Global security threats from North Korea's troop deployment

North Korea has been threatening the security order in Northeast Asia with its illegal nuclear weapons development for decades

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Meta penalised $25.4 million in India over breaching privacy policy

India's competition watchdog today imposed a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore (25.4 million USD) on Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position relating to the messaging application’s 2021 privacy policy

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Manipur violence: One protester shot dead during clash

A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that vandalised properties in the restive eastern Indian state of Manipur’s Jiribam district late on Sunday night, PTI reported yesterday.

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46 US lawmakers ask Biden to seek Imran Khan's release

The letter, sent by 46 Democrat and Republican lawmakers on Friday, was the second such communication in less than a month

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BJP wants Manipur to burn

As fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Manipur, the Congress renewed its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “deliberately” keeping Manipur burning.

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Indian police battle Maoist rebels

Indian security forces have killed five Maoist rebels in jungle clashes, an officer said yesterday, as security forces seek to quash the decades-long insurgency in the central regions.

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North Korean Human Rights: The greatest challenge facing humanity

North Korea has evolved into a totalitarian regime characterised by dynastic succession, theocratic governance, and dictatorship since the Korean War

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Jharkhand govt sheltering Bangladeshi infiltrators: BJP chief

BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda today accused the JMM-led coalition government in Jharkhand of providing shelter to Bangladeshi infiltrators in madrasas and facilitating documents like Aadhaar and voter IDs for them

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Mob tries to storm Manipur CM's residence amid rising tensions

This prompted authorities to impose an indefinite curfew in seven districts of the northeastern state and suspend internet services

India conducts successful test of indigenous long-range hypersonic missile

India marked a major milestone in defense technology with the successful flight trial of its indigenously developed long-range hypersonic missile yesterday

Baloch separatists kill 7 Pak soldiers

Separatists fired on a paramilitary border post in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, killing seven soldiers, local authorities said yesterday, a week after the same militant group killed 26 people at a railway station.

Kejriwal says he will resign as Delhi CM

He was released from jail on bail on Friday

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RG Kar rape and murder: Junior doctors continue protest amid rain

Charge of tampering with evidence added against former principal of medical college

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Cash-strapped Maldives says no need for IMF bailout

The Maldives says its financial troubles are “temporary” and the luxury tourist destination has no plans to seek an International Monetary Fund bailout after warnings of a possible sovereign default.

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Kolkata rape-murder: Mamata visits protest site, urges doctors to resume work

Amid the continuing impasse, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today paid a surprise visit to the site where the junior doctors are protesting against the rape and murder of a young medic at R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata and assured them that she would look into their demands..Howev

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Vietnam's Typhoon Yagi death toll passes 250, scores still missing

More than 820 people have been injured and 82 are still missing, according to the state disaster management agency

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Myanmar makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods

Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi

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China, Russia chide West

Chinese and Russian defence officials took swipes at the West at a military diplomacy forum in Beijing on Friday, with China courting the Global South and Russia saying the United States was shifting military conflicts to the Asia-Pacific. 

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Indian Supreme Court grants bail to Kejriwal

The Delhi chief minister was arrested on March 21 in a corruption case

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India, China resolved 75 percent of border disengagement issues: Jaishankar

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday said India and China have resolved nearly 75 percent of the border disengagement issues along the Himalayas

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Adani Group denies Hindenburg claims on Swiss probe

India's Adani Group has denied involvement in a money laundering and securities fraud probe that reportedly saw the freezing of more than $310 million in funds stowed in Swiss bank accounts

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