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US to send up to USD 400 million in military aid to Ukraine, officials say

July 26, 2023

The Biden administration is sending up to USD 400 million in additional military aid to Ukraine, including a variety of munitions for advanced air defence systems and a number of small, surveillance Hornet drones, US officials said Monday, as attacks in the war escalated to include strikes in Moscow and...

US imposes sanctions on Mali officials over alleged ties with Wagner Group

July 26, 2023

The United States has imposed sanctions on three Malian government and military officials, including Defence Minister, for “facilitating the deployment and expansion” of Russia’s Wagner Group’s activities in Mali. In a statement on Monday, the US Department of the Treasury said that it has imposed sanctions on three Malian transition...

Ukraine Grain exports in Jeopardy as EU Agriculture ministers hold talks

July 26, 2023

European Union agriculture ministers met Tuesday to discuss ways of moving grain vital to global food security out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed the exports. At the same time, they want to protect prices for farmers in countries bordering the war-ravaged nation. The ministers met in...

Ukraine’s Odesa enraged as Russian strikes damage historic landmarks

July 26, 2023

Tetiana Khlapova’s hand trembled as she recorded the wreckage of Odesa’s devastated Transfiguration Cathedral on her cellphone and cursed Russia, her native land. Khlapova was raised in Ukraine and had always dreamed of living in the seaside city. But not as the war refugee that she has become. In only...

Students march 20 km to protest school mismanagement

July 26, 2023

As many as 150 students of a Madhya Pradesh government-run residential school walked 20 km from a village to reach the Indore collector’s office on Tuesday over alleged mismanagement at the facility. Indore collector Ilayaraja T told reporters that he has ordered a detailed inquiry into the complaints of the...

TMC counters BJP’s adjournment motions in Bengal assembly

July 26, 2023

The BJP on Tuesday said it will move two adjournment motions in West Bengal Assembly this week demanding immediate discussion on alleged violence during the rural poll and alleged atrocities against women in the state. The ruling TMC hit back terming the saffron party’s allegations “a pack of lies” and...

Opposition raises concerns over hiring ‘Contractual Cops’

July 26, 2023

The opposition in Maharashtra on Tuesday raised concerns over the plan to rope in “contractual personnel” by the Mumbai police and said the “risky” move will be detrimental to the force as well as to the public. Raising the issue in the legislative council, Leader of Opposition Ambadas Danve said...

Mumbai Police to outsource 3,000 private personnel amid manpower shortage

July 26, 2023

In a bid to overcome shortage of constables in the Mumbai Police force, the state government has given the nod to outsource 3,000 personnel from the Maharashtra State Security Corporation (MSSC), an official said on Tuesday. The state home department issued an order to this effect on Monday, he said....

Home department reports 718 Myanmarese Illegal entry into Manipur

July 26, 2023

The Manipur government has said that at least 718 Myanmar nationals, including 301 children, have illegally entered the northeastern state last week. A statement issued by Home Department said that the illegal influx was reported on July 22 and 23 in Chandel district by Assam Rifles, the India-Myanmar border guarding...

India awaits separate Foxconn and Vedanta proposals for semiconductor plants

July 26, 2023

Indian Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, announced on Tuesday that the Central Government is prepared to assess separate proposals from Taiwan’s Foxconn and Indian conglomerate Vedanta for the establishment of semiconductor plants in the country. This development follows Foxconn’s recent exit from a joint venture with...

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