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John McAfee died at the age of 75.
On Wednesday, John McAfee, the flamboyant security software pioneer who tried to live life as a hedonistic outsider while fleeing a slew of legal problems, was discovered dead in his jail cell near Barcelona. According to authorities, his death occurred just hours after a Spanish judge granted his extradition to the United States to face tax…
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From July 1, no e-pass is required for travel to HP.
From July 1, Himachal Pradesh will no longer use the e-Pass system for entry into the state. On June 23, the Himachal state cabinet decided to phase out the e-pass. In addition, the government has permitted interstate buses to operate at 50% full. Also, all the temples in the state will also reopen from July…
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China is forming new Tibetan youth militias.
China’s military has raised new militias made up of Tibetan youths in the strategic Chumbi Valley in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of increased efforts to recruit more Tibetans amid the standoff with India on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). According to the HindustanTimes, these are the first reports of the formation of…
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ISRAEL’S MILITARY USE A LASER TO ATTACK DRONES
In a first-of-its-kind test, the Israeli military deployed a jet equipped with a high-powered laser to intercept and shoot down unmanned aircraft in flight. The Israeli military is continuously looking for new ways to counter airborne threats such as rockets and drones from Gaza and elsewhere. The High-Power Laser Weapon System was mounted on an…
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AIIMS Chief Says COVID Third Wave Inevitable
While several scientists have warned that a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic might strike India in the next months, AIIMS head Dr. Randeep Guleria has claimed that the third wave is “inevitable” and could strike in the next six to eight weeks. Despite the fact that India’s COVID-19 caseload has been on the decline…
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Tibetan scholar held without charge for two years.
Tibetan writer who was arrested on unclear allegations two years ago has still not been brought to trial, and his family has been kept in the dark about his status. According to RFA, Lobsang Lhundup, also known as Dhi Lhaden, was detained in June 2019 while working at a private cultural education center in Chengdu,…
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A Tibetan from Hunsur attempted to self-immolate.
A guy named Lobsang Tenzin,60, of ‘I’ Village attempted to self-immolate on Sunday morning in Hunsur, South India but was unsuccessful because his daughter smothered the flames. He attempted self-immolation because he was dissatisfied with the behavior of members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile. According to Voice of America, Lobsang Tenzin’s principal motivation for…
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Hungary’s debt-trap strategy devised by China
Tens of thousands rallying in Hungary against Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing government for the proposed Fudan University (Shanghai) campus in Budapest. Fudan University (Shanghai) is a Chinese university. Furthermore, there is a legitimate concern that Hungary’s capital city is rapidly falling into China’s debt trap as a result of its shady construction initiatives. So…
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China is completing final tests on a new rail line in Tibet near the Arunachal border.
According to a Chinese journalist on Twitter, China is conducting final trials on its new high-speed train line connecting Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, with Nyingchi, a town adjacent to India’s Tuting sector in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The Beijing-based journalist revealed that China spent $4.8 billion on the 435-kilometer rail route by posting…
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Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, 7 missing in Nepal
Heavy rains prompted flash floods that washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday, killing ten people and wounding five others, while storms in neighboring Nepal left seven others missing, according to authorities. When the floodwaters hit soon after midnight, the Bhutanese villagers who had been collecting cordyceps, a fungus used in medicine,…