KREMLIN TELLS OFFICIALS TO STOP USING IPHONES FOR SECURITY CONCERNS

Mon 20 March 2023: Because of concerns that the devices are vulnerable to Western intelligence agencies, Russia’s presidential administration has instructed officials to stop using Apple iPhones, according to a report in the Kommersant newspaper on Monday. Sergei Kiriyenko, the first deputy head of the presidential administration, instructed officials to change their phones by April […]

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WHATSAPP ROLLING OUT NEW UPDATES FOR ‘COMMUNITIES’ ON IOS, ANDROID

Mon 20 March 2023: For iOS and Android users, Meta-owned WhatsApp has rolled out new updates to the community feature by making some changes to the interface of the “announcement group”. The company has renamed the announcement group to “Home” on WhatsApp beta for Android, and its new name is “Updates” on WhatsApp beta for […]

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PRESSURE TO STOP PROTESTS, SLOW POLICE ACTION: A MONTH ON SINCE JUNAID, NASIR WERE CHARRED TO DEATH

Jabir and other protesters at Ghatmeeka Eidgah in Rajasthan. Sun 19 March 2023: Children of Junaid still have hope that their father will visit them one day and deliver cookies, a month after his passing. As hundreds of cars visited the village in the last month, the children woke up to every car’s sound thinking […]

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RUSSIAN MERCENARY CHIEF AIMS TO RECRUIT 30,000 NEW FIGHTERS BY MID-MAY

Sun 19 March 2023: By the middle of May, the Wagner mercenary group in Russia intends to add about 30,000 additional fighters, according to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the group’s founder. Wagner recruitment centers, which he said had opened last week in 42 Russian cities, were reportedly employing 500–800 people every day on average, according to an […]

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INDIAN DIASPORA IN UK OUTPERFORMS THE BRITONS IN EDUCATION, HOME OWNERSHIP: SURVEY

Sun 19 March 2023: In ethnic communities of Indian descent in the UK, there are the highest levels of education and one of the highest percentages of working professionals, the latest release of data from the 2021 census has revealed. According to the Times of India, data from the UK census taken in 2021 revealed […]

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RUSSIA RAISING CONSCRIPTION AGE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE WAR, BRITAIN SAYS

Sat 18 March 2023: Russian authorities are preparing to raise the age for military conscription in a bid to beef up troop reserves for the war in Ukraine, according to British intelligence reports. A bill was introduced in Russia’s lower house of parliament on March 13 to allow men aged 21-30 to be drafted in place of the current […]

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