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India’s oil imports from the Middle East drop to a 19-month low, Russia becomes 2nd largest supplier again: Reports

After China, India has emerged as second-largest buyer of Russian oil, taking the advantage of discounted prices.

C-295 Aircraft for IAF will be made by Airbus-Tata joint venture in Gujarat’s Vadodara, PM Modi to lay foundation stone of plant on Sunday

Airbus and Tata Advanced Systems Limited will manufacture 40 C-295 aircraft for IAF at a facility in Vadodara in Gujarat

SP leader Azam Khan convicted by Rampur Court in 2019 hate speech case, sentenced to three years in jail

SP leader Azam Khan has been found guilty in a 2019 Hate Speech case by a Rampur Court

Karnataka: Lingayat Matha’s seer commits suicide in Ramanagara, blackmail, and honey trap for 80 acres of land suspected

The plot against the seer was planned by a political figure in Karnataka who wanted the seer to give away 80 acres of the Kanchugal Bande Matha land which is at a prime location on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, a report in Republic stated.

‘Breathtaking lack of remorse’, Court rejects grooming gang child rapists Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf’s deportation appeal from UK to Pakistan

While rejecting the convicts' plea against deportation, the UK immigration tribunal stated that there was a very strong public interest to deport them

Chinese spies inside US universities, 4 MSS agents charged for trying to recruit professors to work against US

US DOJ informed that Four Chinese Nationals were charged for acting as agents of the Chinese government in the United States.

As Delhi HC’s 6-week notice to Subramanian Swamy to vacate govt bungalow ends, he approaches court claiming centre has not made security arrangements

Subramanian Swamy approached Delhi HC claiming that Centre failed to ensure security arrangements at his private residence in Delhi

Pope Francis admits nuns and priests watch porn, says “The devil gets in from there”

Pope Francis' meeting at the Vatican on Monday saw the 86-year-old pontiff address in detail a broad range of questions

In a historic decision, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah announces equal pay for male and female cricketers

As per the new policy, the women cricketers contracted by BCCI will be paid 15 lakhs rupees per Test match, 6 lakhs rupees per One Day International, and 3 lakhs per T20 International

From 97% made-in-India mobile phones to the new Data Protection Bill, here is what all MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar said at the CyFY2022 event

Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the new Data Protection Bill of India will be modern and simple legislation

Bollywood filmmaker rams wife with his car after being caught with another woman by her, video viral

After being caught by his wife, Kamal Kishor tried to escape from the spot, running over his wife, who later registered the complaint.

Days after Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal promised a clean Yamuna for Chhath puja, toxic foam appears on the river

Toxic foam was seen drifting towards the Yamuna ghats, despite Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's promise of clean water for Chhath Puja

Coimbatore blast: Mohammed Thalka, one of 5 arrested is the nephew of Al-Ummah’s chief, the mastermind of 1998 serial blasts in the city

Basha was then sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 120-B (conspiracy) of the IPC read with additional IPC offences, including murder. Now his nephew identified as Mohammad Thalka has been arrested for his involvement in the recent car blasts that happened in the city on October 22.

AAP-led Punjab govt spent over 1.8 crores on Facebook ads with over 77% in Gujarat, here is what we found

Punjab government spent over 1.8 crores in less than a month on Facebook ads, 77%+ money spent to target audience from Gujarat

Analysing The Wire’s ‘apology’ to readers, its victimhood and indulgence in self-glory and how it does not own up they fabricated ‘evidence’

The Wire's 'apology' is more of an exercise of getting patted on back for 'owning up' on lapses instead of apologising to those it falsely accused and targeted over fabricated evidence.

1984 anti-Sikh Riots accused Jagdish Tytler attends oath ceremony of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in presence of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

Despite public calls to cut relations with Tytler, Congress has frequently accommodated him on a public platform.

‘Let that sink in’: Elon Musk enters Twitter headquarters carrying a sink, changes bio to ‘Chief Twit’

Musk has also changed his Twitter bio to 'Chief Twit', and has added 'Twitter HQ' as the location. He had earlier shared that buying Twitter is the first step towards making X, the everything App.

Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee clears field trials of first genetically modified food crop, indigenously developed GM mustard

Union Environment Ministry's Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) approves genetically modified mustard

Assam: Three Swedish preachers arrested for violating visa norms by indulging in conversion activities, to be deported

Three Swedish Christian preachers held in Assam on charges of religious conversion while on tourist visa

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge forms a 47-member steering committee to replace the CWC, Shashi Tharoor not included

Congress steering committee includes Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Dr. Manmohan Singh and other loyalists of the Gandhi family.

Zimbabwean fan wants cricket team to beat Pakistan in T20 World Cup as revenge for sending fake Mr. Bean to Zimbabwe

Asif Mohammad is a citizen of Pakistan, who is known as 'Mr Pak Bean' as some believe he looks like Mr. Bean, i.e., Rowan Atkinson

Russian Defence Minister Shergei Shoibu expresses concern over possible use of Dirty Bomb by Ukraine in a telephonic conversation with Rajnath Singh

Russian defence minister expresses concern over possible provocations through the use of a ‘dirty bomb’ by Ukraine

Saurav Dutt’s new book ‘Modi and Me’ studies Narendra Modi led India’s fight against anti-India and anti-Hindu forces, an excerpt by the author

Author Saurav Dutt writes an excerpt of his new book 'Modi and Me', on the resurgence of Hindutva to defeat global Hinduphobia

Wikipedia covering up The Wire’s wrongdoings? Meta fiasco wiped off from Wire’s page, Tek Fog allegations removed too

Wikipedia refused to let Meta Vs The Wire saga to appear on its platform, redirected Tek Fog page to The Wire.

Prashant Bhushan spreads another fake news, shares AAP leader’s video claiming that he is BJP MLA

Prashant Bhushan shared a video of former BJP MLA and current AAP leader Yatin Oza accusing BJP of triggering riots to win the elections

Uttar Pradesh: Naushad kills 13-year-old Hindu girl from the neighbourhood after failed rape attempt, shot at police, arrested

Naushad had taken the minor daughter of Ravindra Pandey on the pretext of something, tried to rape her and then slit her wrist

Rana Ayyub shows off Global Muslim award from obscure Nigerian website which says UK’s Guardian is most ‘hijab friendly’ media house

OpIndia digs in to the random website from Nigeria, that talks and promotes Muslims and Islam, which gave Global Muslim of the year award to financial fraud accused Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub.

Jammu and Kashmir: Mosque named Masjid Mustafa and a house damaged after catching fire, 2 firefighters injured

Firefighters, with the assistance of locals, managed to bring the fire under control and prevented it from spreading further. The fire is claimed to have started due to an electric short circuit.

Owaisi wants a hijab-clad woman as PM of India, but does not have a single woman in senior leadership role in his own party

Interestingly, Owaisi’s own party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) does not have a single woman in a top leadership position, with or without Hijab.

‘Our daughter Honeypreet will now be called Ruh Di’, declares Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim while on parole

Gurmeet Ram Rahim singh said that his imprisonment is a "spiritual experience" and that he is writing a book about it.

As Rishi Sunak’s Kalava is discussed online, know when a Doordarshan journalist was asked not to let his Kalava be visible on air

Sunak is a practicing Hindu and is the first Hindu, the first non-white PM of the UK. His first address in front of 10, Downing Street after his appointment drew the attention of many in India and abroad to the Kalava, the ritualistic sacred thread worn by Hindus, on his wrist.

Make India Make: With Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, India can enter the take-off stage of national economic growth

India as a nation-state is looking upwards, there is a positive mood, and the economy is moving Northwards

Double, rather, triple jeopardy of Indian origin, brown skinned, Hindu man Rishi Sunak as UK Prime Minister

That makes him ‘wajib-al-qatl’ as per the Stalinist fringe left-Islamist jihadi fanatics continuum, as well as assorted Lutyens coolies of fascist looter dynasts that passes for liberals in today’s world.

10 Kashmiri Pandit families leave village in Shopian amid targeted terror attacks, shift to Jammu

10 Kashmiri Pandit families leave their residences in Choudharygund village in Shopian district in south Kashmir and shift to Jammu

As Rishi Sunak becomes PM of the UK, his statement on grooming gangs goes viral, had vowed not to let ‘political correctness’ stand in...

Rishi Sunak's old video where he vowed to tackle Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs without letting political correctness come in way went viral.

‘No Proud Hindu will be allowed in Shamsabad’: Mob of 40-45 Islamists attack minor Hindu boy over Facebook post, case registered

A minor Hindu boy named Mohit was attacked by a large group of Islamists for declaring himself as proud Hindu on Facebook

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi wishes to see a Hijab-clad girl as the PM, BJP hits back saying ‘start with a Hijab-clad girl as AIMIM...

Owaisi went on to level serious allegations against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that the BJP's true purpose is to eradicate India's diversity and "Muslim identity."

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wants pics of Hindu god and goddess on currency notes, upsets Muslim Twitter users

Arvind Kejriwal claimed that images of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi will bless the nation and help improving India's economy.

Mumbai: Police book minor ‘nawab69_’ for deliberately firing Diwali rockets at neighborhood flats

Minor booked in Ulhasnagar for terrorizing residents of a building by shooting rockets at their apartments

Karnataka: Market Fouzan, Azhar, Faraz arrested for attacking Hindu man, raising hateful slogans in Shivamogga

The victim named Prakash stated that he could not identify the assailants as they had worn masks while attacking. He also said that after the attack, the miscreants raised anti-RSS slogans.

Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan says he had warned assassinated journalist Arshad Sharif about the looming death threat

Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Kenya allegedly by the local police after the journalist failed to stop at a checkpoint. The police were looking for a vehicle stolen in a carjacking incident where a child was abducted.

Gehlot throws shade on Kharge the day he takes oath as Congress party president

Gehlot, while speaking to mediapersons ahead of oath taking ceremony by Kharge, said that only Rahul Gandhi could challenge PM Modi and current government and hence till last minute efforts were made to make him the party president.

CCI slaps fresh fine of Rs 936.44 crore on Google exploiting dominance, misusing Play Store policies to drive out competition

According to the findings of the CCI, Google is dominant in the market for licensable OS for smart mobile devices and app stores for Android smart mobile OS in India.

Meet Rowaida Abdelaziz, the HuffPost columnist who relies on lies, half-truths and malicious tropes to demonise Hindus in the US

The HuffPost reporter falsely claimed that the Indian Prime Minister was not just stripping Muslims of their citizenship but also building concentration camps.

Bihar: Dalit youth thrashed, made to spit and lick by a Maulana for having a relationship with a Muslim girl

The Dalit youth was thrashed and made to lick spit because he was in a love affair with a Muslim girl

Fans express concern for Katy Perry after she suffers eye malfunctioning during a stage performance

Pop sensation Katy Perry suffered eye malfunctioning during her concert at Las Vegas Resorts world.

The Wire’s ‘tech expert’ Devesh Kumar, who co-authored Tek Fog and Meta stories, deletes all his social media and internet presence

Devesh Kumar, a 'tech expert' with The Wire, deleted his accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Reddit and email accounts.

‘Trust is earned and I will earn yours’: Rishi Sunak in his first address as British PM; says he’s elected to fix mistakes

Rishi Sunak became the UK's first prime minister of colour and the first Hindu prime minister.

UP: 12-year-old girl cries for help after allegedly being raped and dumped, onlookers turn a blind eye as they film her on their phones

A video of an injured girl crying for help even as people around her continued filming her has gone viral on the internet.

‘Can India elect a Muslim PM like UK’s Hindu Rishi Sunak?’ Question puts onus on wrong set of people. Here is the right question

Rishi Sunak, an Indian origin, proud Hindu British lawmaker is set to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom