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Chinese military aircraft and naval ships in Taiwan territory: Here is what you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 9 April, 2023

Taiwan’s Defence Ministry reiterated that it will “fight to defend and protect the home together”. This response comes after multiple Chinese aircraft were detected encircling Taiwan.

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8,000 flour bags stolen during Ramzan amid severe economic crisis in Pakistan, four government officials booked

OpIndia Staff - 9 April, 2023

Pakistan has been facing severe economic crisis and various places in Pakistan are having wheat flour shortage such that government is providing subsidised flour to poor.

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UK: Man stages sit-in-protest at a McDonald’s outlet for sending him incomplete order

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2023

A British man decided to stage a sit-in protest at a local drive-thru McDonald’s outlet after the order he received had the fries and drinks missing.

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China begins three-day military drill to rehearse ‘encirclement of Taiwan’ after the Taiwanese president’s US visit

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2023

Shi Yin, a PLA spokesman said, "The operations are necessary for safeguarding China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity."

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US think tank: Pakistan needs to pay $77.5 billion in external debt; risk of default ‘real’

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2023

Pakistan needs to repay a massive USD 77.5 billion in external debt from April 2023 to June 2026.

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Israel: Car rammed into tourists in Tel Aviv in suspected terror attack, one dead and seven injured

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2023

The 45-year-old Yousef Abu Jaber, a native of Kafr Qassem, has been identified as the man involved in the Tel Aviv attack. He has no past record of security violations.

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