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    Opinion: Falsehood trumps limping truth

    Monopolisation of social media and other digital platforms is empowering right-wing forces to control the world Propaganda, misinformation and fake news are nothing new in our society. It can be traced back to the time of Mahabharata when Yudhisthir, known for his unwavering truthfulness, misled Drona by declaring that Ashwathama was killed but murmured the latter part, “I do not know if it is a man or an elephant,” so softly that Drona could not hear it clearly. Believing Yudhisthir that his warrior son Ashwathama was killed, Drona bowed his head and was beheaded. Drona was one of the epical victims of fake news or disinformation. Propaganda and misinformation have taken a new turn now with the widespread availability of sophisticated methods of information and communication technology. The sharing of text, images, videos or links online often allows information to go viral within no time. Merriam-Webster defines misinformation as false…
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    Indian woman found murdered in car boot in UK, Police hunting for Indian-origin husband

    Harshita Brella, an Indian was found murdered and her body left in a car boot in Ilford area of London. Police are u=hunting for her Indian-origin husband London: The UK police investigating the murder of 24-year-old Harshita Brella, whose body was recovered from a car boot in east London, have launched a manhunt for her Indian-origin husband who they suspect fled the country after killing his wife earlier this month. In an updated statement from the Northamptonshire Police on Sunday, Chief Inspector Paul Cash said more than 60 detectives were working on the case as the force released an image of Pankaj Lamba, the accused husband, in an appeal for information. “Our inquiries lead us to suspect that Harshita was murdered in Northamptonshire earlier this month by her husband Pankaj Lamba,” Cash said. “We suspect Lamba transported Harshita’s body from Northamptonshire to Ilford by car. We believe he has now fled…
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    Number of Indian students applying to UK universities drops 20%, reveals report

    Student groups attribute trend to limited job prospects, safety concerns following recent anti-immigration riots in some cities London: Indian students are being put off applying to UK universities, adding to their financial woes at a time when education institutions are already coping with constrained budgets, a new report into the stability of the higher education sector in England has revealed. Based on UK Home Office data on confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) by UK providers from 2022-23 to 2023-24, an Office for Students (OfS) analysis shows a 20.4 per cent drop in Indian student numbers — down from 139,914 to 111,329. Indian student groups in the UK said the fall was to be expected amid limited job prospects and safety concerns following recent anti-immigration riots in some cities. “There has been a considerable decline in student visa applications from prospective non-UK students in some major source countries,” notes the report by OfS, a non-departmental…
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    Trump picks ‘Great’ Elon Musk, ‘Patriot’ Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Dept of Govt Efficiency

    Says they will help his administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, restructure federal agencies Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that Tesla owner Elon Musk and Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),” Trump announced. Ramaswamy is the first Indian American to have been tapped by Trump into his administration beginning January 20 next year. “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies — essential to the ‘Save America’ Movement,” Trump said. “This will send shockwaves through the system and anyone involved in government waste, which is a lot of people!” said Musk, as per the statement issued by Trump. The US President-elect…
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    21 killed, 46 injured in Pakistan railway station blast

    Preliminary reports indicate that explosion took place at Quetta railway station’s booking office just before Jaffer Express arrived at the platform Peshawar: At least 21 people were killed and 46 others injured in a bomb explosion at Quetta‘s railway station in Pakistan on Saturday, according to a media report. Preliminary reports indicate that the explosion took place at the railway station’s booking office just before the train arrived at the platform, Geo News reported. The Jaffer Express was scheduled to depart for Peshawar at 9 am, the report said, quoting railway officials. The officials said the train had not yet arrived at the platform when the explosion took place. Given the station’s usual crowd, there is a high risk of significant casualties, the report said.
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    Vivek Ramaswamy says Trump’s victory is hopefully US’ comeback

    A Trump win will result in the renewal of national self-confidence, says the Indian-American politician and close confidant of President-elect Washington: Donald Trump‘s victory in the US presidential election will renew national self-confidence, an Indian-American politician and a close confidant of the President-elect has said, expressing hope that his comeback will signify America’s comeback. In a historic election on Tuesday, Trump defeated his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris and was elected the 47th President of the United States, becoming only the second commander-in-chief in over a century to win two nonconsecutive presidential terms. “America has this great tradition. We believe in our own manifest destiny…We are born to be the greatest nation that sets an example for everybody else of what’s possible for human capacity,” Vivek Ramaswamy told the Tucker Carlson Show in an interview. “I think that that’s the kind of leader we need right now to bring that back. And that’s Donald Trump as a…
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    Indian Americans hail Donald Trump’s victory, say he is a ‘strong leader’

    Say the country needs a leader like him who will deliver on his promises to tame inflation and curtail illegal immigration New York: Members of the Indian-American community welcomed Donald Trump‘s victory in the US presidential election, saying the country needs a “strong leader” like him who will deliver on his promises to tame inflation and curtail illegal immigration. In a historic election, Trump defeated his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris and was elected the 47th President of the United States, becoming only the second commander-in-chief in over a century to win two nonconsecutive presidential terms. Before Trump, it was Grover Cleveland who had served two nonconsecutive terms as President from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. With his electoral victory, Trump also became the first convicted felon and twice-impeached to be elected President. However, Trump’s criminal cases, his rhetoric or baggage from his previous tenure as President, including the January 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol, had little…
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    Australia proposes social media ban for children under 16

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland announced plans on Thursday to legislate a minimum social media age limit of 16. While Albanese had earlier committed to proposing age restriction legislation by the end of 2024, this is the first time a specific age limit has been confirmed. Canberra: Australian children younger than 16 will be banned from using social media under a proposal put forward by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Albanese and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland on Thursday pledged to legislate a minimum age limit of 16 years for social media access. The Prime Minister had previously announced an intention to introduce legislation to parliament for the age limit before the end of 2024 but had not committed to a specific cut-off age. He said on Thursday that the legislation would take responsibility for enforcing the minimum age limit on social media platforms, Xinhua news agency reported. “Social…
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    Cause for concern: 2024 likely to be the hottest year on record again!

    News of a likely second year of record heat comes a day after Republican Donald Trump, who called climate change a “hoax” and promised to boost oil drilling and production Chicago: For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming compared to the pre-industrial average, the European climate agency Copernicus said. “It’s this relentless nature of the warming that I think is is worrying,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus. Buontempo said the data clearly shows the planet would not see such a long sequence of record-breaking temperatures without the constant increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere driving global warming. He cited other factors that contribute to exceptionally warm years like last year and this one. They include El Nino — the temporary warming of parts of…
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    Will concede defeat, but not the fight, says Harris in her concession speech

    Says she spoke to President-elect Donald Trump and congratulated him on his victory, noting that her administration would facilitate a peaceful transfer of power Washington: US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has delivered a concession speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, saying that she is proud of the campaign and stressing that “when we lose an election, we accept the results”. “I am so proud of the race we ran and the way we ran it. Over the 107 days of this campaign, we have been intentional about building community and building coalitions, bringing people together from every walk of life and background, united by the love of the country with enthusiasm and joy in our fight for America’s future. And we did it with the knowledge that we all have so much more in common than what separates us,” Harris said in the speech at her alma mater. “While I concede this election,…

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      US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin Arrives in New Delhi

      US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin will hold bilateral talks with defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday. New Delhi: US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a two-day visit to explore ways to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation and the growing Indo-US defence partnership, especially in areas of the transfer of critical technologies for the co-development of military hardware. “I’m returning to India to meet with key leaders for discussions about strengthening our major defence partnership. Together, we’re advancing a shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific,” he said after arriving in India for a two-day visit from Singapore. The US secretary of defence will hold bilateral talks with defence minister Rajnath Singh…

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      BJP will disappear from Telangana after Assembly polls, Rahul tells NRIs

      Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during an event at the Roosevelt House, home of former US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, in New York, USA Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the party will defeat the hate-filled ideology of the BJP and decimate it in the Assembly polls in Telangana and other states. “It will be hard to find the BJP in Telangana after this election,” he said. “They tried everything in the book. They have the media with them. They had ten times the amount of money we had. They had the government, they had the agency. But we just did not defeat them. We smashed them in Karnataka,” Rahul Gandhi said at a dinner hosted by the Indian…

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      Why Australian universities are rejecting Indian students from these 5 states? All about document fraud

      While Australia is one of the prime spots where Indian students migrate to pursue higher education, Indians from certain states are now experiencing a setback when it comes to applications, with Australian universities rejecting them without proper review. Several universities in Australia have decided not to accept any Indian candidates, especially from the five states mentioned in the list, due to the rise in fraudulent documents and scams. These five states are Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and certain cities in Jammu and Kashmir. As cited by universities in Australia, the number of fraudulent documents from these states is extremely high, as well as the dropout rate of students. Here is all you need to know about the fraud document scam…

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      No breakthrough in Nato-Turkey talks on Sweden joining alliance

      Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made no breakthrough on Sunday in talks about Sweden’s membership in the organisation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Officials from the two countries will meet in just over a week to try to bridge their differences. Nato wants to bring Sweden into the fold by the time US President Joe Biden and other allied leaders meet in Lithuania on July 11-12, but Turkey and Hungary have yet to endorse the move. All 31 member countries must ratify a candidate’s accession protocol for it to join the trans-Atlantic alliance. Turkey’s government accuses Sweden of being too lenient on terror organisations and security threats, including militant Kurdish groups and people associated with a 2016 coup attempt. Hungary…

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      Anti-Kremlin fighters will hand over two captured Russian soldiers to Ukraine

      A pro-Ukraine group of Russian fighters who are keeping two Russian soldiers captive has said it will hand them over to Kyiv after a proposed meeting failed to happen. The group – the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) – had said it was open to exchanging the soldiers in return for a meeting with the governor of the Belgorod region. “Most likely they killed them, as hard as it is for me to say. But if they are alive, from 5pm to 6pm – Shebekino checkpoint. I guarantee safety,” governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in response, appearing to agree to a meeting. However, after Mr Gladkov failed to turn up for the meeting, the RVC announced that it would instead hand the…

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      Foreigners might have to wait longer to become British citizens

      Foreign nationals could have to wait longer to become British citizens under plans to make the United Kingdom appear less of a ‘soft touch’ on immigration, the Mail on Sunday understands. Home Office officials are considering bringing the UK closer into line with other countries by extending the criterion of ‘continuous residence’ from five years to eight years before they grant an indefinite leave to remain – the first step towards citizenship. Other changes being considered include requiring applicants to have worked or been at school in the UK for two years; a strict threshold for criminality – such as demanding that an applicant must have been conviction-free for at least ten years; and removing the exemption for the over-65s from…

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      Al-Shabab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Somalia, says Museveni

      Announcement comes a week after al-Shabab fighters stormed a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. A soldier serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia jumps off a military vehicle near the scene of a suicide explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, November 11, 2021 [File: Feisal Omar] Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in an al-Shabab attack on a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. Museveni’s statement on Saturday comes a week after al-Shabab fighters stormed the base in Bulamarer, 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The armed group claimed it carried out suicide bomb attacks on May 26 and killed 137 soldiers. Museveni said on Saturday that the Uganda People’s…

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      Gunman kills 3 Israeli troops near border with Egypt

      Attack by a man dressed in an Egyptian security forces uniform took place during operations against drug-smugglers in the Naqab desert. This photo taken on August 17, 2021 shows an Egyptian army post behind a border fence between Israel and Egypt in the Naqab desert Three Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack near Egypt’s border after a gunman wearing an Egyptian police uniform opened fire – the first deadly exchange along the demarcation in more than a decade. The Israeli military said an Egyptian policeman shot and killed two soldiers while they secured a military post at the Egyptian border early on Saturday. It said the Egyptian officer and a third Israeli soldier were killed in a confrontation inside…

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      sraelis rally against Netanyahu’s judicial plan for 22nd week

      Protests continue despite prime minister’s announcement in March that the contentious legal proposals were being put on hold. An aerial view of protesters holding a banner with the Hebrew words ‘the US is boycotting Bibi and Iran is galloping towards a bomb! The judicial overhaul is an existential threat!’ during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial overhaul plans, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 3, 2023 [Gitai Palti] Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities to protest judicial overhaul plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The protests, now in their 22nd week, continued on Saturday despite Netanyahu’s announcement in March that the contentious legal proposals were being put on hold. In the central…

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      Turkey’s President Erdogan announces new cabinet

      An internationally respected former banker gets top economy job, powerful intelligence chief is named foreign minister. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to his new treasury and finance minister, Mehmet Simsek, second from right, during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, June 3, 2023 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named former economy chief and internationally respected ex-banker Mehmet Simsek as treasury and finance minister as he unveiled his new cabinet. Erdogan, who was sworn into his third presidential term on Saturday, changed almost all of his cabinet members except for the ministers for health and culture Simsek was highly regarded by investors when he served as finance minister between 2009 and 2015 and deputy prime minister in charge of the…

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