US State Department called on the authorities in Pakistan seeking efforts to restore calm after a charged mob of around 7,000 people stormed a Christian colony in the Jaranwala Tehsil of Faisalabad district on Wednesday morning. “So we are deeply concerned that churches and homes were targeted in response to reported Quran desecration in Pakistan. We support peaceful freedom of expression and the right to freedom of religion and belief for everybody. And as we have previously said, we are always concerned about incidents of religiously motivated violence,” US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said at the state briefing.

Telecom Minister likely to announce new subscriber verification guidelines today. May reduce the number of sim cards a person can get. From today onwards a subscriber may get only 4 Sim cards on his ID. At present customers can get 9 sim cards

Three persons from West Bengal have been arrested for duping a 72-year-old Uttar Pradesh man of ₹9 lakh by promising him to sell a "magic mirror which made people appear nude".

The International Chess Federation has temporarily banned transgender players from playing in women's chess tournaments.

Indian Govt is testing "Pan India Emergency Alert System" to alert its citizens. Millions of citizens received emergency alert messages sent by National Disaster Management Authority (MDMA) today.

Just another day of ISRO doing India proud! Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander successfully detaches from the spacecraft marking a major milestone in India’s third lunar mission. All eyes on Russia now which is racing against India to the south pole of the moon 🌚

"Islam is here to Stay" Another English church taken over and turned into mosque in UK

ChatGPT shows 'significant and systemic' left-wing bias, study finds. According to the new study by the University of East Anglia, this includes favouring the Labour Party and President Joe Biden's Democrats in the US. Lead author Dr Fabio Motoki warned that given the increasing use of OpenAI's platform by the public, the findings could have implications for upcoming elections on both sides of the Atlantic. https://news.sky.com/story/chatgpt-shows-significant-and-systemic-left-wing-bias-study-finds-12941162

Rajasthan had the highest retail  inflation in July at 9.7% followed by  Jharkhand at 9.2%, data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) showed. https://timesofindia.com/business/india-business/at-9-7-rajasthan-records-highest-retail-inflation-in-july/articleshow/102755742.cms

🚨 IndiGo Pilot dies after collapsing at Boarding gate just before his flight to Pune: The pilot who was scheduled to fly from Nagpur to Pune on Thursday lost consciousness and dropped on the ground. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead.

🚨 A Qatar Airways flight on its way to Doha diverted to Dubai after another pilot died in flight. Yesterday (Aug.16, 2023), the Qatar Airways flight #QR579 from Delhi to Doha, Qatar diverted to Dubai. The A350-900 aircraft was only 30 minutes from Doha when pilots suddenly turned left and landed at DXB 30 minutes later. The plane (reg. A7-ALM) diverted to Dubai due to a medical emergency. A pilot, flying as a passenger has died on board.

After the arrest of a Bangladeshi national at Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala on August 13 with a fake passport for travelling to Sri Lanka, the central agencies have upped their ante and have alerted the Tamil Nadu state intelligence for an increased surveillance of the fake passport racket. It is to be noted that Chennai and Madurai are two major towns of South India from where several earlier instances of fake racket cases were detected. According to a senior officer, the now defunct LTTE is also on a revival path and there are networks that support them to gain illegal and fake passports. In May 2022, a three-member gang was arrested by the Chennai city police for preparing fake passports. The arrested were identified as Mohammed Illiaz Sheik, Mohammed Bukhari and their assistant, Sivakumar. Police had then stated that it was Illyas who was the kingpin of the racket and had been jailed twice earlier for fake passport cases. A few months before, a Bangladeshi national was arrested with a fake passport at the Coimbatore airport and he had also then told the immigration officials that he got the fake passport from Chennai. Earlier, Senior intelligence operative of LTTE, Santukam alias Sabesan was arrested from Chennai in October 2021 after being involved in a Rs 3,000 crore drug smuggling racket. https://www.thehansindia.com/tamilnadu/tamil-nadu-intelligence-central-agencies-probe-fake-passport-racket-816283

पूज्य स्वामी जी को हार्दिक श्रद्धांजलि। आपसे दो बार फोन पर बात करने का सौभाग्य मिला था, और आपकी आशीषों से हमें शांति और सुकून मिलता था। आपकी आगेकी यात्रा सुखद और पवित्र हो, हम ईश्वर से प्रार्थना करते हैं। ॐ शांति।

China's claim to Tibet 'incorrect, bid to rewrite history': Gen Naravane backs Tibetan freedom struggle!