PENTAGON LEAKS: US OFFICIALS KNEW OF ADDITIONAL CHINESE SPY BALLOONS

Sat 15 Apr 2023: US officials knew about additional “Chinese spy balloons” beyond the one that traveled across the United States in January and February, according to a report from The Washington Post. The Post reported on Friday that the intelligence community also continued to have questions about the balloon after shooting it down in the Atlantic […]

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AS INDIA EDITS SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS, FIRST EDUCATION MINISTER MAULANA AZAD LOSES PLACE

Sat 15 Apr 2023: India’s first Education Minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, has lost a place in the revised political science textbook published by the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT). In the old Class 11 NCERT political science textbook, ‘Indian Constitution at Work’, Azad’s reference appeared in the first chapter ‘Constitution — […]

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FRANCE LEFT ITS AFGHAN SPIES BEHIND AFTER TALIBAN TAKEOVER – PROBE

Fri 14 Apr 2023: France left its Afghan spies behind after the Taliban takeover, according to a media investigation. Lighthouse Reports, a nonprofit newsroom based in the Netherlands, in collaboration with French broadcaster Radio France Internationale (RFI) and the Le Monde newspaper “was able to speak to five officers in this situation, two of whom are still hiding in Afghan […]

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“WE WILL FULLY COOPERATE”: BBC ON ALLEGED FOREX VIOLATIONS PROBE IN INDIA

Fri 14 Apr 2023: The BBC will cooperate fully with the Indian authorities, the UK-headquartered media organisation said on Thursday in response to reports from India of a new investigation launched by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into alleged foreign exchange violations by the British public broadcaster. A spokesperson for the British taxpayer-funded licence fee-backed media […]

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THREE CHURCHES DEMOLISHED IN INDIA’S MANIPUR FOR ‘ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION’: REPORTS

Thu 13 Apr 2023: The three churches that have been demolished by authorities on Tuesday are the Evangelical Baptist Convention Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church Manipur and Catholic Holy Spirit Church. More than 41% of Manipur’s population is Christian. In BJP-ruled Manipur, three churches were demolished by the administration in Imphal East district on Tuesday. The […]

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DELHI: MADRASA OF 250-YR-OLD MOSQUE BULLDOZED, OFFICIALS CLAIM ENCROACHMENT

The anti-encroachment drive being carried out in front of Masjid Bengali Market,in New Delhi on Tuesday (Photo: PTI) Wed 12 Apr 2023: A madrasa of a 250-year-old mosque was bulldozed for alleged encroachment in Bengali Market, New Delhi on Tuesday morning. During the process, a portion of the mosque was also demolished. The Land and […]

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