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Outrage as journalist arrested for alleged Maoist links in India

Rupesh Kumar Singh was arrested in Jharkhand two days after he reported on industrial waste being dumped on tribal land.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2022

Someone will have to make personal sacrifice: Manjrekar on KL Rahul opening the innings against Zimbabwe

NEW DELHI: India has plenty of options at the top of the order and someone has to "sacrifice" the opener's slot for KL Rahul, who performs his best when he takes the first strike, reckons former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar.

The Times of India · Aug 18, 2022

Indian gang-rape victim 'numb' after attackers freed

NEW DELHI: A Muslim woman who was gang-raped as 14 people were murdered during one of post-independence India’s worst religious riots has said she is “numb” after her attackers were released early from prison.

Bangkok Post · Aug 18, 2022

Long-term proposition for India to reorient foreign policy away from Russia, says U.S.

India has raised oil imports from Russia after the Ukraine war despite criticism from the West and continues to engage with Moscow for business

The Hindu · Aug 18, 2022

Bobby Ghosh: Rushdie attack shows the hard truths of Iran’s soft power

My Iranian friends take great pride in the enormous global influence of their cultural heritage. From the Taj Mahal in India to American greeting cards with quotations from Rumi, the markers of Persian civilization are ancient and modern, sublime and ridiculous — but above all, ubiquitous.

Tribune News Service · Aug 18, 2022

Supreme Court issues notice on Panneerselvam’s plea on AIADMK headquarters

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana did not grant an interim stay of the High Court order

The Hindu · Aug 18, 2022

India records 12,608 new COVID cases, 72 fatalities in a day

The national death toll climbed to 5,27,206 with 72 fatalities

The Hindu · Aug 18, 2022

Mapping inequality in Dutch colonial-era Indonesia

In the early 20th century, the region now known as Indonesia – then the Dutch East Indies – was Europe’s largest colony after India. It was a major producer of tropical commodities, like rubber and sugar, which were drivers of the global economy.

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2022

Zimbabwe vs India, 1st ODI | Deepak Chahar shines on return as India wins by 10 wickets

Prasidh Krishna (3/50) and Axar Patel (3/24) also got their share of victims to restrict Zimbabwe to 189, before openers Shikhar Dhawan (81) and Shubman Gill (82) chased down the target with ease

The Hindu · Aug 18, 2022

Social Media: Centre blocks 8 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation

The Ministry has blocked seven Indian and one Pakistan-based Youtube news channels under the IT Rules, 2021.As per the information, the blocked channels had over 114 crore views and 85,73,000 subscribers. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Aug 18, 2022