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China tells US and North Korea to hit the brakes on threats

China is urging both countries to work towards a peaceful solution amid escalating tension surrounding nuclear threats.

Aug 17, 2017

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US teen drug overdose deaths have increased by 19% after years of decline

Teen drug overdose deaths in the US have increased by 19%. After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses climbed from 3.1 deaths per 100,000 teens in 2014 to 3.7 in 2015. The rates, released by the National Center for Health Statistics, involve teens ages 15 to 19. Most of the overdose deaths were driven primarily by opioids, including heroin and fentanyl.

Aug 17, 2017

Karnataka man sets teacher on fire in front of her students

A man set a teacher on fire in a village in Karnataka over a financial dispute. Read on to know more.

Aug 17, 2017

Doklam row: A war with China will destroy PM Modi's aura, just like it had done to Nehru in 1962

The CAG said in its report in July that India is at a serious disadvantage in terms of defence. The hyper-national political leadership and media should keep in mind the limitations for a military debacle today will be even more embarrassing than that of 1962.

Aug 17, 2017

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Doklam standoff: China blinks, goes from high-pitched rhetoric to sober narrative on India

Read to know how China and its media have softened their stand on the border conflict, and have gone from threatening India to now suggesting more sober solutions to the problem.

Aug 17, 2017

25 Rajdhani passengers drugged, looted of Rs 15 lakh

About 25 passengers on board the August Kranti Rajdhani Express were drugged and looted of Rs 15 lakh. Read on to know what happened.

Aug 17, 2017

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Baltimore removes all 4 Confederate statues

Per a unanimous vote by the Baltimore City Council the Robert E. Lee and amp; Stonewall Jackson Monument, the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Confederate Womens Monument and the Roger B. Taney Monument were all taken down. This happened hours after President Trump reiterated that both sides were at fault during the Charlottesville, VA violence. Other cities such as Memphis, Tenn.; Lexington, Ky., Jacksonville, Fla. and Washington, D.C.are considering eliminating their own Confederate statues according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, over 700 Confederate monuments and statues remain on U.S. public land.

Aug 16, 2017

Floods in India: Death toll in Assam and Bihar rises; water levels recede in West Bengal

The heavy downpour has left hundreds dead and lakhs affected across the country. People have been forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in rescue camps set up by the respective state governments.

Aug 16, 2017

US sanctions Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen

In announcing the designation, the State Department said the group had claimed responsibility for several attacks, including one in 2014 in Jammu and Kashmir that left 17 people injured.

Aug 16, 2017

Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi's 'shortest Independence Day speech'

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had gone to attend Narendra Modi's speech at Red Fort on August 15, says that Modi had reduced the duration of his speech as "he has nothing to talk about."

Aug 16, 2017

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Theresa May sees no equivalence between fascists and those who oppose them

May said that it is important for all those in positions of responsibility to condemn far-right views. The U.K. prime minister was speaking on 16 August, the day after US President Donald Trump claimed that anti-fascist protesters were partially to blame for violence at a far-right rally. Trump has come in for criticism since he made these latest controversial remarks, with Republican Senator John McCain tweeting Theres no moral equivalency between racists and Americans standing up to defy hate and bigotry. The President of the United States should say so.

Aug 16, 2017

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Can India use trade as a weapon against China to ban IT imports?

Amid growing security concerns, can India afford to deploy trade as a political weapon against China?

Aug 16, 2017

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Karnataka CM: Imposition of any other language is unconstitutional [VIDEO]

Siddaramaiah during his Independence Day speech said, "imposition of any other language in a State is unconstitutional and is against the spirit of formation of States on linguistic basis."

Aug 16, 2017