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22/09/2025

Trump Hails Kirk As ‘Martyr For Freedom’, Blames ‘Radical Left’ At Memorial

Even before a suspect’s arrest, Donald Trump blamed the left, shaping Kirk’s memorial into both a religious revival and a fervent MAGA-style political rally.

22/09/2025

Brazil: Tens Of Thousands Rally Against Shielding Bolsonaro From Court

The protests, organized by social movements, unions and political parties, denounced lawmakers trying to avoid legal consequences for themselves and Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to prison for a coup plot after his supporters stormed government buildings following his 2022 election defeat.

22/09/2025

Elon Musk and Trump back together at Charlie Kirk's memorial ceremony

22/09/2025

France And Saudi Arabia Lead Charge For Palestinian Statehood At Global Summit

Israel and the United States will boycott the summit, said Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon, describing the event as a “circus.” “We don't think it's helpful. We think it's actually rewarding terrorism,” he told reporters on Thursday.

22/09/2025

H-1B Workers Rush Back To U.S. Amid Trump’s Visa Fee Order Chaos

A White House official on Saturday clarified that the order applied only to new applicants and not holders of existing visas or those seeking renewals, addressing some of the confusion over who would be affected.

22/09/2025

Western Powers Take Stand: Four Nations Recognise Palestinian State, Sparking Israeli Outrage

The decision by four nations from the West, which has traditionally allied with Israel, aligned them with more than 140 other countries also backing Palestinians' aspiration to forge an independent homeland from the occupied territories.

21/09/2025

India’s regional connectivity efforts now have a dynamic, data-driven face in Sambandh, a platform developed by the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP). Conceived in 2020 by researcher Riya Sinha and her colleagues, Sambandh consolidates decades of data on India’s cross-border projects into an interactive map designed as a “public good” for policymakers, journalists, academics, and investors alike.

“South Asia is one of the least connected regions in the world. We wanted to break that down,” said Sinha, who initiated the project. “By visualizing infrastructure, trade, and other linkages, the aim is not to answer questions but to raise them—where are the gaps, where is the density, what more can India do?”

The first phase focused on Bhutan, with 39 projects mapped after nearly 18 months of painstaking data collection and validation. The database highlights timelines, entities involved, and the scope of connectivity initiatives, including many private sector efforts that rarely make headlines. Since 2000, India’s regional projects have multiplied fivefold, with private sector participation rising from 15% to nearly 40%, according to CSEP Visiting Fellow Abhishek Agarwal, who is leading the project’s expansion.

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India’s regional connectivity efforts now have a dynamic, data-driven face in Sambandh, a platform developed by the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (...

21/09/2025

India’s regional connectivity efforts now have a dynamic, data-driven face in Sambandh, a platform developed by the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP). Conceived in 2020 by researcher Riya Sinha and her colleagues, Sambandh consolidates decades of data on India’s cross-border projects into an interactive map designed as a “public good” for policymakers, journalists, academics, and investors alike.

“South Asia is one of the least connected regions in the world. We wanted to break that down,” said Sinha, who initiated the project. “By visualizing infrastructure, trade, and other linkages, the aim is not to answer questions but to raise them—where are the gaps, where is the density, what more can India do?”

The first phase focused on Bhutan, with 39 projects mapped after nearly 18 months of painstaking data collection and validation. The database highlights timelines, entities involved, and the scope of connectivity initiatives, including many private sector efforts that rarely make headlines. Since 2000, India’s regional projects have multiplied fivefold, with private sector participation rising from 15% to nearly 40%, according to CSEP Visiting Fellow Abhishek Agarwal, who is leading the project’s expansion.

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21/09/2025

U.S. House Lawmakers Visit China In Rare Trip To Stabilize Ties

The bipartisan delegation will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, according to a media pool report organised by the U.S. embassy in China.

21/09/2025

Trump Warns Of ‘Bad Things’ If Afghanistan Refuses To Return Bagram Air Base

"If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

21/09/2025

Israel Intensifies Gaza City Assault, At Least 60 Palestinians Dead

The assault came as 10 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Britain and Canada, are scheduled to formally recognise an independent Palestinian state on Monday.

21/09/2025

White House Defends H-1B Visa Overhaul After Mass Firings in U.S. Firms

Defending the decision to overhaul the rules, the White House said in its statement that the share of IT workers with H-1B visas has risen from 32% in FY 2003 to over 65% in recent years.