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As Europe battles price rise and energy crisis, European Commission approves locusts, crickets and worms as ‘food’

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

The European Commission which provides the approval had stated then that these insects can be sold, and marketed as snacks or food ingredients either in dried or frozen form with legs removed or in a powder form.

World

Metropolitan Museum of Art returns stolen 14th and 11th century artefacts to Nepal

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

Two artefacts from 14th and 11th century, stolen from Nepal in 1984-85 and 1995 were returned by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Canada: Two Khalistanis, including Bhindranwale’s relative, fail to get rid of ‘terrorist’ tag, federal court upholds them being on ‘no fly list’

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

Canadian Federal Court upholds decision to put suspected Khalistani terrorists including Bhindranwale’s kin on no-fly list

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International Gorillay: When Pakistan fantasised about killing ‘kutta’ Salman Rushdie with ‘flying Quran’

Dibakar Dutta - 14 August, 2022

Pakistani movie International Gorillay in 1990 had portrayed Salman Rushdie as conspiring against Islam, and showed his killing by flying books with rays

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Founder of Khalsa Aid stokes separatist sentiments ahead of Independence Day, says doesn’t trust India

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

Ravi Singh, the CEO of Khalsa Aid has almost always demonstrated his Khalistani affinities.

Political History of India

Did you know Pakistan had another national anthem written by Jagannath Azad, before it was rejected for ‘Qaumi Tarana’

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

Despite the fact that Jagan Nath Azad wrote Pakistan's first national anthem, it was only sung for six months following Jinnah's death 1948.

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Author JK Rowling gets death threats from Islamists for condemning attack on Salman Rushdie

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

Before Rowing got death threats by Islamists, Rowling was cancelled by wokes, especially those who put pronouns in their Twitter bios.

Books

‘No information about the attack on Rushdie’, says Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2022

A spokesperson of the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah said that the group had no additional information on the stabbing of Salman Rushdie.

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