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Delhi court acquits two Sikh separatists who hijacked Air India plane in 1981 | india news

Delhi court acquits two Sikh separatists who hijacked Air India plane in 1981 | india news

A Delhi court on Monday acquitted two Sikh separatists who are charged with treason for hijacking an Air India plane in 1981 and commandeering it to Lahore in Pakistan.

Tajinder Pal Singh and Satnam Singh were charged with waging war against India and sedition when they were deported to India in 2000 after serving life terms in Pakistan.

The plane carrying 111 passengers and a crew of six was…

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Google's China push outweighs censorship concerns | China

Google’s China push outweighs censorship concerns | China

A few weeks back, we learned Google was developing something called “Project Dragonfly”, a new search engine for the Chinese market that would function in compliance with Beijing’s strict rules on censorship.

In an organisation that talks up transparency, it is ironic that only a handful of the company’s 88,000 employees knew about the project. When some of them caught wind of it, they leaked…

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Yemen airstrike kills 22 children fleeing earlier bombing, rebels say

Yemen airstrike kills 22 children fleeing earlier bombing, rebels say

Four families were evacuating their homes in a vehicle when the airstrikes hit, according to Houthi-owned media. Earlier coalition airstrikes on Wednesday killed four people and injured two, according to two surviving family members who preferred to remain anonymous for security reasons.

“Four people were killed in the strike before, that’s why they fled. They wanted to save their lives, their…

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PV Sindhu reaches Asian Games 2018 final – A look at her greatest achievements | asian games 2018 | india at games

PV Sindhu reaches Asian Games 2018 final – A look at her greatest achievements | asian games 2018 | india at games

It was an impressive show by PV Sindhu as she reached the Asian Games 2018 women’s singles badminton final in Jakarta on Monday. She defeated Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 15-21, 21-10 to set up a summit clash against reigning World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei.

This was a huge moment for the 23-year old as she became the first Indian shuttler to reach the women’s singles final at the…

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US-Kenya trade talks: Trump seeks to counter China's growing role | Kenya News

US-Kenya trade talks: Trump seeks to counter China’s growing role | Kenya News

Kenya’s president is in Washington, DC, to meet US President Donald Trump.

Uhuru Kenyatta wants easier access to US markets for Kenyan businesses.

Currently, most of the large infrastructure projects in Kenya are being built by Chinese companies.

About 70 percent of the country’s external debt is owed to Beijing.

Trump’s priorities are expected to centre on security, and countering China’s…

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After reign of terror, ISIS' Baghdadi pleads for relevance

After reign of terror, ISIS’ Baghdadi pleads for relevance

At the height of ISIS’ power in 2014, the group controlled a quasi-state roughly the size of Britain, including Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, and Raqqa, its de facto capital, in Syria. Since then it has lost more than 90% of that territory and today holds sway over pockets of remote terrain straddling the two countries. In the audio message, titled “Give Glad Tidings to the Patient,”…

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Four held for murdering youth in Bihar’s Bihiya, to appear in court today | india news

Four held for murdering youth in Bihar’s Bihiya, to appear in court today | india news

Bhojpur police have arrested four people in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old man in Bihiya earlier this month.

Two of the four accused are “women dancers”, said Bhojpur superintendent of police Awakash Kumar, adding that they will be produced in court on Monday. The victim was identified as Bimlesh Kumar Sah, a resident of Damodarpur village.

Kumar said a charge sheet into a related…

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Morocco: Outcry after 'girl is raped, tattooed with swastikas' | News

Morocco: Outcry after ‘girl is raped, tattooed with swastikas’ | News

Anger has erupted in Morocco after local media reported a 17-year-old girl was abducted, tortured and gang-raped by a criminal gang, whose members also forcibly tattooed her body.

More than 12,000 people had signed a petition by early Monday demanding the government of King Mohammed VI provide the girl with urgent medical and psychological care after a video of her testimony went viral.

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5.9 magnitude earthquake rattles western Iran

5.9 magnitude earthquake rattles western Iran

The epicenter of the quake was 6 miles from Tazehabad and 19 miles from Javanrud. Both cities are close to the Iran-Iraq border. The earthquake struck at a depth of some 10 kilometers (6 miles).

Iran’s Emergency and Natural Disaster Agency told state-run Press TV that five rescue teams have been sent to the area.

Press TV, an English-language television station in Iran, tweeted that people…

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Living in company of the dead: In this Kerala village, families took refuge in cemetery | india news

Living in company of the dead: In this Kerala village, families took refuge in cemetery | india news

As flood waters rose to engulf their homes at Kainakary, a picturesque village in Alappuzha district, at least 20 families took refuge in a church cemetery and are living in the company of the dead with their domestic animals.

Thankachan and his family refused to accept help and go to a safer place leaving behind their cows and goats.

However, as the water rose to a dangerous level, the family…

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Gurus Gone Bad in India | Religion

Gurus Gone Bad in India | Religion

Sirsa, India – On August 25, 2017, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of sexually assaulting two women. Across India, such crimes occur with horrifying frequency, but Ram Rahim isn’t just another sexual predator. He is a self-styled saint who heads one of the largest spiritual organisations in the country.

Through his ashram, the Dera Sacha Sauda, he has amassed an estimated net worth of…

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War virtually destroyed Mosul. A child still finds reason to celebrate life

War virtually destroyed Mosul. A child still finds reason to celebrate life

What’s the story behind the photo?

The girl is Maysaa Ahmed Siddiq. She’s 7 years old and lives in war-ravaged Mosul with her parents and four brothers.

The photo was shot on a special day. When Maysaa’s family celebrated the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha, she put a ribbon in her braid, dressed up in a white dress and lacy socks and went to a playground in her neighborhood.

Photographer Ayham…

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Manmohan Singh urges PM Modi not to change ‘nature, character’ of Nehru library | india news

Manmohan Singh urges PM Modi not to change ‘nature, character’ of Nehru library | india news

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to “change the nature and character” of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) in Delhi, asking his government to respect “history and heritage”.

Jawaharlal Nehru belongs “not just to the Congress” but to the “entire nation,” Singh said in a letter to Modi two weeks ago. Singh wrote the letter after reports…

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Tehran will help rebuild Syria, says Iran defence minister | News

Tehran will help rebuild Syria, says Iran defence minister | News

Iran’s top defence official has met Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and the country’s defence minister in Damascus, pledging to contribute to the war-torn country’s reconstruction.

Tehran has provided steady political, financial and military backing to Assad during the civil war which is in its eighth year.

On Sunday, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami met his Syrian counterpart Ali…

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ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in airstrike, US says

ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in airstrike, US says

The strike was carried out by Afghan and coalition forces after receiving intelligence from Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security, Khogyani said.

US Forces-Afghanistan spokesman Lt. Col. Martin O’Donnell confirmed that the US targeted a “senior leader of a designated terrorist organization” in Afghanistan on August 25. He pointed to a statement by a spokesman for Afghanistan…

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CPI(ML) leader shot dead by assailants in Bihar’s Bhojpur: Police | india news

CPI(ML) leader shot dead by assailants in Bihar’s Bhojpur: Police | india news

A Communist Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) leader was shot dead on Monday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, police said.

Ramakant Ram was attacked when he was on his way to defecate in the open in a nearby field of his village Nadhi under Sahar police station, a district police official said.

Police have registered a case and began the investigation.

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UN report calls for genocide charges against Myanmar officials | News

UN report calls for genocide charges against Myanmar officials | News

Myanmar’s senior military officials must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against the Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities, a UN fact-finding mission has urged.

The mission, which was established by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2017, found that Myanmar’s armed forces had taken actions that “undoubtedly amount to the gravest crimes under international law”.

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