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‘Kashmir not selling Disneyland’: CM Omar Abdullah on tourism
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addresses the Conclave on “Sustainable Tourism Planning: Designing Tourism for Tomorrow” at SKICC in Srinagar on July 9, 2026. Photo: X/@CM_JnK via ANI As Kashmir sees an upswing in tourist footfall over the years, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government is looking at new strategies to strike a…
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Israel shared intel about ‘new’ Iran plot to kill Trump: reports
U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel shared intelligence with the United States this week about a new and “specific” plan by Iran to assassinate President Donald Trump, U.S. media reported Thursday (July 9, 2026). The reports come as renewed U.S. and Iranian attacks raise fears of a return to all-out war…
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Prambanan Temple: Why is India restoring Indonesia’s largest Shiva temple? | Explained
Story so far: “The winds here carry a scent of culture, a scent which connects us and we feel every moment on the soil of India,” waxed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) when he visited the 1200-year-old Prambanan Temple complex in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta. The visit was preceded by the announcement of India-Indonesia’s joint conservation project to restore…
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Fight for freedom of speech, Salman Rushdie urges as he’s honoured in London
Salman Rushdie was awarded the Liberatum Cultural Honour in London. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Novelist Salman Rushdie says freedom of speech is under “real assault” around the world. Also read | Salman Rushdie testifies against man charged with stabbing him The Indian-born British-American author was awarded the Liberatum Cultural Honour in London on…
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Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru aborts takeoff after technical snag
image for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters An Air India flight to Bengaluru was aborted soon after it attempted to take off from the Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala on Friday (July 10, 2026) morning due to technical snags. The Air India Express flight IX2980, which was scheduled to take off at 7.05 a.m., initially accelerated…
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China issues ‘backdoor’ security alert over Anthropic’s Claude Code
The warning applies to Claude Code versions 2.1.91 through 2.1.196 [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS A cybersecurity platform operated by China’s industry ministry warned on Wednesday that it had identified a serious security “backdoor” risk in Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code. In a statement posted on its WeChat account, the National Vulnerability Database said…