Month: November 2023

More than 165,000 Afghans flee Pakistan after deportation order

November 2, 2023 admin

Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan gives last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, November 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS More than 165,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in the month since its government ordered 1.7 million people…

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Sajad Lone asks security agencies to relook current policy of ‘macro-level punishment’

November 2, 2023 admin

JKPC president Sajad Gani Lone. File | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday appealed for a relook at the policy adopted by the security agencies in Kashmir. Claiming that individuals, both young and old, were rounded up by the police in the past 24 hours in…

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Climate funding fall shows action ‘stalling’ as needs grows: UN

November 2, 2023 admin

International funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts, the United Nations said Thursday, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned action was “stalling” even as the need to protect people increases. Many developing economies least to blame for the greenhouse gases that stoke global warming are among the most exposed…

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Online gaming platforms: the risk of a fantasy

November 2, 2023 admin

Somnath Zende, 39, a police sub-inspector (PSI) in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune’s largest satellite city, says he trains at the gym for two hours, before work begins at 9 a.m. To build his body, he spends ₹600 daily on protein shakes and other supplements, besides his expenditure on the gym membership. About three months ago, as chatter…

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Bhutan King to visit India amid fresh momentum in China boundary talks

November 2, 2023 admin

The King will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. He will also visit Assam and Maharashtra, according to the MEA. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will begin an eight-day visit to India on Friday, a trip that comes amid renewed push by Bhutan and…

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Weapons, ammo, police vehicles looted in Imphal mob attack

November 2, 2023 admin

Around 700 armed miscreants attempted to storm a police camp, and snatched eight sophisticated weapons, over 600 rounds of ammunition, and over half a dozen vehicles from multiple police locations in Imphal on Wednesday evening, according to details accessed by The Hindu. Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured as they tried to…

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Vaiko urges govt., police to prevent violence against Dalits

November 2, 2023 admin

MDMK founder Vaiko on Thursday condemned the violent assault on two Dalit youths by those belonging to an intermediate caste in Tirunelveli district and urged the Tamil Nadu government and police to nip such incidents in the bud. In a statement, he elaborated on the violence unleashed on the Dalit youths and termed the incident…

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INDIA bloc is growing stronger, says Stalin

November 2, 2023 admin

While the Opposition INDIA bloc is growing stronger by the day, there is a wave against the BJP government nationwide, DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Thursday. He called upon his party cadre to work together to help the DMK-led alliance win in all 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil…

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Is the United Nations toothless in ending wars?

November 2, 2023 admin

Ever since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, the Israeli Defense Forces have been relentlessly bombing civilian locations across the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is still ongoing. These two conflicts have in recent times led to more questions about the inability of the United Nations in bringing about peace. Has the UN become…

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Karnataka and T.N. should use CWMA to arrive at a distress-sharing formula, says Karnataka’s former Chief Secretary

November 2, 2023 admin

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the principal riparian States of the Cauvery basin, can use the framework established by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to evolve a distress-sharing formula, according to A. Ravindra, former Chief Secretary of Karnataka. Incidentally, the CWMA will meet in New Delhi on Friday (November 3). In a telephone interview to…

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