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Indians hold funerals for soldiers killed at China border, burn portraits of Xi

Indians burned portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday as families cremated some of the 20 soldiers killed in hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in a disputed mountainous border region.

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Alibaba and JD.com handle a record $136.51 billion in sales during major Chinese shopping event

Known as 618 because it falls on June 18, the festival was being closely watched for signs about the health of the consumer in China.

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China's two biggest e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com handled $136.51 billion of sales through their platforms in 24 hours during 618, one of the country's biggest shopping events.

 

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UK offers British citizenship to nearly 3m people living in Hong Kong after China's security crackdown

 

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California sues Cisco for alleged caste discrimination against Indian employee

The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) in California in the US has sued technology major Cisco and its former managers alleging caste-based discri

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PB Mehta writes: Ayodhya’s Ram temple is first real colonisation of Hinduism by political power

They will say Ram is a national symbol, a symbol of Hindu pride. But did Ram consent to being converted to something as banal and nasty as the symbol of an ethnic nationalism? Ayodhya's Ram temple is a monument to exclusion, a brute majoritarianism subordinating others.

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President of Ram Mandir Trust Nitya Gopal Das tests positive for COVID-19 - India TV News

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Modi compared the movement to build the temple with the freedom movement. He spoke about a "new India" and spoke of freedom from "1,200 years of slavery". Some questions were asked about this, but precious few. The iconography of an incumbent prime minister comparing a divisive and violent movement that led to its culmination on August 5 with the freedom movement is what will be remembered.

In its coverage of Ayodhya bhoomi pujan, the Indian media hit a new level of sycophancy

In its coverage of Ayodhya bhoomi pujan, the Indian media hit a new level of sycophancy. The Ram temple wasn’t the story, it was Modi. And the Babri Masjid demolition was merely a footnote.

www.newslaundry.com

 

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Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Allegedly Poisoned by Toxin in His Tea

The Russian anti-corruption activist was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state on Thursday morning, according to his press secretary.

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