43 h. ago US supreme court rules Doge can access social security data during legal challenge

Key player in Trump’s drive to slash federal workforce keeps access to sensitive records including family court and mental health recordsThe US supreme court on Friday permitted the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), a key player in Donald Trump’s drive to slash the federal workforce, broad access to the personal information of millions of Americans in Social Security Administration data systems while a legal challenge plays out.At the request of the justice department, the justices put on hold Maryland-based US district judge Ellen Hollander’s order that had largely blocked Doge’s access to “personally identifiable information” in data such as medical and financial records while litigation proceeds in a lower court. Hollander found that allowing Doge unfettered access likely would violate a federal privacy law. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Modi inaugurates ambitious rail project connecting Kashmir to Indian plains

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated one of the most ambitious and strategic railway projects the nation has ever built

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3 d. ago MP repeats calls for inquiry into British role in 1984 storming of Golden Temple

Speaking in the House of Commons, Warinder Juss pressed for an ‘independent, judge-led public inquiry, to get to the bottom of what happened’.

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3 d. ago Indonesia arrests foreign nationals in Bali on drugs charges that could carry the death penalty

Indonesian authorities on the tourist island of Bali have announced the arrests of several foreign nationals, including an Australian, an Indian, and an American, on suspicion of possessing narcotics, charges that could carry the death penalty

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3 d. ago Cricket fans in India were celebrating their team's win. A stampede turned that joy into tragedy

At least 11 people were killed and more than 30 injured in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in southern India's Bengaluru city on Wednesday

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4 d. ago Several feared dead in stampede during IPL title celebrations

Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in southern India

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5 d. ago Indian restaurant shut down by court order for 'smelling like curry'

The restaurant has been operating for more than 20 years and had tried to do something about the smell

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6 d. ago 3 Indian Army troopers die in a landslide following torrential rains in the northeast

Three Indian army troopers have died and six are missing after a massive landslide on Sunday hit a forward military post in the northeastern state of Sikkim, following heavy rains

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8 d. ago Extravagant Indian wedding shuts down New York's iconic Wall Street

A spectacular wedding party was brought to the streets of New York City as a bride and groom celebrated in style - glimmering guests were spotted dancing among wild celebrations

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1 week ago Men face prison for human smuggling after an Indian family of 4 died on the US

Two men face sentencing in Minnesota on human smuggling charges more than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to cross into the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard

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2 w. ago Paris taxi drivers vow to disrupt French Open as protests escalate

Taxi drivers protesting in Paris for a sixth straight day are threatening to block access to Roland-Garros on Monday, day two of the French Open

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2 w. ago Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK

The British government has signed a deal to transfer the Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius

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2 w. ago Tanzania blocks access to X after it says hackers targeted government accounts

Authorities in Tanzania have blocked access to the social platform X after cyberattacks on some accounts of government institutions resulted in fake or pornographic posts

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2 w. ago Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir promoted to field marshal after recent skirmishes with India

Pakistan’s prime minister has promoted the country’s powerful army chief, Gen. Asim Munir, to the rank of field marshal, making him only the second military officer in Pakistan’s history to hold the title

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2 w. ago Indian author Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker Prize with short story collection

Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of more than 30 years, chronicling the everyday lives and struggles of women in southern India

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2 w. ago Couple tried in New Zealand after escaping on business class flight after $2m fraud

Neha Sharma remains in jail in New Zealand with her baby while husband awaits sentencing

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3 w. ago Indian space agency's satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicle

The Indian space agency’s mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite has failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage of flight

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3 w. ago Indian PhD graduate granted protection from deportation by federal judge

Priya Saxena was studying in South Dakota when Trump administration revoke her visa over traffic infractionAn Indian PhD graduate who was studying at a university in South Dakota, whom the Trump administration has been attempting to deport, was granted an injunction by a federal judge, allowing her to stay in the country after having received her degree.Priya Saxena’s student visa was terminated by the Trump administration in April, which would have prevented her from completing her doctoral program and graduating on 10 May. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UN agency, Rohingya refugees allege Indian authorities cast dozens of them into the sea near Myanmar

Indian authorities last week allegedly forced dozens of Rohingya refugees off a naval vessel into the sea near Myanmar after providing them with life jackets, a United Nations agency, family members of the refugees and their lawyer said

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3 w. ago Expedition organizers say 2 climbers have died on Mount Everest

An Indian and a Filipino climber have died while climbing Mount Everest as hundreds more are attempting to scale the world's highest peak

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