Fri 14 July 2023: The flooding in India’s capital got worse on Friday as floods from the overflowing Yamuna River approached the Supreme Court’s entrance. According to officials, the flood situation worsened after a regulator of the Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Department was damaged near Indraprastha, resulting in flooding in ITO and surrounding areas. […]
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Fri 14 July 2023: The billionaire tech magnate Elon Musk and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim discussed investments in the country of Southeast Asia. Anwar claimed that during a 25-minute virtual conversation with Musk on Friday, they spoke about the arrival of electric carmaker Tesla in Malaysia as well as the satellite internet service Starlink. […]
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Thu 13 July 2023: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in an address to the nation on Thursday, said the incumbent government would hand over the reins to the caretaker set-up in August. Sharif’s televised address to the nation and announcement of the caretaker government came three months before the general elections in October. He, however, […]
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Thu 13 July 2023: New Delhi: The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution that called on Indian authorities to take “all necessary” measures to stop the violence in Manipur and protect religious minorities, especially Christians. The resolution was tabled by five political groups and adopted by a show of hands during the plenary session of the European […]
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People laying make-believe coffins to rest during a protest in Manipur’s Churachandpur district last month. Thu 13 July 2023: Clashes between Meitei and Kuki-Zo tribes continue even after two months, with over 140 dead and tens of thousands displaced. Churachandpur, India – Bawla (name changed) and more than a dozen other residents of Langza village […]
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Wed 12 July 2023: Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Monday refuted claims by US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul that the IEA is selling weapons left behind by US troops to Washington’s “adversaries like Iran and the Palestinians against Israel.” Mujahid said on Twitter the allegations are not true and that after the […]
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Leaders from Asia pose for a group photo with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Vilnius. Wed 12 July 2023: Beijing has reacted angrily to a NATO communique portraying China as a major challenge to the group’s interests and security. In a strongly worded communique issued halfway through their two-day summit in the Lithuanian […]
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Wed 12 July 2023: The United Christian Forum (UCF) stated that 400 acts of violence against Christians occurred across 23 states in the first half of 2023, with Uttar Pradesh topping the list of states with 155 cases. This amount indicates a considerable increase over the same time period the previous year when 274 occurrences […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: Indian government on Tuesday decided to impose a tax of 28 percent on online gaming, horse racing and casinos, and they will be taxed on full face value, announced Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In the meantime, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council exempted cancer drugs and satellite launch services […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received $2 billion from Saudi Arabia, in yet another boost for the ailing economy following the $3 billion Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “This inflow has increased the forex reserves held by […]
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