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‘BBC documentary on PM Modi is propaganda piece to push discredited narrative’: Govt of India
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MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that BBC 2 documentary on PM Modi is propaganda piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative
Pakistan might lose ‘major non-NATO ally’ status in the US, Congressman introduces bill in House of Representatives
Republican Congressman Andy Biggs moves bill in House of Representatives to terminate ‘major non-NATO ally’ status of Pakistan
Jacinda Ardern resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister, says no reason or angle, just tired
Jacinda Ardern will step down as New Zealand Prime Minister no later than February 7, 2023.
Ukraine: 18 people including the interior minister and senior govt officials killed in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv
Along with Denys Monastyrsky, his first deputy Yevgeny Yenin and state secretary Yuriy Lubkovich were among 8 government officials who were travelling in that helicopter.
BBC issues apology after FA Cup show on Wolves vs Liverpool was disrupted by ‘pornographic noises’ from hidden phone
The sounds were supposedly generated by a cell phone hidden in the studio by a prankster. "We apologize to any viewers offended during the live coverage of the football this evening," the BBC stated in a statement.
Taliban publicly flogs nine people convicted of robbery and ‘sodomy’ in Kandahar
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Despite international condemnation, the Taliban has resumed the flogging and the public execution of criminals following a decree by the hard-liners' supreme leader.
Pakistan is South Asia’s weakest economy, huge task to pull it out of poverty, report says
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Imagine the country with one of the world's most irrigated fertile wheat-growing land has a shortage of flour and no money to import it.
Lashkar-e-Taiba deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki listed as a global terrorist: A timeline of India’s efforts at the UN
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Each of these five names was initially placed on technical hold by one member state while all other 14 members of the Council agreed to their listing.
Italy’s most wanted mafia boss arrested after spending 30 years on the run
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni tweeted: "A great victory for the state, which demonstrates that it does not give up in the face of the Mafia."
Kabul’s female mannequins covered with black plastic bags – A symbol of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
The women customers feel a sense of fear as they look at the hooded mannequins donned in elaborate dresses. "When I see them, I feel that these mannequins are also captured and trapped, and I get a sense of fear. I feel like I see myself behind these shop windows, an Afghan woman who has been deprived of all her rights," a woman shopping at the Lycee Maryam Street was quoted as saying.