POLITICS
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Aug- 2025 -13 August
Rare mental health clinics in South Sudan face closure amid rising needs
In conflict-hit South Sudan, rare mental health clinics offering crucial counselling risk closure as funding ends. With poverty, displacement and violence fuelling high suicide rates, experts warn the loss of such services could deepen the country’s mental health crisis. Mundri (South Sudan): Joy Falatiya said her husband kicked her and five children out of their home in March 2024 and that she fell apart after that. Homeless and penniless, the 35-year-old South Sudanese mother said she thought of ending her life. “I wanted to take my children and jump in the river,” she said while cradling a baby outside a room with cracked mud walls where she now stays. But she’s made a remarkable recovery months later, thanks to the support…
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13 August
Nine volunteers killed in landslide; floods cut off parts of Gilgit-Baltistan
A landslide killed nine volunteers repairing a flood-hit water channel in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Danyor Nullah, officials said. Separately, floods from a glacial lake outburst swept away parts of the Karakoram Highway and damaged homes, roads and water systems in Hunza and nearby areas. Peshawar: Nine volunteers were killed and three others injured when a landslide buried them during restoration of a flood-damaged water channel in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit region, officials said on Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday night in Danyor Nullah when a mass of earth collapsed on the workers, trapping several under the debris, police said. An emergency was declared in local hospitals as rescue operations were launched with the help of residents. Hospital authorities confirmed nine deaths and…
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13 August
India added to UK’s ‘Deport Now Appeal Later’ list for foreign criminals
The UK has added India to its expanded “Deport Now Appeal Later” list, enabling deportation of convicted foreign nationals before appeals are heard. The policy aims to speed removals, with offenders able to join hearings remotely from their home countries. London: India is among the countries being added to an expanded UK government list of countries where foreign criminals will be deported once they are sentenced before their appeals are heard as part of measures to crack down on rising migration to the country. In an announcement on Sunday, the UK Home Office confirmed that the scope of its “Deport Now Appeal Later” scheme will be nearly trebled from eight countries to 23, with foreign nationals from these countries to be…
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13 August
Israel strike kills Al Jazeera reporter, 7 others outside Gaza hospital
An Israeli airstrike killed Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qureiqa, along with six others, outside Gaza’s Shifa Hospital. Israel alleged Hamas ties, which the network denies, calling the attack a targeted assassination and press freedom violation. Jerusalem: Israel’s military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and at least six other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex. Officials at Shifa Hospital said those killed included Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qureiqa. The strike also killed four other journalists and two other people, hospital administrative director Rami Mohanna told The Associated Press. The strike also damaged the entrance to the hospital complex’s emergency building.…
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12 August
Telangana rice exports nosedive as high costs, global competition squeeze market share
Telangana’s rice exports have fallen 20-30 per cent in 2025 due to high procurement costs and collapsing domestic demand amid subsidised PDS rice. Millers warn of losing global market share unless State policies and milling costs are urgently reviewed Hyderabad: Telangana’s rice export industry is finding itself in a tailspin of late. Millers are claiming to have slashed shipments by an estimated 20-30 per cent in 2025 due to inflated procurement costs. The crisis, compounded by a collapse in domestic demand from the government’s subsidised fine rice distribution through the public distribution system (PDS), threatens Telangana’s ambitious target of exporting 50-60 lakh tons annually to emerging markets like Indonesia and Africa. Export markets are fast drying up amid high costs and…
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12 August
Leopard sighting triggers alert in Jagtial’s Dharmapuri town
A leopard sighting on the outskirts of Dharmapuri temple town has prompted forest officials to issue a public alert. Farmers reported spotting the leopard in paddy fields near Kamalapur Road, leading to an investigation by forest beat officer Jeevan and his team. Jagtial: Movements of a leopard were reported on the outskirts of Dharmapuri temple town, prompting forest officials to issue an alert to nearby villagers. Farmers spotted the leopard in paddy fields near a petrol bunk on Kamalapur road over the past three days and informed the forest department. Acting on the alert, forest beat officer Jeevan and his staff visited the site and examined pugmarks along the paddy field banks and near a brick kiln. Jeevan urged residents of Dharmapuri, Ramayapalli,…
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12 August
Telangana: BRS to open party offices in all Siddipet wards, says Harish Rao
BRS leader T Harish Rao said the party will set up offices in all 43 Siddipet wards ahead of the 2026 municipal polls. He claimed people want KCR back as CM, accusing the Congress government of failing promises Siddipet: Former Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday announced that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) would set up party offices in all 43 wards of Siddipet municipality to strengthen its organisational base ahead of the municipal elections due in May 2026. Addressing the party cadre after inaugurating the office in the 20th ward, Rao said the party leadership had decided to remain active in every ward. He said the people of Telangana wanted to see former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao return to power, stating…
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12 August
Telangana: Pregnant woman carried for 2 kilometres due to lack of road in Sangareddy village; delivers baby en route
In Telangana’s Munya Nayak Thanda, villagers carried a pregnant woman for 2 km to reach an ambulance due to no road access. She gave birth midway, highlighting the hamlet’s long-standing road woes and unfulfilled political promises Sangareddy: Villagers of remote Munya Nayak Thanda in Nagulgidda mandal carried a pregnant woman on their shoulders for two kilometres to reach an ambulance, as the hamlet has no road connectivity. When Koushi Bai developed labour pains on Sunday afternoon, villagers began carrying her towards an ambulance waiting two kilometres away. However, she delivered a healthy baby girl in the agricultural fields midway, assisted by ASHA workers and local women. The mother and newborn were then carried to the ambulance and shifted to the area…
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12 August
Telangana: Farmers suffer from unofficial power cuts in Karimnagar
Farmers in Karimnagar, already hit by poor rainfall, face unofficial power cuts, with supply reduced to 14–15 hours a day. Heavy reliance on borewells for paddy irrigation is causing voltage drops, motor burnouts, and increased financial strain KARIMNAGAR: Farmers in the erstwhile Karimnagar district, who were already hit by poor rainfall, are now grappling with unofficial power cuts in the agriculture sector. Despite the State government’s claim of providing 24-hour free and uninterrupted electricity to farmers, the actual supply is only 14 to 15 hours a day, farmers say. Frequent fluctuations in supply are compounding the problem. Farmers, who had delayed sowing during the early Vanakalam season due to inadequate rainfall, began cultivation after showers in the last week of July. While some…
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12 August
Forest department willing to allocate land to genuine farmers: Officials
Forest officials accused Dimda villagers of encroaching on 2,635 acres of forest land despite owning revenue land. They offered land to genuine landless farmers and alleged political influence behind protests, saying reclaimed areas would help tiger conservation in the region Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Forest officials have alleged that certain residents of Dimda village in Chintalamanepalli mandal have encroached upon forest land despite owning substantial revenue land. The remarks came in apparent response to a protest march undertaken by podu farmers from Dimda to Hyderabad seeking land titles, which reached Kagaznagar on Saturday. Kagaznagar Forest Divisional Officer Shushanth Bobade said several farmers had occupied large tracts of forest land even though they already possessed land in revenue areas. He stressed that the department would…
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