could be tasked with “appropriate offensive assault operations” alongside the Ukrainian army. Questions had been raised about how successful the recruitment process had…

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    • 3 May

      RAF Typhoon fighters scrambled to intercept Russian jets off Scottish coast

      Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters stationed in Scotland have been dispatched to intercept a Russian military plane that was operating close to UK airspace. The plane was identified as a Tu-142 Maritime Patrol aircraft, also known as a Bear-F by NATO. It approached from the North-East and flew in international airspace over the Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic Ocean on Sunday. In reaction, jets were sent from Royal Air Force Lossiemouth to intercept the Russian plane. Typhoon Jet© Express Norwegian F-35A fighter jets were also launched to monitor the Russian threat as part of NATO’s response. However, it did not enter UK sovereign airspace at any point during the incident. An RAF Typhoon pilot said the scramble “demonstrated the close working…

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    • 3 May

      Russia could collapse as a result of Putin’s war in Ukraine

      Russia could collapse into warring mini-states as a result of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Former CIA analyst Paul Goble thinks that Moscow has been fatally weakened by the despot’s antics and claims that Putin is likely to be killed before events that could tear Russia apart. Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine last year with the expectation of a quick victory but his reputation has been shattered by Russia’s failures on the battlefield. Attention has now turned to what could happen to the country and Putin himself and Goble – a longstanding expert on Russia and the Soviet Union – is convinced that the nation could fracture into nuclear-armed mini-states. He told The Sun Online: “People are now much…

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    • 3 May

      King wants to ‘make state visit to India’ at earliest opportunity

      The King has told a peer of his desire to make a state visit to India “at the earliest opportunity” now that he is monarch. Lord Karan Bilimoria said that the King made the comments to him at a reception in parliament for MPs and peers to mark his Coronation. “We spoke about the importance of a state visit to India, because I recently led the first parliamentary delegation to India in six years, and he said he’d love to go there soon,” the British Indian businessman said. The King’s remarks come after the Queen decided to avoid stoking a diplomatic row with India by opting against wearing the controversial Koh-i-Noor diamond at the Coronation. She instead has chosen to wear Queen Mary’s crown reset with…

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    • 2 May

      US religious freedom panel again recommends India for blacklist

      For a fourth year, the independent body says India should be singled out for discrimination against Muslims and other groups. An independent US panel again calls for President Joe Biden’s administration to add India to a religious freedom blacklist, reserved for countries it accuses of ‘systematic, ongoing [and] egregious violations’ An independent commission in the United States has, for the fourth year in a row, recommended that India’s government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, be added to a religious freedom blacklist, saying that conditions in the country for religious minorities “continued to worsen” throughout 2022. In its annual report on Monday, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) again called on the US Department of State to designate…

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    • 2 May

      US believes 20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war since December

      Tens of thousands of Russian soldiers have been injured since fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine in December, according to an estimate by the White House. The conflict has intensified in Ukraine’s Donetsk region since December 2022 [Sofiia Gatilova] Russians have suffered 100,000 casualties, including 20,000 killed, since a war of attrition intensified in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in December, according to an estimate by the White House, as Kyiv readies for a new counteroffensive against Moscow’s forces. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Monday said the figure was based on newly declassified United States intelligence. He did not detail how the intelligence community arrived at the number He added that about half of those killed were soldiers recruited by the…

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    • 2 May

      China steps up use of ‘exit bans’ against government critics

      At least 15 laws and legal instruments now cover exit bans with millions of people potentially affected. Some people do not find out they are banned from leaving until they get to the airport. China has stepped up the use of exit bans against human rights defenders and their families and expanded legislation authorising their use to anyone under investigation or anyone connected to an investigation, according to a new report. Mentions of ‘exit ban’ on the Supreme People’s Court database rose from less than 5,000 in 2016 to 39,000 in 2020, rights group Safeguard Defenders said on Tuesday. Only administrative, criminal and civil case-related exit bans appear on the court’s China Judgments Online database so the figure is probably…

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    • 2 May

      Taliban FM to meet Pakistan, China foreign ministers: Media

      Taliban’s interim foreign minister gets UN clearance to travel for meeting with counterparts in Pakistan. Afghanistan Taliban’s interim Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, centre, attends the opening of a special meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Islamabad, Pakistan [File: Farooq Naeem] A United Nations Security Council committee has agreed to allow the Taliban’s interim foreign minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, to travel to Pakistan from Afghanistan to meet with Pakistani and Chinese counterparts, according to news reports. The Reuters news agency reported on Monday that Pakistan’s UN mission requested an exemption for Muttaqi to travel between May 6 and 9 “for a meeting with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China”. Muttaqi has long been subjected to a…

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