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Quad leaders issue joint statement after the third in-person summit in Japan, use PM Modi’s ‘not an era of war’ comment

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2023

The QUAD meeting was hosted by Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Hiroshima in Japan

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PM Modi meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at G7 Summit in Japan, assures India will do everything possible to end the Russian-Ukraine war

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2023

During his meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, PM Modi gave assurance that India would everything possible to stop the war.

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Pakistan: 11 cases filed against former minister Fawad Chaudhry, reports suggest cases include theft of taps, pipes and wires from school

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2023

Reports claim that former Pakistani minister Fawad Chaudhry has been booked for theft of taps, pipes and wires from school

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Former US State Department cyber official reveals how America-funded organisations interfere in Indian elections

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2023

Former US state dept official Mike Benz reveals how American organisations run anti-Modi campaigns during elections in India

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China is ruining the economy of poor countries like Pakistan through its debt trap: Here is how

Dibakar Dutta - 20 May, 2023

China has refuted the allegations and claimed to help developing nations 'overcome difficulties.' Its Foreign Ministry has said that it offers extended loan maturities and emergency loans to such 'poor nations.'

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Pakistan: Imran Khan’s Zaman Park house surrounded by Police, the PTI chief tweets dramatic ‘last message’ addressing the country

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2023

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed that the police have surrounded his house and he may be arrested again.

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New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art returns 16 smuggled artefacts worth over Rs 9.8 crore to India, were sold by jailed smuggler Subhash Kapoor

OpIndia Staff - 17 May, 2023

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) returns 16 smuggled Indian artefacts worth Rs 9.8 crore

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US State Dept criticises India on religious freedom using dubious data fed by Christian evangelists and radical Islamist groups. Read Details

Dibakar Dutta - 17 May, 2023

The Christian evangelist organisations, which fed their data to the US State Department, also misled people by counting cases of child sexual abuse by pastors as atrocities on the community.

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