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Iran threatens to impose $18 billion penalty on Pakistan: Here is why
The Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project, also known as Peace Project, had initially included India as well.
News Reports
VHP and Bajrang Dal demand ban on non-Hindu vendors from temple fair in Karnataka’s Gubbi, submit memorandum with DC
In a petition to the Tumakuru District Collector, Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad requested that non-Hindu sellers not be allowed to participate in the fair on Thursday at the Gosala Sri Channabasaveshwara Swamy Temple in Gubbi.
Media
Forbes speculates that Adani bought his own now-withdrawn FPO, calls it “evidence” of wrongdoing
Forbes report claims there is evidence to show Adani group likely bought into its own FPO but does not provide any such 'evidence'
News Reports
Twitter Blue subscription service to launch soon in India, price and other details yet to be revealed
Twitter Blue is a premium subscription service that offers a blue tick to verified users along with an option to edit tweets, publish high-resolution 1080p videos, and more.
News Reports
18-year-old ISIS terrorist Md Irfan was radicalised by Zakir Naik videos, was planning to carry out three deadly attacks in Singapore: Details
An 18-year-old ISIS terrorist named Muhammad Irfan Danyal bin Mohamad Nor was arrested in Singapore in December for planning to carry out three targeted attacks in the island country.
News Reports
Kharagpur Data Science Hackathon reaches the finale: 3500 sharpest minds, 700 teams and much more. Read about the event
The country's biggest hackathon - the Kharagpur Data Science Hackathon - finally reached its grand conclusion with an explosive Finale
News Reports
Pakistan: Former interior minister Sheikh Rashid arrested for saying that former President Asif Ali Zardari conspired to assassinate Imran Khan
Meanwhile, the PTI chief Imran Khan has condemned the arrest of his ally and slammed the alleged “vindictive and biased caretaker government.”
News Reports
Punjab: IT raids conducted at premises of ‘Yeshu Yeshu’ pastor Bajinder Singh and pastor Harpreet Deol, documents, computers, registers seized
The Income Tax officers revealed that the pastors have been operating churches under the guise of healing ministries, which are self-styled congregations that accept significant amount of funding from foreign nations. These are either registered as autonomous religious entities or as societies led by a pastor.
News Reports
PFI ‘journalist’ Siddique Kappan, facing charges under UAPA and PMLA, gets bail after 2 years in prison
The government in the Supreme Court had stated that Siddique Kappan was an office-bearer of the now banned Islamist organisation Popular Front of India(PFI) and was on his way to Hathras pretending to be a newspaper journalist from a Kerala-based outlet called ‘Tejas’ that was closed in 2018.
News Reports
#BoysWillBeBoys: Pakistanis resort to memes, self-deprecating dark humour as country’s economic crisis worsens
Pakistanis used memes to show how their country is suffering from an economic crisis