ISRAELI FIRMS SOLD INVASIVE SURVEILLANCE TECH TO INDONESIA: REPORT

Sat 04 May 2024: Investigation by Amnesty, Haaretz, Tempo and others finds links between official government bodies and agencies dating from at least 2017. An international investigation has found that at least four Israeli-linked firms have been selling invasive spyware and cyber surveillance technology to Indonesia, which has no formal diplomatic ties with Israel and […]

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CANADA ARRESTS ALLEGED INDIAN HIT SQUAD OVER THE KILLING OF A SIKH SEPARATIST NIJJAR

Fri 03 May 2024: Police in Canada have made arrests in the fatal 2023 shooting of prominent Sikh-Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, months after authorities accused Indian government agents of being involved in the killing. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia said on Friday afternoon that three people were […]

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‘VOTE JIHAD’: AS MODI RAISES ANTI-MUSLIM INDIA ELECTION PITCH, WHAT’S NEXT?

Fri 03 May 2024: As the campaign targeting of Muslims becomes more direct and shrill, experts fear Modi’s words could encourage violence against the community. New Delhi, India – Speaking to a saffron-clothed crowd of supporters in his home state of Gujarat earlier this week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned to an increasingly favoured electoral […]

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TALIBAN PLAN REGIONAL ENERGY TRADE HUB WITH RUSSIAN OIL IN MIND

Thu 02 May 2024: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a logistics hub in the west of the country aimed at making the country a major logistics point for regional exports, including oil from Russia to South Asia, Reuters has reported. The announcement was made by Afghanistan’s acting minister of […]

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PHILIPPINE DROUGHT SHAKES 300-YEAR-OLD SUBMERGED VILLAGE OUT OF DEPTHS

Thu 02 May 2024: Remnants of the centuries-old town of Pantabangan reemerged in the northern Philippines after a dam’s water level dropped Photograph:(AFP) Village rises from the deep: Sunken Philippines ruins reappear as drought causes reservoir to dry up for only the sixth time since the settlement was flooded in the 1970s Source: MailOnline pic.twitter.com/2OLSzxPuQW […]

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US ACCUSED INDIA’S RAW OFFICER OF INVOLVEMENT IN A PLOT TO KILL PANNUN ON ITS SOIL

Wed 01 May 2024: The unnamed Indian government official accused by US authorities of directing the alleged plot to murder pro-Khalistan lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil is a former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer named Vikram Yadav, the Washington Post has reported. It also says that Samant Goel, who was RAW chief when the plot […]

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THOUSANDS EVACUATED AS INDONESIA’S MOUNT RUANG ERUPTS AGAIN

Wed 01 May 2024: Following another eruption of Mount Ruang in Indonesia, which sent dense ash clouds more than 5 kilometers (3 miles) into the sky, thousands of people had to be evacuated and flights were canceled. Mount Ruang recorded a series of eruptions earlier in April that also led to evacuations and disruption to aviation amid fears of […]

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RIVAL PALESTINIAN GROUPS FATAH AND HAMAS MEET IN CHINA “TO ACHIEVE RECONCILIATION THROUGH DIALOGUE”

Tue 30 April 2024: Rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas have met in China for talks on potential reconciliation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing confirmed on Monday that the groups’ representatives had met recently. The groups have competed for years, but the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has provoked further talks on Palestinian […]

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SALMONELLA CONCERNS: US REFUSED A THIRD OF MDH EXPORTS SINCE OCTOBER 2023

Tue 30 April 2024: New Delhi: After some of their spice mixes were banned in Singapore and Hong Kong, Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH) Pvt Ltd is back in the news following a report by Indian Express saying that the United States customs authorities refused 31% of all spice-related shipments from the company, citing salmonella contamination in the […]

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