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US Presidential Election: Indian American Vivek Ramaswamy surges in Republican primaries, at tied second spot with DeSantis as Trump maintains top position

OpIndia Staff - 20 August, 2023

In a Fox News interview, Ramaswamy said he would turn down an offer of the vice presidency if he doesn't win the GOP presidential nomination for 2024.

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Only in Pakistan: President Arif Alvi says he didn’t sign 2 bills but his staff approved the bills behind his back, begs forgiveness for...

OpIndia Staff - 20 August, 2023

Pakistan's President Arif Alvi denies signing Official Secrets, Army Act amendment bills, says his staff helped the bills pass behind his back

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Luna 25 mission crashes on the Moon’s surface, Russia declares mission failed

OpIndia Staff - 20 August, 2023

Roscosmos stated that Luna-25 moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon.

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Pakistan: Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrested from his Islamabad residence

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2023

Pakistan ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in connection with the ongoing investigation into cypher.

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‘Will peel off Army’s skin’: Pashtun, Baloch, and Sindhi groups issue warning to Pakistani Army in protest rally against atrocities on ethnic communities

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2023

Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi, and other oppressed ethnic communities in Pakistan held a large Jalsa in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad

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Afghanistan: Girls, women demand reopening educational institutes for them

ANI - 19 August, 2023

As the Taliban regime completed its second year in Afghanistan after taking over the country, the women wished that their basic right to education will be given back to them.

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UK: Gurpreet Singh arrested for stabbing two in a skirmish between tricolour holders and Khalistan flag bearers on August 15

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2023

Gurpreet Singh faces charges including attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, affray, threats involving a bladed article, and two counts of possessing a bladed article.

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China faces ‘Lehman Moment’ fears as big investment firm misses payments

ANI - 19 August, 2023

The Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported that investors fearing a 'Lehman moment' in China are threatening the solvency of the country's financial system.

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