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Why’s Australian crackdown rattling Indian students? Whopping 25% fake visa applications
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India seals all entry points along Myanmar border
Mizoram CM Zoramthanga holds virtual meet with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister, had also written to PM Modi asking political refugees be given asylum
Öztürk Türkdoğan, Co-chair of Human Rights Association Turkey arrested
Amnesty calls the arrest of human rights leader as a mockery of Erdogan’s “Human Rights Action Plan”, demands his release
US flags to fly at half-mast to honour Atlanta shooting victims
President Biden and Vice President Harris will be meeting members of victims' families and the Asian-American community today
Atlanta: Six Asian-American women shot in alleged hate crimes
The shootings took place in Georgia’s capital, Atlanta; two more people were killed in the shootings, both white Americans
Swiss Vote for Burqa Ban and Its Reaction among Indian Muslims
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Gross Interference: MEA on UK Parliament debate over Farmers protests
Foreign Secretary summons envoy, says British MPs should refrain from practising vote-bank politics by misrepresenting events
Indian TV news communalises familicide by Pakistani Hindu man
Leading the pack was Times Now, which claimed, “Atrocities against Hindus continue in Pakistan…"
Brazil’s Supreme Court acquits ex-President of all corruption charges
This reportedly paves the way for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to run for presidency against Jair Bolsonaro in 2022
We say no to terrorism and the manipulation of religion: Pope
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India
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India
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