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Malaysia agrees to ‘No find, no Fee hunt’ for the missing MH370

The Malaysian government has given the green light for a new search effort to locate missing flight MH370, a decade after the aircraft mysteriously disappeared. The government confirmed it has accepted a “no find, no fee” offer from a US-based company to resume the search for the missing flight. The …

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#Suspended British Indian peer called ‘Lord Poppadom’ results in House of Lords suspension for Baroness

Baroness Catherine Meyer, a Conservative party peer, is facing a three week suspension from the House of lords for calling her Liberal Democrat colleague Lord Navnit Dholakia as “Lord Poppadom” and touching an MP’s braids without consent. Catherine Meyer was found to have breached harassment rules in her interactions with …

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#Forfietted Lord Rami Ranger ordered to be stripped of Royal honour

Tory peer Lord Rami Ranger stripped of CBE

The prominent Tory donor Lord Rami Ranger has been told to forfeit his CBE by King Charles over the British-Asian peer’s harassment of a journalist and making derogatory comments about other groups within his own community. An announcement on Friday in the London Gazette, which publishes the government’s statutory notices, …

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Beating Jet Lag: The Ultimate Guide to Overcoming Fatigue on Long-Haul Flights

Jet lag can be the unwelcome side effect of long-haul flights, leaving travelers feeling fatigued, disoriented, and generally out of sync with their destination’s time zone. However, with careful planning and a few simple strategies, you can minimize the impact of jet lag and make the most of your trip …

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UK Extends Grace Period for BRP holders for eVisa Switch Until March 2025

The UK government has announced a grace period until March 2025, allowing expired physical immigration documents to still be used for international travel as visa holders transition to the new online eVisa system. As part of an ongoing initiative by the Home Office, all visa holders, including many Indians with …

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Applying and renewing OCI – Overseas Citizenship of India

Applying an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card is a process that can generally be done online through the official Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) website or through an Indian Embassy/Consulate, VFS depending on where you reside. Who is Eligible for OCI? You can apply for an OCI card if: …

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JOURNALISTS’ GROUP URGES U.S. TO PRESSURE INDIA ON MEDIA CRACKDOWN AHEAD OF MODI VISIT.

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to urge India to end a media crackdown and release six detained journalists. A statement from CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg ahead of a state visit to Washington next week by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there had …

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Tory Peer Lord Rami Ranger ‘Bullied and Harassed’ Journalist Poonam Joshi, Lords Commissioner finds

The well-known British Asian peer and Tory donor Rami Ranger has been asked to apologize and attend a behavioural course after he was found by the House of Lords Standards Commissioner to have bullied and harassed the London-based female journalist Poonam Joshi. The Standards Commissioner Akbar Khan KC, in a …

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UK joins US, Canada in banning TikTok on govt devices over spying fears.

The British government has joined those of the United States, and Canada in banning the Chinese-owned video app TikTok on government phones with immediate effect over concerns that the app passes user information to the Chinese government. “The security of sensitive government information must come first, so today we are banning …

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Exaggerated Nonsense: How Rape-Accused Cult Leader Nithyananda Tries To Gain Legitimacy Around The World.

It was a moment that will feature in television archives and history books for years to come, just as Neville Chamberlain’s proclamation in September 1938 of “Peace in our Time” following his Munich meeting with Hitler has done. The much-jowled Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, addresses an audience in the …

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