Author: National Tone

GUWAHATI: Over 60% of India’s international borders in the Northeast with China, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan is porous, which along with internal socio-economic and historical factors has caused a “fragile security situation” in the region, the MHA says in its 2020-21 report. The fragile security situation has “resulted in violence, extortion and diverse demands by various Indian insurgent groups, which maintain safe havens/camps in neighbouring countries”, it says. “The Indo-Bangladesh border is marked by a high degree of porosity and the checking of illegal cross-border activities and illegal migration from Bangladesh to India have been major challenges,” it says. Of…

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A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday said that the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) speed in arresting accused is “extraordinary” but it is slower than a snail when conducting trials. The observation was made in the 122-page order that granted bail to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. “I am constrained to note that not a single trial right from the establishment of this designated court, the ED has concluded by leading evidence and the court could not give a single judgment right from the last decade,” said M G Deshpande, the special judge, designated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act…

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Washington, DC – The stars appeared aligned for Republicans. With economic uncertainty, a seemingly unpopular president from the opposite party in the White House, and historic trends on their side, they were hoping to deliver a knockout punch to their Democratic rivals in the United States midterm elections. But as Americans woke up on Wednesday morning, it seemed like the much-anticipated “red wave” changed course and never made landfall. A Democratic push to protect abortion rights and Republicans’ move to the far right with the nomination of several Donald Trump-backed conspiracy theorists and election deniers helped change Democrats’ fortune, analysts say.…

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Side-by-side shots of the the dwarf galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte, taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Webb Space Telescope, reveal the impressive resolution offered by the newer telescope. Star Wars: Shatterpoint Announcement Trailer02:27The First Things To Do In VR, Part 3Today 9:39AMWolf-Lundmark-Melotte is an isolated dwarf galaxy about 3 million light-years from the Milky Way and roughly 10 times smaller. Its galactic halo is about 8,000 light-years across and is thought to be fairly ancient. It was first discovered in October 1909, though it was only identified as a galaxy some 20 years later.Now, Webb is helping us see the…

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The provision has been introduced as “airwaves/frequencies are public property and need to be used in the best interest of the society” The provision has been introduced as “airwaves/frequencies are public property and need to be used in the best interest of the society” The Union Cabinet has approved the new guidelines for uplinking and downlinking of television channels in India, under which all the stations holding permission — except for the foreign channels and where it may not be feasible, — would have to broadcast contents on issues of national importance and social relevance for at least 30 minutes…

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A single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court comprising Justice VG Arun has denied termination of pregnancy to a 21-year-old while observing that economic backwardness or the possibility of social stigma cannot compel the court to transgress the statutory provisions and grant permission for medical termination of pregnancy. The petitioner was an unmarried woman who had crossed the gestation period of 28 weeks. She was in love with a person named Sanjay and was in a live-in relationship with him since 17.11.2021. The woman admitted that the pregnancy was from a consensual relationship with Sanjay and she had sex with…

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CZ has denied that he deliberately created a liquidity crisis at FTX—”I spend my energy building, not fighting,” he tweeted on November 7—but Tim Mangnall, whose company Capital Block has consulted for both Binance and FTX, says this was a “shrewd” business manoeuvre by CZ, one that allowed him to “buy one of his biggest competitors for pennies on the dollar.”All Hail CZ, King of CryptoIf it goes ahead, the deal will further reinforce Binance’s position as the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. It was already larger, by trading volume, than a clutch of its nearest competitors (Coinbase, Kraken, OKX, Bitfinex,…

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Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy is a “danger to women”, the jury in his rape trial has heard.Timothy Cray KC, prosecuting, during a second day of cross-examination at Chester Crown Court, put it to the Premier League player that he does not see women as individual people and thinks normal rules do not apply to him so he gets it “terribly wrong” in believing they are consenting to sex.Mendy admitted he regrets his partying lifestyle and told jurors he is “crazy” and that his life was like being on a “fast train” that kept “going and going” until he was…

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After walking out of jail on Wednesday, Sanjay Raut made an emotional call to Uddhav Thackeray, leaving both the leaders teary-eyed. Mumbai,UPDATED: Nov 9, 2022 23:42 ISTUddhav Thackeray had earlier called Sanjay Raut’s arrest a conspiracy to destroy the party. (Photo: File/PTI)By Pankaj Upadhyay: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut was granted bail in the Patra Chawl land ‘scam’ case on Wednesday. As Raut walked out of Mumbai’s Arthur Road Prison as a free man, he made a call to Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. Talking to India Today, Sanjay Raut said that it was an emotional call between the two leaders.…

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