Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have erupted on college campuses around the United States of America, and authorities are attempting—and often failing—to diffuse the situation. Since the October 7 attack by Hamas, in which militants killed around 1,200 people and kidnapped over 200 more, tensions on US college campuses have increased. Over 34,000 Palestinians have died as a result of Israel’s military attack on Gaza, according to the Israeli health ministry. From October 7 onward, reports of antisemitic incidents have increased nationwide and especially on college campuses. Additionally, Islamophobia is on the rise. These tensions have been heightened by the current upsurge in…
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The Supreme Court will render a decision on a group of petitions that seek 100% verification of the votes cast in electronic voting machines (EVMs) using Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) slips today, following the ongoing second round of voting. A VVPAT Machine: What Is It? How Does It Function? By printing a slip of paper with the voter’s selection on it, the VVPAT machine—which is affixed to the ballot unit of the EVM—provides visual confirmation for the vote made by a voter. The voter has seven seconds to confirm her vote on this piece of paper that has…
Authorities believe that the girl’s head was struck by the boulder several times. The girl attempted to resist the attempted rape as well, but her head was repeatedly smashed against the boulder, seriously injuring it. A 12-year-old tribal girl was brutally killed in the Maoist Belt of Gondia, a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra that serves as the headquarters of the administrative district of the same name. Her half-naked, decomposing dead body was discovered in the village of Ganutola Naxalite-Maoist insurgency is a continuous conflict between Maoist groups, also called Naxalites or Naxals, and the…
The Senate on Tuesday approved a billion-dollar aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk to take effect after six bitter months of political battles. The final score was 79-18, a sign of bipartisanship in an era of deep political division. “Six long months of relentless work paid off,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. on the Senate floor after an earlier procedural vote. To approve the measure, thirty-one Republicans and forty-eight Democrats came together. That is nine more Republicans than voted in favor of the aid package during the Senate’s February…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is in Pakistan on a three-day trip to discuss regional and bilateral relations, a few days after Iran and Israel attacked each other and threatened to escalate the Gaza war into a regional conflict. Raisi will hold talks with Pakistan’s top leadership, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, as the neighbors seek to mend relations after the January missile attack. Raisi will also meet Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, who has a huge political and economic presence, according to local media in the South Asian country. Official reason for this trip: The Islamic Republic of Iran…
