Mon 13 July 2026: For the BJP-VHP-RSS holy trinity, the donations scam in the Ram temple has grown into more than just a risk of electoral loss. It has also become a loss of ideology and of face. I am in a cab in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, where our family village home […]
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Sun 12 July 2026: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that China is ready to strengthen mining cooperation with African countries as he hosted Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in Beijing, state news agency Xinhua reported. Xi said China wants to continue cooperation with African countries based on mutual benefit, win-win cooperation, friendly consultation and new […]
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Sun 12 July 2026: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s initiative has been criticised for misdirecting resources to affluent regions. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s signature free meals programme is escalating into one of Indonesia’s biggest corruption scandals in years as officials struggle to rein in the $15bn initiative amid allegations of graft and mismanagement. Launched in 2025, […]
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Thu 09 July 2026: Rubina, mother of Irshad, a 15-year-old Kashmiri boy who was injured by pellets fired by Indian security forces, shows his x-ray, Srinagar, September 20, 2019 [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters] Makers of Chauhaan, an ‘action entertainer’, accused of mocking more than 1,000 Kashmiris partially or completely blinded by pellet shotguns. Feroz Aslam* sports an […]
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Thu 09 July 2026: Goshamahal MLA and former BJP leader Raja Singh’s speeches have sparked protests, arrests and national headlines. But when these cases reach court, many end in acquittal. In this episode, Pooja Prasanna examines why. The findings reveal recurring failures in investigation and prosecution, including missing electronic evidence, lack of mandatory sanctions and […]
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Thu 09 July 2026: On the second straight day of its renewed strikes on the country, the US struck a strategic railway bridge in northern Iran linking it to China and Russia, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported Thursday. The cruise missile attack targeted the Ogtay Khan railway bridge in the northeastern Golestan province on […]
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Thu 09 July 2026: US indicts Indian crime boss, links him to Sikh leader’s killing that strained India-Canada relations. Authorities in the United States have announced charges against the leader of an Indian criminal group in connection with the political assassination of a prominent Sikh leader in Canada – a high-profile killing that plunged relations between Ottawa […]
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Tue 07 July 2026: Yang Youlin, an ex-official in the eastern city of Nanjing, accepted bribes in exchange for business favours, court says. A Chinese court has sentenced a former senior official in the eastern city of Nanjing to death for accepting bribes. Yang Youlin illegally accepted money and property totalling more than 2.2 billion […]
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Tue 07 July 2026: Sierra Leone, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria and several more countries in West Africa are in the midst of an overlooked opioid crisis that’s crippling the population and devastating families. The drugs that are fueling this crisis aren’t made in makeshift labs, but imported by the millions from India’s pharmaceutical industry. For more […]
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Mon 06 July 2026: Over 1,800 personnel deployed as authorities clear land for the Rs 224-crore road-widening project aimed at decongesting the Kashi Vishwanath corridor. Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi commenced the partial demolition of five mosques on Wednesday as part of the ongoing Dalmandi road-widening and redevelopment project. The operation, which continued into its […]
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