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News Reports

China provokes again, claims Shaksgam Valley based on illegal 1963 deal with Pakistan: Know why this Himalayan territory was always a part of India

Shraddha Pandey -
Days after China made a delusional claim that the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is a Chinese territory named ‘Zangnan’, China provoked India again by asserting its illegal claim over the Shaksgam Valley, which is a part of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) illegally ceded to China in 1963.
Law

UK to bring law making it illegal for AI generating non-consensual intimate images, after Grok was made to take down posts in India

OpIndia Staff -
Keir Starmer warned X could lose self regulation as Ofcom probes Grok misuse, with fines up to ten percent revenue, while long delayed Data Act provisions criminalising creation of deepfake images are enforced this week.
Crime

Bangladesh: Musician Proloy Chaki dies in police custody, autorickshaw driver Samir Das stabbed to death as Hindu killings continue unabated under Yunus regime

OpIndia Staff -
After Dipu Chandra Das was brutally lynched by Islamists, at least 12 Hindus have been killed in Bangladesh in just 42 days.
Economy and Finance

Trump slaps 25% tariff on all Iran-linked trade ‘effective immediately’; Read how it may affect India

OpIndia Staff -
Trump's new tariffs risk pushing Indian exports to 75% duties, threatening basmati rice trade and raising uncertainty over India’s strategic investments at Chabahar Port.
News Reports

Nepal will not become another Bangladesh: Interim PM Sushila Karki pushes back against resignation demands

Shriti Sagar -
Karki also mention the small but vocal groups of GenZ who, according to her, are constantly demanding the resignation of the government.
News Reports

Australia places India in ‘highest risk’ category for student visa applications days after fake degree scam busted in Kerala. Here’s what happened

Shraddha Pandey -
Following the exposure of a fake degree racket in India, a political storm erupted in Australia, with Senator Malcolm Roberts linking this racket to the Australian government's systemic failures in preventing fake degree holders from entering the country and securing jobs.
News Reports

Iran used Russian tech and Chinese research to jam Starlink? Inside Tehran’s playbook to enforce an internet blackout as Starlink’s packet loss surges to...

Shraddha Pandey -
SpaceX activated its satellite internet, Starlink, in Iran to aid protesters in bypassing the internet ban. However, now even Starlink is being shut down, reportedly using Russian technology and Chinese research.
News Reports

Iran threatens to attack Israel and the US, declares their military bases and shipping centres ‘legitimate targets’

OpIndia Staff -
In recent days, the US, seeking regime change in Iran, has declared support for the demonstrators in Iran.
News Reports

After Venezuela, US President Donald Trump orders special forces to prepare invasion plan for Greenland: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Diplomatic sources say this group sees Greenland as a strategic prize because of its location and growing importance in global security and trade routes.
News Reports

Gunfight erupts between Myanmar Military and Rohingya armed group near border, stray bullet hits schoolgirl in Bangladesh

OpIndia Staff -
A 12-year-old schoolgirl was shot in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district by a stray bullet originating from intense fighting across the border in Myanmar, escalating...
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