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If Pakistan wishes to dwell upon Article 370 they are welcome to do so’, but India will not discuss its decision to revoke 370 at the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said on Thursday. In fact, sources added, India wants to ‘completely ignore’ Pakistan at the UNGA. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan will be addressing the world body on September 27, and while Mr. Modi will focus on what India is doing ‘for development, for security, for peace, and our expectations and aspirations of other countries’, Mr. Khan is expected to dwell…

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Jhinuk Sen, a resident of Delhi, uses her smart speaker to turn on the lights in her room, set alarms, play music and more. She is among those users in India who have purchased Amazon’s Echo speakers in the past three years. But while the traditional smart home market here comprises of companies such as Xiaomi, Amazon, and Google, conventional household brands are also making their presence felt in this lucrative market that caters to millennial tastes. For instance, Hero Electronix (the Hero Group’s venture into the electronics space) announced its own smart home products this past week. While the company…

A senior football chief from the Central African Republic along with an alleged militiaman named Rambo has heard charges against them at a Hague court. Both are accused of leading a campaign of terror against Muslims. The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday considered charges of serious war crimes against two alleged former rebel leaders in the Central African Republic (CAR). Former politician Alfred Yekaton, 44, and former football association on head Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, 52, stand accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Central African Republic peace deal – violated and fragile The two men, who allegedly led Christian militia…

A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, a provincial official said, with casualties expected to rise as rescuers sift the rubble. The Taliban, who have been carrying out nearly daily attacks since the collapse of peace talks with the US this month, said the target was a nearby building of the government’s intelligence department in Qalat, the capital of Zabul province. “The bomb was huge and it was carried by a mini-truck,” said a senior defense ministry official in the capital, Kabul, speaking on…

A US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s labor in the fields, officials said on Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night also injured 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and laborers who had just finished collecting pine nuts at mountainous Wazir Tangi in eastern Nangarhar province, three Afghan officials told. “The workers had lit a bonfire and were sitting together when a drone targeted them,” tribal elder Malik Rahat Gul told Reuters by telephone from Wazir Tangi. Afghanistan’s defense ministry and a senior US official in…

The Kerala High Court ruled on Thursday that the right to access the Internet using mobile phones is a fundamental right under the Constitution. Justice P.V. Asha, in a landmark judgment, also said it was part of the right to privacy and the right to education. The court passed the verdict in a petition filed by Faheema Sherin, a third-semester student of B.A. (English) of Sree Narayana College, Chelannur, Kozhikode, challenging her expulsion from the college hostel for violating the restrictions on using the mobile phone from 6 pm to 10 pm. every day. The petitioner challenged the restriction on…

 Workers of Ramavarappadu panchayat near Vijayawada used lethal injections and sticks to kill 60 stray dogs, moved their dead bodies in Swacch Bharat van, and then dumped them in a pit. Their excuse? Increased dog bites in the Sai Model village under the panchayat. Outraged by this mass cruelty, animal welfare board member Avanigadda Nagamani complained to the police, which was reluctant to file a case until activist (and Member of Parliament) Menaka Gandhi’s office intervened. Nagamani, with the help of locals, stopped the mass culling of dogs by the panchayat staff. The staff abandoned the injections and the van…

The massive asteroid, 1998 FF14 will zoom past Earth on September 24 around 12.57 pm IST. The asteroid has been classified as a Near-Earth Object by NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). It also falls under the Potentially Hazardous category as it is bigger than 460 feet (140m). PHO’s are not objects that will collide with Earth but rather, objects that might cause massive devastation on collision. The asteroid is currently on an evasive path, moving away from the Earth, as it is being tracked by the CNEOS. The 1998 FF14 was first detected on 20th March 1998 and is almost…

The US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named a special envoy for hostage affairs Robert O’Brien as the new National Security Adviser to replace John Bolton, who was fired last week. O’Brien, who has been serving as the special envoy for hostage affairs at the Department of State, has been chosen for the role, Trump tweeted. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1174312984522309633?s=20 “I am pleased to announce that I will name Robert C. O’Brien, currently serving as the very successful Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the State Department, as our new National Security Advisor. “I have worked long & hard with Robert. He will…