Thousands of years ago, the Bible spoke of the “ingathering of the exiles,” a time in the future when the Jews exiled from the ancient land of Israel would return to their native homeland. Roughly 2,700 years ago, after the Biblical land of Israel, which was comprised of 12 tribes, had become two kingdoms, Israel with 10 tribes in the north and Judah with two in the south, the Assyrian Empire exiled the ten tribes of the nation of Israel, known thereafter as the Ten Lost Tribes.
Now, the Israeli government is helping a group of hundreds of more people from Northern India who describe themselves as “Bnei Menashe,” meaning sons of Menashe (the tribe of Menashe was one of the ten lost tribes), to return to Israel.
“Israel’s Minister of Aliyah and Absorption Knesset member Penina Tamanu-Shata announced this month that in cooperation with the Interior Ministry, she is moving ahead with plans for the aliyah of 722 members of the Bnei Menashe community of northeastern India. The first group is anticipated to arrive in Israel after the Jewish High Holidays, which end in mid-October,” the Jewish News Syndicate <a href="https://www.jns.org/group-of-700-plus-individuals-from-india-slated-to-make-aliyah/">reported</a>.
The group Shavei Israel and their founder Michael Freund have already moved over 4,000 members of Bnei Menashe to Israel. Freund <a href="https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/bringing-home-one-of-the-lost-tribes-an-interview-with-rabbi-michael-freund-founder-of-shavei-israel/2020/09/10/">said</a> there were  another 6,500 Bnei Menashe Jews in India waiting to come to Israel, adding, “with G-d’s help in the coming years, we will bring all those who wish to come back home to Zion.” Freund said of the group:
<blockquote>For centuries, they practiced a Biblical form of Judaism, observing the Sabbath, keeping kosher, celebrating the festivals, and following the laws of family purity. They were still performing the sacrificial rites too when they were discovered by the British over a century ago. Interestingly, they were not aware of either Purim or Chanukah, both of which commemorate events that took place centuries after their ancestors were exiled.</blockquote>
JNS writes of Bnei Menashe, “Their ancestors wandered through Central Asia and the Far East for centuries before settling in what is now northeastern India, along the border with Burma and Bangladesh.”
As the Woodside Park Synagogue in London, England, has <a href="https://www.woodsideparksynagogue.org.uk/the-ingathering-of-the-exiles">noted</a>, in Deuteronomy it is written:
<blockquote>And it will be, when all these things come upon you the blessing and the curse which I have set before you that you will consider in your heart, among all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you, and you will return to the Lord, your God, then, the Lord, your God, will bring back your exiles, and He will have mercy upon you. He will once again gather you from all the nations, where the Lord, your God, had dispersed you, even if your exiles are at the end of the heavens, the Lord, your God, will gather you from there. And the Lord, your God, will bring you to the land which your forefathers possessed, and you will take possession of it.</blockquote>
The prophet Isaiah stated, “And He shall raise a banner to the nations, and He shall gather the lost of Israel, and the scattered ones of Judah He shall gather from the four corners of the earth.” He was echoed by the prophet Jeremiah, who asserted, “And I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will return your captivity and gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will return you to the place whence I exiled you.” The prophet Ezekiel added, “With a pleasing savor I shall accept you when I take you out of the nations, and I shall gather you from the lands in which you were scattered, and I shall be hallowed through you before the eyes of the nations.”
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Initial reports on the number of soldiers who were killed in a border battle this week between India and communist China suggested that several soldiers were killed. However, as more information becomes available it appears as though dozens of soldiers may have been killed on both sides.
The New York Times was one of the first media outlets to report on the skirmish and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-face-off-indian-soldiers-killed-in-border-dispute-with-chinese-military-first-deaths-in-30-years">said</a> that three Indian soldiers were killed. Reuters reported that, according to an Indian Army official, there were casualties on both sides.
U.S. News &amp; World Report later <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2020-06-16/dozens-killed-as-india-china-face-off-in-first-deadly-clash-in-decades">reported</a> that Indian government officials had told a local publication that 20 Indian soldiers had died in the fighting and that somewhere between 35 and 43 Chinese soldiers were also killed
U.S. News &amp; World Report reported:
<blockquote>American intelligence believes 35 Chinese troops died, including one senior officer, a source familiar with that assessment tells U.S. News. The incident took place during a meeting in the mountainous region between the two sides – both of which had agreed to disarm – to determine how the two militaries would safely withdraw their presences from the region.
According to the U.S. assessment, the Chinese government considers the casualties among their troops as a humiliation for its armed forces and has not confirmed the numbers for fear of emboldening other adversaries, the source says.
The sources who spoke with the Times said 43 Chinese troops died in the fighting.</blockquote>
The fighting was the deadliest clash that the two nuclear powers, which are the world&#8217;s most populated nations, have had in decades.
&#8220;For the past several weeks, after a series of brawls along their disputed border, China and India have been building up their forces in the remote Galwan Valley, high up in the Himalayas,&#8221; The Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/world/asia/indian-china-border-clash.html">said</a> in a separate report. &#8220;As they dug into opposing positions, adding tinder to a long-smoldering conflict, China took an especially muscular posture, sending in artillery, armored personnel carriers, dump trucks and excavators. On Monday night, a huge fight broke out between Chinese and Indian troops in roughly the same barren area where these two nations, the world’s most populous, had fought a war in 1962.&#8221;
Jeff Smith, South Asia expert at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/india-china-border-dispute-turns-deadly-11592305962">said</a>, “This is going to strengthen India’s resolve to treat the U.S. as a partner and strengthen cooperation with the other Quad partners to better insulate itself against Chinese aggression. I would expect some form of condemnation of Chinese aggression from the administration.”
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Three Indian troops — an Army officer and two soldiers — were killed on Monday by the soldiers from communist China amid an ongoing border dispute between the world&#8217;s two most populated nations, both of which are also nuclear powers.
The incident comes amid a weeks-long stand-off between the two nations in the Galwan valley in western Himalayas which features &#8220;both accusing each other of trespassing into the other’s territory,&#8221; Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china/indian-army-says-one-officer-two-soldiers-killed-in-violent-faceoff-on-border-with-china-idUSKBN23N0ZU">reported</a>. According to the Indian Army, a &#8220;face-off&#8221; between the two sides on Monday turned deadly, with both sides suffering casualties.
“During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night with casualties on both sides,” the Indian Army said. “The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers. Senior military officials of the two sides are currently meeting at the venue to defuse the situation.”
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/world/asia/indian-china-border-clash.html">reported</a> that preliminary reports indicated that the soldiers that were killed had not been shot, but had been killed in &#8220;a rock-throwing melee that was similar to fights that broke out last month along the border and seriously injured several soldiers on both sides.&#8221;
The incident marked the first time in more than 30 years that soldiers from either side were killed in skirmishes along the border.
&#8220;Last month, Chinese troops confronted Indian soldiers at several remote border points in the Himalayas, some more than 1,000 miles apart. Since then, both armies have rushed in thousands of reinforcements along what is known as the Line of Actual Control, the precise location of which can be blurry,&#8221; The Times added. &#8220;Indian analysts say that China has beefed up its forces with dump trucks, excavators, troop carriers, artillery and armored vehicles, and that China is now occupying Indian territory.&#8221;
Military analysts told the Times that China is becoming more aggressive in defending its territorial claims, which comes after the communist nation repeatedly lied about the coronavirus pandemic that broke out in Wuhan.
The global backlash to China&#8217;s lies about the coronavirus pandemic has led to a top Chinese think tank that is affiliated with China&#8217;s military to conclude that the communist nation needs to be prepared for a potential armed conflict to break out with the United States.
“The report, presented early last month by the Ministry of State Security to top Beijing leaders including President Xi Jinping, concluded that global anti-China sentiment is at its highest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown,” Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-sentiment-ex/exclusive-internal-chinese-report-warns-beijing-faces-tiananmen-like-global-backlash-over-virus-sources-idUSKBN22G19C">reported</a>, citing sources familiar with the document. “As a result, Beijing faces a wave of anti-China sentiment led by the United States in the aftermath of the pandemic and needs to be prepared in a worst-case scenario for armed confrontation between the two global powers, according to people familiar with the report’s content, who declined to be identified given the sensitivity of the matter.”
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A major Indian company said on Sunday that in anticipation of the clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine being developed at Oxford University, they are going to start producing the vaccine in two to three weeks so if the vaccine is successful, they will have millions of doses ready by October.
Serum Institute India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said, “Our team has been working closely with Dr. Hill from Oxford University, and we are expecting to initiate production of the vaccine in 2-3 weeks and produce 5 million doses per month for the first six months, following which we hope to scale up production to 10 million doses per month, according to the <a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/science/science/260420/indian-firm-to-test-covid-vaccine-in-3-weeks-if-successful-drug-won.html?utm_source=vuukle&amp;utm_medium=talk_of_town">Deccan Chronicle</a>.
Poonwalla continued, &#8220;We expect the (COVID-19) vaccine to be out in the market by September-October, only if the trials are successful with the requisite safety and assured efficacy. We will be starting trials in India for this vaccine hopefully over the next 2-3 weeks&#8217; time … Following that, we have undertaken the decision to initiate manufacturing at our own risk. The decision has been solely taken to have a jump-start on manufacturing, to have enough doses available, if the clinical trials prove successful … Keeping the current situation in mind, we have funded this endeavor at a personal capacity and hopefully will be able to enlist the support of other partners to further scale-up vaccine production.”
Serum Institute India has stated they will not patent the vaccine; Poonwalla explained, &#8220;We will not patent Serum&#8217;s vaccine for COVID-19 and will make it available for all to produce and sell, not just in India but across the world … I hope that whichever company develops the vaccine does not get it patented and makes it available based on royalties or a commercial understanding to as many manufacturers across the world to make billions of dosages at a fast pace.”
In mid April, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oxford-professor-leading-britains-search-for-a-covid-19-vaccine-says-one-might-be-ready-by-autumn">The Daily Wire</a> reported that Oxford University professor Sarah Gilbert had informed The <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-vaccine-could-be-ready-by-september-flmwl257x">Sunday Times</a> of London that human trials for a possible vaccine were scheduled to begin before the end of April and she was &#8220;80% confident&#8221; that her team could find a successful one by autumn. She stated, &#8220;I think there&#8217;s a high chance that it will work based on other things that we have done with this type of vaccine. It&#8217;s not just a hunch and as every week goes by we have more data to look at. I would go for 80 percent, that&#8217;s my personal view.&#8221;
The British government indicated &#8220;that it would be willing to fund the manufacture of millions of doses in advance if results looked promising. This would allow it to be available immediately to the public if it were proven to work,&#8221; according to the Times. Gilbert pointed out, &#8220;We don&#8217;t want to get to later this year and discover we have a highly effective vaccine and we haven&#8217;t got any vaccine to use. We don&#8217;t think we need facilities built, there are facilities that can be switched over.&#8221;
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President Trump on Tuesday told reporters that Russia wants Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders to win the 2020 election.
During a press conference on his two-day trip to India, Trump said the FBI informed Sanders about purported Russian meddling in the election, questioning the bureau&#8217;s decision not to inform him.
&#8220;They went to see Bernie and they told Bernie about something having to do with they want Bernie to win. They did not tell me, intelligence never told me &#8230; anything about that and it was sort of a strange thing that they went to Bernie,&#8221; Trump said.
The president also said the initial reports of Russian meddling have been &#8220;highly exaggerated,&#8221; and he blasted the House Intelligence Committee for alleged leaks, blaming Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).
&#8220;Somebody leaked it in intelligence but nobody ever told me that,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;They ought to stop the leaking from the Intelligence Committee.&#8221;
And Trump declared: &#8220;I want no help from any country, and I haven’t been given help by any country,&#8221; when asked whether he would commit to not accepting foreign help in the election. That remark differed from what Trump told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos last year about foreign aid, saying, &#8220;I think you might want to listen, there isn&#8217;t anything wrong with listening.&#8221;
In a classified briefing last week, intelligence officials informed members of the House Intelligence Committee that Russia was again interfering in American politics ahead of November’s election. U.S. intelligence agencies have said that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
Before departing for India, Trump offered his own thoughts about the reports. &#8220;What it could be is you know the Democrats are treating Bernie Sanders very unfairly and it sounds to me like a leak from Adam Schiff because they don&#8217;t want Bernie Sanders to represent them. It sounds like it&#8217;s &#8217;16 all over again for Bernie Sanders.&#8221;
In India, Trump took questions for 45 minutes from the U.S. and Indian press, discussing topics from the U.S. Supreme Court to film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was found guilty on charges of rape on Monday.
The president defended his overnight Twitter post that two Supreme Court justices — Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — should recuse themselves from cases surrounding his presidency because they are politically biased. In his tweet, Trump said: “Sotomayor accuses GOP appointed Justices of being biased in favor of Trump.” @IngrahamAngle @FoxNews This is a terrible thing to say. Trying to &#8216;shame&#8217; some into voting her way? She never criticized Justice Ginsberg when she called me a &#8216;faker.&#8217; Both should recuse themselves&#8230;&#8221;
“I just thought it was so inappropriate, such a terrible statement for a Supreme Court justice,” Trump said in India. “She’s trying to shame people with perhaps a different view into voting her way, and that’s so inappropriate.”
Sotomayor, who was nominated to the high court by former President Barack Obama in 2009, wrote in a dissenting opinion on Friday that &#8220;It is hard to say what is more troubling, that the Government would seek this extraordinary relief seemingly as a matter of course, or that the Court would grant it.&#8221;
&#8220;I just don&#8217;t know how they can not recuse themselves from anything having to do with Trump or Trump-related. The right thing to do is that,&#8221; he added. &#8220;What Justice Sotomayor said yesterday was really highly inappropriate and everybody agrees to that. Virtually everybody. I&#8217;ve seen papers on it, people cannot believe that she said it.&#8221;
On Weinstein, Trump said of the disgraced Hollywood mogul: &#8220;I will say, the people that liked him were the Democrats. Michelle Obama loved him, loved him, Michelle Obama loved him, and he gave tremendous money to the Democrats. And I guess my question is, will the Democrats be asking for that money back?&#8221;
Trump also said Tuesday that his new White House director of personnel is finding and removing disloyal administration staffers because “we want to have people that are good for the country.”
“I don’t think it’s very many people,” Trump said. “We want to have people that are good for the country, that are loyal to our country. Because that was a disgraceful situation.”

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President Donald Trump was greeted at a rally in India on Monday morning to approximately 110,000 cheering Indian fans of his who were wearing white &#8220;Trump&#8221; hats.
As Trump entered Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India played &#8220;Macho Man&#8221; by Village People.
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Prior to boarding Marine One on Sunday, Trump told reporters about the trip to India, &#8220;Well, I look forward to being with the people of India. We&#8217;re going to have many millions and millions of people. It&#8217;s a long trip.&#8221;
&#8220;But I get along very well with the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Modi. He&#8217;s a friend of mine. I committed to this trip a long time ago, and I look forward to going,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;We&#8217;re taking — as you know, the First Lady is coming.  Some of you are coming.  I hear it&#8217;s going to be a big event.  Some people say the biggest event they&#8217;ve ever had in India.  That’s what the Prime Minister told me.  This will be the biggest event they&#8217;ve ever had.  So it&#8217;s going to be very exciting.  I&#8217;m going to be there one night.  That’s not too much.&#8221;
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Our two national constitutions both begin with the same three beautiful words: “We the people.” That means that in America and India alike, we honor, respect, trust, empower, and fight for the citizens we proudly serve! 🇺🇸🇮🇳 <a href="https://t.co/hfKKSqlVfe">pic.twitter.com/hfKKSqlVfe</a>
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The White House announced Trump&#8217;s visit to India earlier this month in a statement:
<blockquote>President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will visit India on February 24 – 25, 2020. The President and The First Lady will travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad, which is in Prime Minister Modi’s home state of Gujarat and played such an important role in Mahatma Gandhi’s life and leadership of the Indian independence movement. During a phone call over the weekend, President Trump and Prime Minister Modi agreed the trip will further strengthen the United States-India strategic partnership and highlight the strong and enduring bonds between the American and Indian people.</blockquote>
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi tweeted: &#8220;India looks forward to welcoming @POTUS @realDonaldTrump . It is an honour that he will be with us tomorrow, starting with the historic programme in Ahmedabad!&#8221;
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It is an honour that he will be with us tomorrow, starting with the historic programme in Ahmedabad! <a href="https://t.co/fAVx9OUu1j">https://t.co/fAVx9OUu1j</a>
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&#8220;Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India opted to appeal to Mr. Trump’s first love — crowd size — as he stages a rally of more than 100,000 people in Ahmedabad on Monday after a drive in from the airport along roads where perhaps 100,000 more will line the motorcade route,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/us/politics/trump-india-crowd.html">reported</a>. &#8220;The president will almost certainly not be greeted by the 10 million people he expects, but it will look like an enormous crowd nonetheless and, the Indians hope, satisfy his need for affirmation.&#8221;
The Times noted how foreign leaders have made it a point to impress Trump when he visits their countries.
&#8220;The British have a queen, so they made a grand show of a state dinner at Buckingham Palace. The French have Bastille Day, so they invited the president to view their elaborate military parade down the Champs-Élysées,&#8221; the Times added. &#8220;The Japanese have an emperor, so they invited Mr. Trump to be the first foreign leader to visit their newly installed monarch — and threw in a sumo match with a special presidential trophy for good measure.&#8221;

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More than 110,000 people packed into the world&#8217;s largest cricket stadium in India on Monday to cheer President Trump, who promised “an incredible trade deal” and “the most feared military equipment on the planet” at his biggest rally abroad.
Nearly everyone in the massive stadium held cardboard Trump masks and wore white hats with the name of the event, “Namaste, Trump” or “Welcome, Trump.&#8221; The stadium erupted in roars at the introductions of Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trump wowed the crowd with a 30-minute speech, pledging to make the two nations even stronger allies.
“As we continue to build our defense cooperation, the United States looks forward to providing India with some of the best and most feared military equipment on the planet,” Trump said. “You have done a great honor to our country. We will remember you forever, from this day onwards India will always hold a special place in our hearts,” the president said to thunderous applause.
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Trump said in a new deal set to be signed on Tuesday, the U.S. will sell to India military helicopters worth $3 billion, adding that America must become the top defense partner of India, which relied on Russian equipment during the Cold War. The president also said he had traveled 8,000 miles to deliver the message that “America loves India, America respects India and America will always be faithful and loyal friends to the Indian people.”
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On the busy first day of a 36-hour trip, Trump and first lady Melania also made stops at a former home of independence leader Mohandas Gandhi and the grand Taj Mahal, the seventh wonder of the world. The two held hands as they posed for photographers and spent a few minutes looking at the white marble mausoleum as the sun began to set.
&#8220;It’s incredible, truly incredible,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Lovely, beautiful,&#8221; said the first lady.
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner also posed in front of Taj Mahal, and then Kushner moved so Ivanka could get solo photos. Luckily, the hundreds of rhesus monkeys that live around the Taj Mahal did not disrupt the visit. (India put extra &#8220;monkey police&#8221; — guards with sling shots — on duty to keep the animals away.)
Despite repeated reports from the mainstream media that Trump is unpopular abroad, India rolled out the red carpet for the presidential visit and endless crowds of people 10 deep lined every street along his motorcade&#8217;s route. There were traditional dancers on both sides of the road, many of them waving India and U.S. flags. A stream of large roadside billboards included messages such as “Stronger friendship for a brighter future&#8221; and &#8220;Welcome to the land of Mahatma Gandhi.&#8221;
The president will end his brief visit to India on Tuesday in the capital, including meetings with Modi over trade talks and a formal state dinner.
“We will be making very, very major, among the biggest ever made, trade deals. We are in the early stages of discussion for an incredible trade agreement to reduce barriers of investment between the United States and India,” Trump said. &#8220;And I am optimistic that working together, the prime minister and I can reach a fantastic deal that’s good and even great for both of our countries &#8211; except that he is a very tough negotiator.&#8221;
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In the north-eastern Indian state of Bihar an Indian man gambled away more money then he could afford to pay, so he allegedly offered the man who won the bet something rather unusual.
His wife.
If that weren’t enough humiliation for the wife, as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7690225/Indian-man-gambled-wife-away-losing-bet.html">The Daily Mail</a> reports, when the man returned home after his catastrophic adventure, he awakened his wife, whose name is Chanda Devi, and reportedly instructed her to pack her bags because his opponent would arrive the next morning to collect his “winnings.”
Devi told reporters, “&#8217;My husband told me the winner was coming to the house in the morning so I should get ready to leave with him because he lost the bet.”
Strike one: losing the bet. Strike two: allegedly offering his wife. Strike three: in the morning, when his wife refused to leave with the opponent, Shah allegedly assaulted Devi, prompting her go to the police station to report what had happened.
Senior police official Kumar Sunny <a href="https://calvinayre.com/2019/11/15/business/indian-man-bets-and-loses-his-wife-while-gambling/">stated</a>, “We have registered the case and have begun investigation.” He added that they wanted to interview Devi for additional information and had asked her to return so they could do so but she never came back, having fled to live with her parents.  He said, “We were informed the woman has left for her parent’s home.”
<a href="https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/india-bihar-man-loses-wife-in-gambling-match-1.67806194">Gulf News</a> reported of another incident in which a wife was offered to the winner in a gambling match in the very same district as Nevi but with a twist: the wife who left with the winner was, in fact, the gambler who lost the bet. She had gambled and lost to a local villager Bambholi Yadav in the annual gambling fair during Diwali. The winner, who hugged the wife in public view after she lost, took the married woman back to his home for two days. Gulf News stated she “happily went away with the winner.”
Gulf News added:
<blockquote>She was finally rescued and sent to her husband after two days following intervention by fellow villagers. The woman who was an ace gambler had been winning cash every year during the gambling fair but that time she ended up losing the principal amount of Rs7,000 after initially winning some cash. Eventually, she placed herself on the bet after losing all cash and lost to the villager.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/up-man-loses-wife-in-gambling-lets-friends-gang-rape-her/story-hS2GCx3uIWR0ZdgBxCoQuO.html">The Hindustan Times</a> reported in August of a similar story with a horrifying ending:
<blockquote>… a man addicted to gambling and alcohol, bet his wife after running out of money and allowed his friends to gang-rape her after losing the stake … The victim, who lives in the Zafarabad police station area, claimed that her husband was an alcoholic and had put her on stake while gambling. After the incident, the victim went to her maternal uncle’s house. Her husband followed her there, asking for forgiveness and said that it was a mistake.
After he apologized, she went back with him in his car. On their way, her husband stopped the car and allowed his friends to gang-rape her once again.</blockquote>

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India’s recent revocation of Kashmir’s autonomous status, and its imposition of a security lockdown, is an aggressive move in a long-running and complex conflict. Voices in support and opposition to the move have been loud and heated. But whether or not one agrees with the takeover itself, or the way it is being handled, it is worrying that opposition to the move in the U.S. has been orchestrated and dominated by Islamist groups.
Since August 6th, several <a href="https://www.standwithkashmir.org/upcoming-events">protests</a> worldwide have been <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StandWithKashmir/">coordinated</a> by <a href="https://www.standwithkashmir.org/who-we-are">Stand With Kashmir</a>, whose website was first <a href="https://www.whois.com/whois/standwithkashmir.org">registered</a> in March of this year and which has not disclosed the identity of its officers or backers. But at least some of the protests have heavy Islamist involvement. The August 9th <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2200891790201451/">protest</a> in New York lists several co-organizers and sponsors, among them the Muslim American Society (MAS), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), and the Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA).
MAS is the American branch of the <a href="https://spectator.org/the-real-face-of-the-muslim-american-society/">Muslim Brotherhood</a>; ICNA is the American branch of the South Asian extremist movement Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) (Earlier this year, India <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/india-bans-jamaat-islami-kashmir-conflict-pakistan-190228200217590.html">banned</a> JI from Kashmir for five years for supporting terrorism, in the wake of a suicide bombing that killed 42). Both of these groups have been involved in anti-India Kashmiri partisanship for years, <a href="https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/58450/india-should-beware-of-american-islamism">coordinating</a> with known agents of the Pakistani intelligence service ISI.
On August 16th, the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a lobbying umbrella group of <a href="https://www.meforum.org/58206/new-islamist-lobby">Islamist</a> organizations, held a D.C. rally for Kashmir in front of the Indian embassy. The rally was cosponsored by ICNA and MAS, along with the extremist mosque <a href="https://www.investigativeproject.org/mosques/417/dar-al-hijrah-mosque">Dar al-Hijrah</a> and the Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC). WikiLeaks emails <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/09/26/cair-chief-meets-with-turkish-and-iranian-presidents/">revealed</a> that TASC coordinates closely with regime figures from the authoritarian Turkish government.
Other “Stand With Kashmir” protests have not listed their cosponsors, but in several cases they have been attended by Islamist groups such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which was <a href="https://www.investigativeproject.org/361/cair-identified-by-the-fbi-as-part-of-the-muslim">founded</a> by members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Palestine Committee.” CAIR <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CAIRNational/posts/10156736094502695?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDchOCkf9LY1Zpd5jtsp3EcZMY7829P4-dDyR_HhMI25UdpMp7pQdtvO_x5VTgwX0fKE33gB6i7l3G5waO5wrrcPpDgS4-2_rhJyl2A2JB3f_xpcpkGYt4mc9l5UgIV87TjIsfb1a0UWLnNtG-DdR770DJYQn-MIexdro-l4Sm9WdC6j6qxsiSFzdc_1VhKEUbmtpzYSFc7IhlzWFGvZw9f1sn003B2xdK-NyHqCvPOydIxBktbf1aIZAFk_n9Iqz5xzEcuWkLDE66XHYcqKmaSd66FpaPXtULbM2mF_grNIQ4AEpPMp3o5VmklE_aTf1tpGuy2DyP_sDkJjg&amp;__tn__=-R">publicized</a> the emergency protest in Washington, D.C. on August 6th, during which CAIR co-founder Nihad Awad <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CAIRNational/videos/440546026672705">spoke</a>; CAIR and ICNA were also among the <a href="https://ca.cair.com/sacval/news/media-advisory-groups-will-rally-for-kashmir-at-the-california-capitol-on-tuesday">attendees</a> of an August 12th rally in Sacramento.
It is worth noting that CAIR receives much of its <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2013/09/21/cair-collects-millions-from-foreign-donors-thanks-to-non-profit-shell-game/">funding</a> from the government of Qatar (in addition to <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/09/26/cair-chief-meets-with-turkish-and-iranian-presidents/">coordinating</a> closely with Turkey). This matters because Qatari propaganda organs Al Jazeera and Middle-East Eye have been relentlessly <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/red-dot-symbolised-kashmiri-resistance-india-move-190815113019954.html">opposed</a> to the Kashmir takeover; and it seems that CAIR and the other Islamists dependent on Qatari money are following their patron’s lead.
The heavy influence of Islamism may be responsible for a growing narrative, pushed by Qatari journalists and Islamist activists, that the Kashmir takeover is “just like” Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. The Middle East Eye <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/indias-annexation-kashmir-straight-out-israeli-playbook">claimed</a> that “India’s annexation of Kashmir is straight out of the Israeli playbook”; and the <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/263409/bds-umbrella-group-linked-to-palestinian-terrorist-organizations">terrorism-linked</a> Palestinian BDS National Committee <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/palestinians-denounce-indias-israeli-style-tactics-kashmir">organized</a> protests by Palestinians and claimed that India was using Israeli weapons that were “field-tested on Palestinian bodies.” CAIR-Los Angeles director Hussam Ayloush <a href="https://twitter.com/HussamA/status/1161656688883187715">tweeted</a> that “Kashmir and Palestine share the struggle for self determination [sic] against colonial occupation.”
Notably, in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StandWithKashmir/photos/gm.404778633481485/1649204458545713/?type=3&amp;theater">images</a> published by Stand with Kashmir, attendees are asked to “stand up against” several offenses, including “settler colonialism.” This is apparently a reference to the Indian government’s plan to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/india-bjp-revive-hindu-settlement-plan-kashmir-report-190712111627296.html">resettle</a> some of the hundreds of thousands of Hindus who have been driven out of Kashmir by violence since 1989. But Palestinian and Islamist activists are repeatedly using such language to connect Kashmir to the Palestinian conflict, and vice versa; among the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2200891790201451/">sponsors</a> of several of the protests are the radical groups Palestinian Youth Movement and Adalah.
Many supporters of the Kashmiris have recently begun replacing their social media profile pictures with red dots, or entirely red images, to show solidarity. This was begun by Stand With Kashmir, and the use of red images and clothing is repeatedly encouraged by them in their communications. SWK volunteers told Al Jazeera that the red <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/red-dot-symbolised-kashmiri-resistance-india-move-190815113019954.html">symbolizes</a> “the resistance of the Kashmiri people, their blood.” How many concerned supporters of Kashmir realize that their wearing red clothing or displaying red images is an unwitting endorsement of violence, the consequences of which will fall on the Kashmiris themselves?
Whatever one’s views on the Kashmir crisis, we must all be alert to the ways in which it is being exploited by extremists. The Kashmiri situation is far too serious for our views to be distorted by extremism and foreign meddling.
Oren Litwin is associate director of the Islamism in Politics project of the <a href="https://www.meforum.org">Middle East Forum</a>.

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It’s no longer just Democrats in America who compare their adversaries to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, took to Twitter early Sunday morning to compare India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his policies to those of Hitler and the Nazis.
“The curfew, crackdown &amp; impending genocide of Kashmiris in [India-occupied Kashmir] is unfolding exactly acc to RSS ideology inspired by Nazi ideology,” Khan tweeted, referring to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh right-wing political organization. “Attempt is to change demography of Kashmir through ethnic cleansing. Question is: Will the world watch &amp; appease as they did Hitler at Munich?”
Khan then tweeted a follow up: “I am afraid this RSS ideology of Hindu Supremacy, like the Nazi Aryan Supremacy, will not stop in IOK; instead it will lead to suppression of Muslims in India &amp; eventually lead to targeting of Pakistan. The Hindu Supremacists version of Hitler’s Lebensraum.”
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">I am afraid this RSS ideology of Hindu Supremacy, like the Nazi Aryan Supremacy, will not stop in IOK; instead it will lead to suppression of Muslims in India &amp; eventually lead to targeting of Pakistan. The Hindu Supremacists version of Hitler&#8217;s Lebensraum.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1160460578017742848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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CNN <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/12/asia/kashmir-imran-khan-pakistan-hitler-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=link&amp;utm_content=2019-08-13T07%3A36%3A05&amp;utm_source=twCNN">reported</a> Monday on the situation in Kashmir:
<blockquote>Indian-controlled Kashmir, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/asia/kashmir-explainer/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">one of the world&#8217;s most sensitive regions</a>, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/09/asia/kashmir-families-separated-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">remains in lockdown</a> amid a communications blackout, with landline connections, internet and mobile coverage all suspended. Tens of thousands of additional Indian troops have also been deployed into the already heavily militarized region to head off unrest after the government in New Delhi moved to scrap the region&#8217;s special status.
Politicians have reportedly been detained, journalists restricted in their reporting and human rights groups have warned of potential abuses due to the lack of international oversight enabled by the communications blackout.</blockquote>
The region previously had autonomy, but that was revoked earlier this month.
Khan’s office told CNN that he has been contacting world leader’s in an attempt to return Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy. His foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, told the outlet he would press the issue at the United Nations Security Council.
But Modi had promised to remove the region’s special status while running for election, which he won. He claimed that changing the status of the region would help stop “separatism, terrorism, dynastic politics and corruption” in the region.
“As a nation, we have taken a historic decision,&#8221; Modi said previously, according to CNN. &#8220;Due to the past system, the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were deprived of many rights, which was a major obstacle in their development. That is now over.&#8221;
In July, President Donald Trump promised Khan he would help resolve the issues between Pakistan and India.

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All of your fears about amusement park rides breaking in the worst way possible have been confirmed, as a ride in India broke as dozens watched.
Two people are dead and 29 others were injured after a pendulum-style ride at an India amusement park snapped and fell to the ground, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pendulum-ride-breaks-india-ahmedabad-accident-break-amusement-park/">reported</a>. The incident occurred on Sunday at the Kankaria Amusement Park in Ahmedabad, India. The outlet also reported that many of the injuries were “critical.”
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">SPINE-CHILLING Visuals of the Ride Collapsing at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kankaria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kankaria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/adventure?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#adventure</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/park?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#park</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ahmedabad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ahmedabad</a> 
26 injured and 2 deaths and one critical. <a href="https://t.co/4Fe9e1rAJE">pic.twitter.com/4Fe9e1rAJE</a>
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Footage posted to social media shows that the ride was nearly horizontal when the top of the main shaft holding the section where people sit snaps, causing the pendulum to swing back before falling to the ground.
Vijay Nehra, Ahmedabad’s municipal commissioner, announced shortly after the incident that a criminal investigation would be opened to determine what went wrong.
“I have instructed AMC [Ahmedabad Municipal Commission] officials to file an FIR [First Information Report] with City Police so that we can have a criminal investigation with the help of forensic experts and determine exact reason of the accident,” Nehra tweeted. “We need to fix accountability for such horrific accidents.”
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">I have instructed AMC officials to file an FIR with City Police so that we can have a criminal investigation with the help of forensic experts and determine exact reason of the accident.
We need to fix accountability for such horrific accidents.
— Vijay Nehra (@vnehra) <a href="https://twitter.com/vnehra/status/1150464730148081664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, India media outlet NDTV <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/ahmedabad-news/6-charged-after-2-dead-27-injured-in-ahmedabad-amusement-park-accident-2069909">reported</a> that six people had been charged for “culpable homicide not amounting to murder.” Those six people include Ghanshyam Patel, the managing director of Super Star Amusement Private Limited; Bhavesh Patel, Ghanshyam’s son; Rajesh Chowski, Kankaria’s manager; Yash Patel and Kishan Mohanti, who operated the ride that broke; and Manish Vaghela, described as a “helper.”
While statistically you are more likely to be injured or killed in a car accident driving to an amusement park, rides do sometimes malfunction, and people are sometimes hurt or killed.
In May, a seven-year-old boy <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-48495915">fell 30 feet</a> from a rollercoaster at Lightwater Valley in North Yorkshire. He was airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary where the most recent report — from early June — notes his condition is “improving.”
Just days before the boy fell, <a href="https://abc7.com/3-hurt-after-log-ride-overturns-at-castle-park-in-riverside/5317348/">three people were in injured</a> at Castle Park in Riverside, California, after a log ride overturned. A 10-year-old boy was among the injured, who were all family members.
Earlier in May, two people were killed and 12 more injured <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3008555/two-killed-12-hurt-chinese-theme-park-slide-accident">after falling off a water slide</a> at Children’s Garden in Sichuan province in China. The “person responsible for the business” was detained during the investigation.
In addition to these examples, at least seven more incidents have occurred around the world in 2019, according to CoasterForce, a free-to-join forum that provides information about the world’s rollercoasters but also <a href="https://coasterforce.com/category/accidents/">tracks accidents</a>. Other accidents have occurred in America (Nevada), Belgium, Cyprus, England, Germany, Poland, and Sri Lanka.

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Last week, India demonstrated its missile prowess by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-in-india-just-shot-down-a-low-orbit-satellite-in-space-2019-3?r=US&amp;IR=T">shooting down one of its own</a> low-orbit satellites. India&#8217;s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said the satellite&#8217;s destruction showed India could be &#8220;a space power.&#8221;
But now, NASA is calling the demonstration a &#8220;terrible, terrible thing&#8221; that has put the International Space Station (ISS) and its crew at risk, as debris from the destroyed satellite could cause damage, <a href="https://amp.businessinsider.com/nasa-space-junk-india-destroying-missile-threaten-international-space-station-terrible-thing-2019-4">according to Business Insider</a>. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2gz2E-Wrws">said Monday</a> that they are only able to track debris larger than 4 inches in length, but so far are tracking 60 such pieces from the Indian satellite, 24 of which were above the ISS.
&#8220;That is a terrible, terrible thing to create an event that sends debris at an apogee that goes above the International Space Station,&#8221; Bridenstine said.
The satellite, Bridenstine said, was orbiting about 185 miles above the Earth, yet debris from it has now cleared the ISS, which orbits about 250 miles above the Earth.
&#8220;He said the risk of the ISS colliding with debris had increased by 44% in 10 days as a result of the Indian missile,&#8221; the Insider reported.
&#8220;It&#8217;s unacceptable and NASA needs to be very clear about what its impact to us is,&#8221; Bridenstine said.
As the Insider reported, six crew members are currently living aboard the ISS.
Though this is actual news, it is unlikely to get as much coverage as a story earlier this month involving NASA&#8217;s first all-female spacewalk. A man had to be substituted in for a woman at the last minute because there weren&#8217;t enough medium-sized spacesuits for all the women and NASA couldn&#8217;t just launch a shuttle to deliver the right sized space suit. All the astronauts were already on the International Space Station when the lack of a proper sized suit was discovered, but the media misrepresented the story to such a degree that people thought it should have been an easy fix.
As the Daily Wire&#8217;s Paul Bois <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/45308/go-away-hillary-now-shes-upset-nasa-canceled-all-paul-bois">previously reported</a>:
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So, rather than delay the mission, which could jeopardize the functionality of the ISS, NASA made the call to go forward as scheduled with a male astronaut in place. NASA spokeswoman Stephanie Schierholz said as much to The New York Times when addressing the alleged controversy. &#8220;When you have the option of just switching the people, the mission becomes more important than a cool milestone,&#8221; she said.
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Now we have a situation where the women and men currently inhabiting the ISS have an actual issue on their hands, instead of some petty sexism claim made up by the media.
The debris from the Indian satellite could actually hurt someone or force them to push back scheduled work.

International Space Station In Danger After India Shoots Satellite With Missile

NASA

Last week, India demonstrated its missile prowess by shooting down one of its own low-orbit satellites. India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said

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Tensions between India and Pakistan, both of which possess nuclear weapons, have risen to a fever pitch after India, retaliating for the Jaish-e-Muhammad attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama that killed 40 soldiers, <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/what-indian-air-force-did-to-pak-this-morning/videoshow/68175105.cms">launched a strike</a> on a terrorist camp in Pakistan on Tuesday. The leaders of various political Indian political parties <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/all-parties-spoke-in-one-voice-to-end-terrorism-says-sushma-swaraj/videoshow/68172327.cms">congratulated</a> the Air Force for its strike, which was the first cross-border air strike in roughly 50 years. The last came in 1971.
Sushma Swaraj, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, stated, &#8220;I am happy that all parties in one voice praised the security forces and supported the government&#8217;s anti-terror operation.&#8221;
On Wednesday, Pakistan said its air force carried out strikes into India-controlled territory to show its &#8220;right, will and capability for self defense.&#8221; Pakistan also claimed it had shot down two Indian jets. Major General Asif Ghafoor, a spokesman for the Pakistan armed forces, said Pakistan had captured two Indian pilots. Raveesh Kumar, a spokesman for India&#8217;s foreign ministry, said one pilot was missing. CNBC reported:
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The Pakistan government&#8217;s official Twitter account released a video of what it claimed was one of the Indian pilots who had been shot down. The man, whose face is bloodied and blindfolded, gives his name and service number, before telling a man questioning him: &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, sir, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m supposed to tell you.&#8221;
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Dhruva Jaishankar, a fellow in foreign policy studies at Brookings India, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/27/india-pakistan-air-strike-claims-what-you-need-to-know.html">pointed out</a> that in the last 30 years there have been numerous terrorist attacks on India from Pakistani-area groups.
By 10 a.m. EST Wednesday morning, a <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iaf-strikes-in-pakistan-live-updates-mea-summons-pakistan-deputy-high-commissioner-lodges-protest/liveblog/68177682.cms">red alert had been sounded</a> across the Delhi metro network; a senior DMRC official stated, &#8220;As advised by security agencies, a red alert has been imposed on the entire DMRC network from 6 pm onwards.&#8221;
Arun Jaitley, the current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India, said on Wednesday, &#8220;I remember when U.S. Navy Seals (commandos) went to Abbottabad to kill Osama bin Laden, then why can&#8217;t India? This used to be only an imagination, a wish, a frustration and disappointment. But it&#8217;s possible today,&#8221;
<a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/us-navy-seals-killed-bin-laden-in-pakistans-abbottabad-why-cant-india-says-arun-jaitley-2000102">NDTV</a> noted, &#8220;The <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-says-pak-must-act-against-terror-groups-urges-restraint-after-indias-strike-on-jaish-afp-1999868">biggest training camp</a> of the Jaish in Balakot that Indian Mirage 2000 fighter jets bombed in <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-struck-biggest-training-camp-of-jaish-in-balakot-large-number-of-terrorists-eliminated-governm-1999390">a pre-dawn attack</a> on Tuesday was <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/terror-camp-in-balakot-bombed-by-iaf-mirage-2000-jets-only-60-km-from-abbotabad-where-osama-bin-lade-1999809">just 60 km from Abbottabad</a>, where Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was found hiding in a discreet bungalow before he was shot dead by US Navy Seal commandos in 2011. The Pakistani Military Academy or PMA Kakul, which trains top officers of Pakistan&#8217;s armed forces, is also located in Abbottabad.&#8221;
Tajinder Pal Singh Bagg, the spokesperson of the Delhi Unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, tweeted, &#8220;Pakistan wants India to stop. Terrorists want India to stop. This is a new India that will not stop come what may. India destroyed hundreds of terrorists and we are proud of it.&#8221; He added, &#8220;Anyone wanting PM to stop his programs is not India&#8217;s well-wished. He did not stop after Uri, nor Pulwama. He did not even stop on the day of surgical strikes and air strikes. The same people did not even comment on opposition meeting and condemning government at such a time!&#8221;
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Pakistan wants India to stop.
Terrorists want India to stop.
This is a new India that will not stop come what may.
India destroyed hundreds of terrorists and we are proud of it.
&#8212; Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) <a href="https://twitter.com/TajinderBagga/status/1100805274560917504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Anyone wanting PM to stop his programs is not India&#8217;s well-wished. He did not stop after Uri, nor Pulwama. He did not even stop on the day of surgical strikes and air strikes.
The same people did not even comment on opposition meeting and condemning government at such a time!
&#8212; Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) <a href="https://twitter.com/TajinderBagga/status/1100805278000308224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Two Nuclear Powers Close To War. Here’s The Latest.

Terrorism

Tensions between India and Pakistan, both of which possess nuclear weapons, have risen to a fever pitch after India, retaliating for the Jaish-e-Muhammad

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Even Shakespeare, who wrote in &#8220;King Lear&#8221; 500 years ago, &#8220;How sharper than a serpent&#8217;s tooth it is to have a thankless child,&#8221; would have been shocked by this one: a 27-year-old man in India is planning to sue his parents for giving birth to him without asking him first.
Raphael Samuel, of New Delhi, told <a href="https://theprint.in/culture/these-indians-dont-want-you-to-have-babies-because-life-sucks/184973/">ThePrint</a> that he doesn&#8217;t owe his parents anything for having brought him into the world, and he wants his message to spread, asserting:
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I want to tell all Indian kids that they don&#8217;t owe their parents anything. I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure. My life has been amazing, but I don&#8217;t see why I should put another life through the rigamarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn&#8217;t ask to exist.
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He insisted, &#8220;Other Indian people must know that it is an option not to have children, and to ask your parents for an explanation as to why they gave birth to you.&#8221; To that end, Samuel created a Facebook page called &#8220;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thenihilanand/">Nihilanand</a>,&#8221; which has roughly 800 followers. <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/man-plans-to-sue-parents-for-having-him-without-consent?utm_content=buffer15b2d&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=theblaze">The Blaze</a> reports:
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One photo reads, &#8220;A good parent puts the child above its wants and needs,&#8221; but &#8220;the child itself is a want of the parent.&#8221; Another calls parents &#8220;hypocrites&#8221; and asks, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t forcing a child into this world and then forcing it to have a career kidnapping and slavery?&#8221; Another posting reads, &#8220;The only reason your children are facing problems is because you had them.&#8221;
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Samuel even published a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q6yfaRBknk&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR2VH_Ix8OBPrfQU__Mn5-GC7LDHMxIzDUERFwAHp_89PuupqSE54dJIwEQ">video</a> emblazoned, &#8220;DON&#8217;T respect your parents, unless you want to.&#8221;
ThePrint notes a movement in India that refers to itself as the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEM), nicknamed &#8220;Stop Making Babies,&#8221; which proclaims its opposition to having children. The Print writes, &#8220;For VHEM activists, the direst consequence has been environmental degradation. Remaining childless so the Earth&#8217;s biosphere can restore itself has inspired a maxim by which most VHEM activists live: &#8216;May we live long and die out.&#8217;&#8221;
The leader of the movement is a 28-year-old man named Pratima Naik, who said, &#8220;This is a completely voluntary, non-violent movement. We don&#8217;t want to impose our beliefs on anyone, but more people need to consider why having a child in the world right now isn&#8217;t right.&#8221; He also <a href="https://www.facebook.com/childfreeindia/?__tn__=%2Cd%3C-R&amp;eid=ARAP5mXM1IeriwA7yvwdMrqgwGXKWuCbcbqkHbSoxbZYrhWGVVByIALsDC17Nym2KsMDW6p-0dnTnfuK">has</a> a social media page; he calls it &#8220;Childfree India.&#8221; On that page, as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6664843/Man-wants-sue-parents-giving-birth-without-consent.html">The Daily Mail</a> reports, are messages such as these: &#8220;Should we continue to bring more children in this world and accelerate the process of environmental and social degradation?&#8221; &#8220;Do you think existence is pain, and not bringing a child into this world, is a guaranteed way to avoid unnecessary suffering to the child?&#8221; &#8220;We are a group of people who have decided not to reproduce. We are Childfree Indians!&#8221;
A third advocate for eschewing bearing children, Alok Kumar, has a YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsBWpjVQRB9ke7jt5wV2B9NluQS_Gb2Xv">channel</a> that promotes the idea. He said, &#8220;Everyone is aware of how much we suffer in life &#8230; I thought about whether our world was a conducive place for bringing children up, and I decided it would be better not to have a child.&#8221; He added, &#8220;I don&#8217;t regret or feel wronged for having been born. But I cannot assume the same for my child.&#8221;

GET A LIFE: Man Plans To Sue Parents For Giving Birth To Him

Children

Even Shakespeare, who wrote in &quot;King Lear&quot; 500 years ago, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child,” would

GET A LIFE: Man Plans To Sue Parents For Giving Birth To Him | The Daily Wire

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Last week, an American missionary &#8220;adventurer&#8221; was reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/38596/american-killed-after-illegally-making-contact-james-barrett">killed</a> by a legally protected tribe that lives on the remote North Sentinel Island in India&#8217;s Andaman Islands. On Saturday, law enforcement had a &#8220;nervous long-distance face-off&#8221; with the Sentinelese, who are known for being hostile to outsiders and who Indian law protects from any outside contact.
On Wednesday, authorities revealed that John Allen Chau, a 27-year-old American, was killed after he landed on North Sentinel Island after previous attempts to make contact with the tribe, which numbers between 50 to 150 and is protected by law from outside contact to shield them from diseases and protect their way of life.
&#8220;[Chau] tried to reach the Sentinel island on November 14 but could not make it. Two days later he went well prepared. He left the dingy midway and took a canoe all by himself to the island,&#8221; one source told <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20181121-us-tourist-killed-arrow-shooting-indian-tribe">AFP</a>. &#8220;He was attacked by arrows but he continued walking.&#8221;
&#8220;The fishermen saw the tribals tying a rope around his neck and dragging his body,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;They were scared and fled but returned next morning to find his body on the sea shore.&#8221;
Over the weekend, authorities attempted to retrieve Chau&#8217;s body, but ended up having a tense &#8220;face-off&#8221; with the Sentinelese, <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/missionary-india-tribe-killing-police-face-off-allen-chau--10966798">AFP</a> reports.
&#8220;The police team, who took a boat just off Indian-owned North Sentinel island on Saturday, spotted men from the Sentinelese tribe on the beach where John Allen Chau was last seen,&#8221; the news agency reports, citing Police Chief Dependra Pathak. &#8220;Using binoculars, officers &#8211; in a police boat about 400 metres from the shore &#8211; saw the men armed with bows and arrows, the weapons reportedly used by the isolated tribe to kill Chau as he shouted Christian phrases at them.&#8221;
&#8220;They stared at us and we were looking at them,&#8221; said Chief Pathak. In response, the boat withdrew to avoid a potential conflict, he said.
The situation has put police in a difficult situation. They are required to limit contact with the pre-neolithic tribe, but they must also attempt to retrieve Chau&#8217;s body, which fisherman say they saw tribesmen burying on the beach.
Authorities say that regardless of what took place, they will not charge any of the tribesmen with murder. Meanwhile. seven people, including six fishermen, have been arrested for helping Chau in his attempt to get to the island.
If reports about his murder are correct, this would be the third outsider killed by the Sentinelese. In 2006, the tribe killed two fisherman who landed on the island.
&#8220;One week after their deaths, the bodies of the two Indians were hooked on bamboo stakes facing out to sea,&#8221; AFP reports, an action which Pathak described as a &#8220;scarecrow&#8221; warning to outsiders.
&#8220;We are studying the 2006 case. We are asking anthropologists what they do when they kill an outsider,&#8221; he told AFP. &#8220;We are trying to understand the group psychology.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/38596/american-killed-after-illegally-making-contact-james-barrett">American Killed After Illegally Making Contact With Isolated Indian Tribe</a>

Police Face Off With Protected Tribe Suspected Of Killing American Missionary

Last week, an American missionary &quot;adventurer&quot; was reportedly killed by a legally protected tribe that lives on the remote North Sentinel Island in

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An America man&#8217;s trip to India&#8217;s North Sentinel Island, home to an indigenous tribe protected from outside contact by law, resulted in his death at the hands of tribesmen, authorities said Wednesday.
The man, John Allen Chau, 27, took a ride with a local fishermen around India&#8217;s Andaman Islands, <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20181121-us-tourist-killed-arrow-shooting-indian-tribe">AFP</a> reports, then set out alone in a canoe to reach the remote North Sentinel Island, home to the Sentinelese, a tribe protected by law from outside contact &#8220;in a bid to protect their indigenous way of life and shield them from diseases.&#8221;
After several trips to the Andaman Islands, located in the Indian Ocean, Chau finally made it to the isolated island. According to AFP&#8217;s law enforcement sources, things immediately became dangerous.
&#8220;As soon as he set foot on the island, Chau found himself facing a flurry of arrows,&#8221; AFP reports. &#8220;Police have registered a case of murder and seven accused persons have been arrested.&#8221; <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46286215">BBC</a> reports that &#8220;seven fishermen have been arrested for illegally ferrying the American to the island.&#8221;
In a press release Wednesday, senior police officer Deepak Yaday said the investigation is still ongoing, but AFP&#8217;s law enforcement sources provided details about the tragic sequence of events.
&#8220;[Chau] tried to reach the Sentinel island on November 14 but could not make it. Two days later he went well prepared. He left the dingy midway and took a canoe all by himself to the island,&#8221; one of AFP&#8217;s sources said.
&#8220;He was attacked by arrows but he continued walking. The fishermen saw the tribals tying a rope around his neck and dragging his body,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;They were scared and fled but returned next morning to find his body on the sea shore.&#8221;
The Sentinelese, who number between 50 to 150, are known to be hostile to outsiders, shunning contact with the outside world. AFP notes that the Andamans are also home to the Jarawa tribe, who number around 400, and &#8220;who activists say are at threat from outsiders, who often bribe local authorities to spend a day out with them.&#8221;
Though multiple reports describe Chau as an &#8220;adventure tourist,&#8221; BBC reports that local media has described him as a missionary. &#8220;Local media have reported that he wanted to meet the tribe to preach Christianity to them,&#8221; BBC reports.
&#8220;Police said Chau had previously visited North Sentinel island about four or five times with the help of local fishermen,&#8221; local journalist Subir Bhaumik told BBC Hindi. &#8220;The number of people belonging to the Sentinelese tribe is so low, they don&#8217;t even understand how to use money. It&#8217;s in fact illegal to have any sort of contact with them.&#8221;
BBC notes that the Indian government has outlawed even taking photographs or video footage of the protected tribes.
Chau is not the first outsider killed by the Sentinelese, BBC reports. In 2006, two Indian fisherman were also killed by the group while fishing off the island.

American Killed After Illegally Making Contact With Isolated Indian Tribe

An America man&#039;s trip to India&#039;s North Sentinel Island, home to an indigenous tribe protected from outside contact by law, resulted in his death at the

American Killed After Illegally Making Contact With Isolated Indian Tribe | The Daily Wire

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LGBT activists are celebrating in India in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning a 157-year-old law banning homosexual acts between consenting adults.
According to the<a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-india-gay-rights-20180906-story.html"> Los Angeles Times</a>, a five-judge panel &#8220;voted unanimously to overturn Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.&#8221; The statute had been on the books for 157 years after being introduced by the British Empire during the Victorian era. It was upheld by the same Supreme Court just five years ago.
&#8220;The law criminalized intercourse &#8216;against the order of nature,&#8221; which was taken to mean same-sex relations even between consenting adults, and imposed a punishment of up to 10 years in prison,&#8221; reports the Times. &#8220;Prosecutions were rare, but many gay and transgender Indians said the law was sometimes used as a tool of intimidation and extortion.&#8221;
Chief Justice Dipak Misra denounced the law as &#8220;irrational, arbitrary and incomprehensible&#8221; in the decision while adding that India&#8217;s LGBTQ community possesses the &#8220;same equality as other citizens.&#8221;
Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud wrote: &#8220;What makes life meaningful is love. The right that makes us human is the right to love. To criminalize the expression of that right is profoundly cruel and inhumane.&#8221;
Laws upholding traditional marriage remain on the books. Same-sex couples are also still not permitted to adopt children or inherit property.
Suri, a homosexual Indian man, celebrated the decision for allowing him to live out in the open. &#8220;I&#8217;m illegal no more,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m in the shadows no more. I&#8217;m in the darkness no more.&#8221;
Opponents of the law expected a narrow victory, if at all. Many expressed surprise at the sweeping victory. &#8220;This is not a narrow, do-what-you-want-in-your-bedroom type of decision,&#8221; said Menaka Guruswamy, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. &#8220;This is so much wider than that, and the fact that many of the justices linked this to the idea of freedom and consent, that it was unanimous, that all of them looked to India as a constitutional democracy &#8230; it&#8217;s huge.&#8221;
&#8220;Activists have battled to overturn Section 377 in the courts <a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-india-gay-rights-20180810-htmlstory.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">for decades</a>,&#8221; reports the Times. &#8220;In 2009, a court in Delhi overturned the law, only to have the Supreme Court reinstate it in a controversial 2013 decision, arguing that the legislature should decide the law&#8217;s fate. In February 2016, the high court said it would <a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-india-gay-sex-20160202-story.html">reexamine</a> its decision, reflecting growing acceptance of LGBTQ Indians.&#8221;
The South Asia director for Human Rights Watch, Meenakshi Ganguly, tweeted that India&#8217;s Supreme Court had &#8220;taken a momentous step that will resonate around the world.&#8221;
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By striking down criminalization of same sex relations under <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Section377?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Section377</a> India&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SupremeCourt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SupremeCourt</a> has taken a momentous step that will resonate around the world. Over 70 countries, including many in the Commonwealth, that still have such discriminatory laws should also repeal. <a href="https://twitter.com/hrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hrw</a>
&#8212; meenakshi ganguly (@mg2411) <a href="https://twitter.com/mg2411/status/1037599632887611392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Two former British colonies, Malaysia and Singapore, still have laws on the books prohibiting homosexual acts.

India Supreme Court Overturns 157-Year-Old Law Banning Homosexual Acts

LGBT

Sexuality

LGBT activists are celebrating in India in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning a 157-year-old law banning homosexual acts between consenting adults.

India Supreme Court Overturns 157-Year-Old Law Banning Homosexual Acts | The Daily Wire

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According to an exclusive report from <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-iran-nayara-exclusive/exclusive-indias-nayara-energy-begins-cutting-iran-oil-imports-sources-idUSKBN1J70XB?utm_source=Eye+on+Iran%3A+Iranian+Official%3A+We+Protected+Al-Qaeda+Terrorists+before+9%2F11&amp;utm_campaign=eye-on-iran&amp;utm_medium=email">Reuters</a>, a huge Indian energy company cut its oil imports from Iran in June virtually in half after President Trump scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran in May.
Reuters quoted three sources asserting that Indian refiner Nayara Energy, formerly known as Essar Oil, cut its Iranian imports from 5.5-6 million barrels a month to 3-4 million barrels a month. One source told Reuters, &#8220;Nayara will be lifting about 40-50 percent less than the average volumes, limiting its intake of Iranian oil to about 3-4 million barrels in a month.&#8221;
According to Iran&#8217;s Oil Ministry&#8217;s news agency SHANA, Iran&#8217;s oil exports reached 2.7 million barrels per day in May. India, the third-largest oil consumer and importer in the world, imports about 4.5 million barrels per day.
When queried by Reuters whether the rumors of a nearly 50% cut in oil imports from Iran were true, Nayara Energy responded, &#8220;There are no specific cut-backs planned as of now,&#8221; adding &#8220;we are still seeking clarifications from all concerned.&#8221; Yet last week Nayara&#8217;s chief executive B. Anand said Nayara would find other sources if it cut imports from Iran and would leverage the supply and trading network of its major stakeholders, Rosneft and Swiss commodity trader Trafigura, to do so.
If Nayara cuts oil imports from Iran, it would join India&#8217;s Reliance Industries, which owns the world&#8217;s biggest single refining complex; last month <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-iran-reliance-exclusive/exclusive-indias-reliance-to-halt-oil-imports-from-iran-sources-idUSKCN1IV1XM">two sources told Reuters</a> that the company would terminate oil imports from Iran by October-November.
The U.S. will likely implement sanctions on Iran&#8217;s petroleum industry on November 4.

Report: After Trump Scrapped Nuclear Deal, Huge Indian Energy Company Cut Oil Imports From Iran

Iran

According to an exclusive report from Reuters, a huge Indian energy company cut its oil imports from Iran in June virtually in half after President Trump

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A group of at least 25 Hindu extremists attacked Christians attending the Full Gospel Pentecostal Church in Baburia Kheda, Uttar Pradesh state, located in Northern India. 
Last month, radicals assaulted innocent civilians who had gathered to worship. The attackers did not spare women, children, or the elderly as they charged into neighboring homes seeking to murder lead Pastor Kamlesh Kumar, who was successfully hidden away, Morning Star News <a href="https://morningstarnews.org/2018/05/pastors-wife-hides-husband-from-hindu-extremists-seeking-to-kill-him-in-northern-india/">reports</a>. 
Kumar said in an interview, &#8220;They manhandled women, beat them, pulled their clothes, spoke to them in a filthy language and disgraced them.&#8221;
The extremists assaulted people with wooden clubs, sending several people to the hospital with severe injuries. 
Congregation member Ram Prasad, 55, tried to stop the attackers, who then seized him and beat him into unconsciousness.
&#8220;I saw Ram Prasad fall on the floor bleeding profusely after being hit by a brick, but the attackers continued kicking him and hitting him with wooden sticks until he lay motionless on the floor,&#8221; Pastor Kumar&#8217;s wife Shashikala said.
When the attack was over, the congregation contacted local law enforcement, but when the police arrived, they instead blamed the church members practicing their faith. 
Pastor Kumar said, &#8220;Instead of taking action against our plight, the police began to question us as to, &#8216;Why are you running a church? You are not supposed to worship here&#8230; otherwise you will get killed and we can do nothing to help you.&#8217;&#8221;
He went to say that the police interrogated church members as suspects in a crime instead of victims of a brutal assault. 
Law enforcement officials filed a First Information Report, but have not proceeded with the investigation or made any arrests. 
The Hindu extremists living in India have ramped up their targeting of pastors and ministers. Earlier this year, radicals violently attacked a pastor and his wife living in the state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/28582/extremists-violently-assault-pastor-and-his-wife-jacob-airey">Tamil Nadu</a>.

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In a tragic case of the ultimate selfie gone wrong, three young men in India who were poor swimmers set up a mobile phone to film themselves swimming in a deep pond. The camera then recorded them as they drowned.
As <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5761601/Three-men-accidentally-film-drowning-pond-India.html">The Daily Mail,</a> which obtained the video, reported, Chetan Khatik, 28, Sudarshan Chandel, 22, and Radheyshyam Khatik, 27, were taking a bike ride through Rajsamand city in Rajasthan, western India. While in the city, they decided to get into the deep pool at Gauri Dham Kund.
Setting up one of their mobile phones on the side of the pond, they started by splashing each other at the edge of the pond. But then one man jumped into the pond and started to struggle to stay afloat. The other two men jumped into the deep end in a effort to rescue him.
Within moments, the three men, all struggling to stay afloat, tried to climb on top of each other to stay above the surface. One by one they got submerged under the water, while the camera kept recording as the three-minute video was created.
When the men did not return to their families, the police were contacted. The police later found the bodies in the pond and the mobile phone at the edge of the pond. Police officer Rajender Godara identified the bodies; he said, &#8220;The victims were relatives and knew each other well.&#8221;
Ramesh Chandel, a friend of the men, added, &#8220;Chetan seems to have to gone towards the deep end of the pond and started drowning. Radhey Shyam and Sudarshan went to save him and lost their lives as well.&#8221;

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