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Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019. According to a report by The Hindu, the CAA act may allow local priests to issue “eligibility certificates" to validate applicants' religion, as per a response obtained through the Union Ministry of Home Affairs’ CAA helpline. Also Read: CAA: Why are Muslims worried? What makes Citizenship Amendment Act controversial? Explained The certificate, a mandatory document, is to be enclosed along with an affidavit and other documents that the applicants are to upload on the CAA portal.

27 March 2024 – XCAD Network, a tokenisation platform for YouTubers that allows them to reward their viewers with tokens, today announced that it entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ministry of Education to support Web3 education in the country. 

NEW DELHI : India is deploying atomic clocks across the country to ensure the time shown on your digital watch, smartphone and laptop is truly based on Indian Standard Time—an effort launched more than two decades ago after the Kargil war. Currently, most software operating modules in India rely on US-based Network Time Protocol servers. The government wants all software to instead be synchronised with indigenous atomic clocks, both for uniformity in time and as a defence mechanism, especially in times of war.

Islamabad High Court sought intervention by the Supreme Judicial Council against the alleged interference in the working of the judiciary by Pakistan's powerful intelligence agencies. A letter signed by six Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges demanded the SJC initiate a judicial convention against such interference in judicial affairs. The six judges who signed the March 25 dated letter include Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir, and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz.

ANI, "I think there seems to be a link between the Moscow terrorist attack and this Pakistani attack and more seems to be in the pipeline." He further blamed the proxies of Pakistan and said, "It will not stop until or unless Pakistanis are made accountable for their actions. And whatever is happening, it's through the proxies of Pakistan and the terrorists trained in the Pakistani training camp, especially the ISIS." Condemning the terrorist attack on the Chinese engineers, PTM member said, “I would like to condemn the terrorist attack on the Chinese engineers in district Shangla in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which resulted in the killing of five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver." He further alleged that Pakistan is double-gaming China as they did with the US.

Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) member Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi alleged that there seems to be a link between the Moscow terror attack and the recent attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district, which has killed five Chinese nationals. Stressing that not only Pakistan, but the whole world is in danger, Afridi said, «I think there seems to be a link between the Moscow terrorist attack and this Pakistattack and more seems to be in the pipeline.»

Arvind Kejriwal shared his second order from jail. Part of the Francis Scott Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship — sending cars and people plummeting into the river. Meanwhile, a suicide bomber killed six people in Pakistan after ramming his explosive-laden car into a vehicle.

Authorities in Pakistan say that a suicide bomber has rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle in the northwest of the country

T20 World Cup 2024: Almost three years after he announced his retirement from international cricket, Pakistan's controversial player Mohammad Amir announced his comeback to the game and made himself available for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 in the United States and West Indies. The left-arm pacer can be a useful addition to Pakistan's T20 squad and is expected to be summoned for the team's camp. "I still dream of playing for Pakistan! life brings us to the points where at times we have to reconsider our decisions, There have been a few positive discussions between myself and the PCB where they respectfully made me feel that I was needed and can still play for Pakistan after discussing with family and we'll wishers I declare that I am available to be considered for upcoming t20WC," Mohammad Amir said in a post on X.

Pakistan Suicide Bomb Attack: Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver was killed in a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, according to local media reports. A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the vehicle carrying the Chinese. This is the third such attack in the last few weeks in Pakistan.

Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion when their convoy was attacked by a suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, a top police officer said. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives laden vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers which was on its way from Islamabad to their camp in Dasu in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Mohammad Ali Gandapur, the regional police chief, told Reuters.

Bangladesh's Independence Day with a special Doodle on its homepage, celebrating the nation's hard-won freedom from Pakistan. The Doodle artwork features the national flag of Bangladesh, depicting a red circle on a green background. “Today’s Doodle celebrates Independence Day in Bangladesh.

A delegation from Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce is in Kabul to to meet its counterparts to discuss how to improve trade relations after tensions have risen over cross-border militant attacks

Arvind Kejriwal. The display picture campaign was announced by Delhi Minister Atishi on Monday afternoon. All party leaders and volunteers are now changing their profile picture on X, Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media accounts to an image featuring Kejriwal behind bars with the caption ‘Modi Ka Sabse Bada Dar Kejriwal’.

Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said the slogans 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Jai Hind' were first raised by two Muslims and asked whether the Sangh Parivar would be ready to abandon them. Reaching out to the minority community in this Muslim-dominated north Kerala district, the veteran CPI(M) leader said Muslim rulers, cultural icons and officials had played a significant role in the country's history and independence movement. Drawing examples from history to prove his point, Vijayan said a Muslim man named Azimullah Khan had coined the slogan 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.

Pakistan's newly appointed Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, in a recent press conference in London, conveyed the government's «serious intent» to reassess trade relations with India. This statement marks a significant departure in diplomatic stance since August 2019.

Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said the electoral bonds scam is the biggest corruption ever witnessed in India and added the BJP government at the Centre arrested his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to divert attention from the same. Addressing the third consecutive rally organised here by the CPI(M) against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Vijayan alleged the BJP-led Central government and the Sangh Parivar give scant regard to the rule of the law in the country. He alleged that the Sangh Parivar was trying to take control of the Constitutional institutions and even threatening the country's judiciary. «The Union government, BJP, Sangh Parivar, they all very well know that the Supreme Court order on the electoral bond scam was harmful to them. They wanted to divert the attention from this topic and for that they have arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal,» Vijayan said.

terror attack in the Moscow region, evidence of radicalised Central Asian youth penetrating Russia is emerging as a threat. ET has learnt that the Russian security agency FSB had eliminated two terror groups comprising youth from Central Asia between February and early March before the third group struck at Crocus City Hall last week, killing more than 100 people. The Indian security establishment is closely monitoring the situation and the emerging pattern of terror threat in Russia and Central Asia. On Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and conveyed condolences over the terrorist attack. Russian national security advisor Nikolai Patrushev has called for wider partnership to counter the terror threat and radical cells. On the morning of March 7, the FSB conducted a special operation in the village of Koryakovo, Kaluga region of Russia. Two terrorists from Central Asia were killed in the operation, according to security analysts. FSB was assisted by Kazakh security officials in the operation.

Rajnath Singh said that the people of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) are themselves raising the demand for a merger with India. He expressed the confidence that the people of PoK will merge with India. He made the remarks during the 'AAP ki Adalat' programme on India TV. Asked about Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's recent remarks about Kashmir, Rajnath Singh said, «Can they ever take Kashmir? They should be worried about Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. I had said almost one and a half years ago that there will be no need for us to attack and occupy, because a situation is developing there that people of PoK themselves are demanding merger with India.» On being asked whether the government was making any plan, he responded, «I will not say anything more, I should not. We are not going to attack any country. India has a character of never attacking any country in the world, nor has it occupied an inch of other's territory. But PoK was ours, PoK is ours, and I am confident that PoK will itself merge with India.»

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and said he was making statements with the intention of fostering communal division. BJP state chief K Surendran, while addressing the media here, said the decision to withdraw cases registered against the anti-CAA protestors was taken to appease a particular community. He said the chief minister was violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by withdrawing the cases and his party will approach the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Rajnath Singh, who was to celebrate Holi with the armed forces personnel in Siachen, the world's highest battleground, on Sunday, will mark the festival of colours in Leh instead, his office informed on Sunday. Raksha Mantri Karyalaye informed through a post on its official X handle that owing to the prevailing weather conditions in the world's highest battleground, Singh will celebrate Holi with the armed forces in Leh. «Due to inclement weather conditions in Siachen, there is a change in Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh's tour programme. He will now celebrate Holi with Armed Forces Personnel in Leh,» the statement read.