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Indians arrested for illegally entering U.S. nearly triples

open view web desk The number of Indians arrested for illegally entering the United States has nearly tripled so far in 2018, making them one of the largest groups of illegal aliens apprehended, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Friday. Paying smuggling rings between $25,000-$50,000 per […]

Andorra, one of Europe’s last abortion holdouts

open view web desk Andorra is best known as a ski destination and tax haven — but it’s the tiny principality’s status as one of Europe’s last countries with an abortion ban that activists want to highlight on International Safe Abortion Day. Even in cases of rape or […]

Trump backs embattled court nominee after fiery hearing

open view web desk Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious Supreme Court nomination will be put to an initial vote Friday, after a dramatic Senate hearing saw the judge furiously fight back against sexual assault allegations recounted in harrowing detail by his accuser. Donald Trump whole-heartedly backed his pick for the […]

Plane ditches into Pacific lagoon

open view web desk Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and immediately began sinking. The Air Niugini Boeing 737 was attempting to land at Weno airport in Micronesia but […]

China says Rohingya issue should not be “internationalised”

open view web desk BEIJINY- The Rohingya issue should not be complicated, expanded or “internationalised”, China’s top diplomat said, as the United Nations prepares to set up a body to prepare evidence of human rights abuses in Myanmar The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to establish […]

Asian victors may find anti-China campaign vows hard to keep

open view web desk NEW DELHI — Three Muslim-majority Asian countries have elected leaders who campaigned on a promise to temper China’s growing influence, but analysts say reducing the foothold of the world’s second-largest economy won’t be easy because of the billions of dollars in development projects that […]

Supreme Court upholds Aadhaar but curbs use

open view web desk DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the validity of India’s ambitious biometric identity project, ‘Aadhaar’, saying it benefited the marginalized and poor, but sharply reined in a government push to make it mandatory for various services. In a ruling with far-reaching consequences, a panel […]

Exclusive: Myanmar’s delaying tactics blocking Rohingya return – Bangladesh PM

open view web desk NEW YORK: Bangladesh’s leader accused neighboring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more than 700,000 Rohingya who were forced across the border over the past year, and said in an interview late Tuesday that under no circumstance would the refugees […]

Indian-American Padma Laksmi says she was raped at 16

open view web desk York, Sep 26: Padma Lakshmi, a prominent Indian-American model host, has alleged that she was raped by her boyfriend at the age of 16, saying she wanted to bring out this secret in the wake of allegations of sexual assault on US Supreme Court […]

SC declares Aadhaar as Constitutionally valid

open view website desk New Delhi, Sep 26: The Supreme Court Wednesday declared the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as Constitutionally valid. The apex court’s five-judge Constitution bench said Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best. The first of the three judgements was […]

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