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Foreign editor at @HindustanTimes , former Pakistan correspondent, @cheveningfcdo scholar. Ah Yalan Dünya. Your heart is a warehouse for feelings.

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My late grandfather was quite the dapper dresser. Shillong, 1952.
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Pakistan's #EdhiFoundation - built by the great Abdul Sattar Edhi - writes to Indian PM with offer to send fleet of 50 ambulances to help fight #COVID19India
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Breaking: Kuwait too summons Indian envoy over remarks of former BJP spokespersons.
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Idiot, I'm an Indian. Now go away.
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@Rezhasan Laskar do you really believe that you can fool the World again?The Cobras you have raised would bite you to death. Even if you break the FANGS regularly still chances are there you will make mistake & the bite will be fatal for Pakistan.Size the Army to save Pakistan. Will you?
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UAE condemns remarks by former BJP spokespersons
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Protestors calling for resignation of Sri Lanka's president storm presidential palace in Colombo
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Qatar's foreign ministry summoned Indian envoy Deepak Mittal & handed him official note expressing disappointment, total rejection & condemnation of controversial remarks made by official in India’s ruling party against Prophet Mohammed.
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Those who think the Serum Institute story is murky/crazy/too many twists and turns so far, wait a few more hours & it'll get a whole lot more interesting. In fact, about 5 more hours.
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First time I've heard of spy chiefs handling trade between countries. Super genius.
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According to Pakistani news agencies, Pakistan’s ISI chief has entered Kabul to discuss security and trade issues with the Taliban.
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In this day & age, shocking to see such an image. And shared by the chief minister of a northeastern state on his Facebook page.
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India condemns killing of civilians at Bucha in Ukraine at UN Security Council & backs call for independent investigation - first time New Delhi has publicly censured actions blamed on Russian forces.
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I don't know which @ImranKhanPTI speech people are talking about when they use words like "statesman" to describe it. All I saw was 50 mins of rambling where he tried to pass himself off as a leader of all Muslims (certainly none I know) & talked about nuclear war.
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BREAKING: UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson cancels visit to India over Covid-19 situation.
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@zoiatariq Please its not a Khalistan flag. It's a Nishan Sahib or sacred flag of Sikhs.
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3 years
Bizarre display of the "other side" argument by @BBCWorld anchor. Sounds like a spox for Pakistan: "Pakistan, of course, would absolutely deny that."
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*A national capital on its knees *Many of these people won't survive the night *Probably the most harrowing 3 mins of footage you'd have seen in the recent past
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Can't recall the last time India's foreign ministry has reacted to a pop star (and I've been on the MEA beat, with a few gaps, since about 1998).
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Supremely ironical that today's detention in Pakistan of 44 people with links to banned groups announced by minister Shehryar Afridi - wasn't he the guy who said no "mai ka laal" could harm jihadis as long as his party is in power?
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Nope @nytimes that isn't what @AlJazeera said.
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France's @Dassault_OnAir has handed over the first Rafale combat jet to Qatar. The only catch? The first lot of pilots trained for Qatar in France are "Pakistani exchange officers".
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Oh rehn do @ImranKhanPTI sahab. The first time I was asked whether I was a Shia or a Sunni was in your country. Not in India.
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Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI quoting 11 August 1947 speech of Jinnah & Ashtiname(Covenant) of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) with christians. “We must protect, give equal rights to our minorities & ensure they are free to practice their religion and not treated as second class citizens”
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Can't even call it a conspiracy, the guy's from Israel.
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As someone who was part of media teams that travelled with both PMs Vajpayee & Manmohan Singh on foreign tours: *officials such as foreign secy, NSA, principal secy interacted with media on flights. Result - media was much better informed, reporting was better.
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As an Indian, I can only say this is one of the most demeaning speeches I've heard this election season:
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Maneka Gandhi threatening voters that she will watch booth wise votes to decide whom to be helped once she wins. Sakshi Maharaj says as a ‘Sanyasi’ he’ll curse people if they won’t vote for him! BJP is a Party with a Difference 😁
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Decided tonight to tell off a former colleague who would greet me every time he saw me for the past 10+ years with the words "Hello Lashkar-e-Taiba". Enough's enough. Stupid joke that became stale ages ago.
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*Central Vista project = essential service *Covid-19 vaccine availability = let's hold a high level review meeting & tweet about it
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Before you go Ennio who, he's the guy who composed this:
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Patently false story - I was at this briefing and all the UK envoy said was that he was "keen to go" to Jammu & Kashmir & "have a look".
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New British High Commissioner to India expresses concern over on-ground situation in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu & Kashmir
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Singapore's health ministry dismisses Delhi CM's remarks about new Coronavirus strain, says strain prevalent in many Covid-19 cases in Singapore is "B.1.617.2 variant, which originated in India".
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सिंगापुर में आया कोरोना का नया रूप बच्चों के लिए बेहद ख़तरनाक बताया जा रहा है, भारत में ये तीसरी लहर के रूप में आ सकता है। केंद्र सरकार से मेरी अपील: 1. सिंगापुर के साथ हवाई सेवाएं तत्काल प्रभाव से रद्द हों 2. बच्चों के लिए भी वैक्सीन के विकल्पों पर प्राथमिकता के आधार पर काम हो
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When you shoot off your mouth & have to delete your tweet. #LasVegas
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India's coronavirus vaccine grants so far (all AstraZeneca vaccines): *Bhutan - 150,000 doses *Maldives - 100,000 doses *Bangladesh - 2 mn doses *Nepal - 1 mn doses (Tomorrow) *Myanmar - 1.5 mn doses *Seychelles - 50,000 doses *Mauritius - 150,000 doses
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UN Security Council consultations on Kashmir - the Dominican Republic, the US & France sought to block the matter but Russia (India's long-standing ally) backed move for open & formal meeting, per multiple sources.
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Senator, I can understand your desire to score points for a domestic constituency. But the thing is you aren't on the streets of Delhi. I am.
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Today the streets of Delhi can’t even tolerate Muslim citizens seeking their rights. Is this the new “Idea of India? “
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Hey @twitter @jack @verified how come a handle with a blue tick is clearly espousing terrorism? #PulwamaAttack
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Sikh from Pakistan's ruling party elected to upper house of Parliament:
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Hindustan Times
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Pakistan senate polls: Gurdeep Singh becomes first minority leader to win Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Irony just died - especially coming from someone who studied in 3 institutions established by "Britishers" - Atchison College, Royal Grammar School Worcester & Keble College.
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Ancient giant size pen drive unearthed during archaeological dig in Tripura. (From friend's Facebook page.)
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The meeting between @ImranKhanPTI & @realDonaldTrump was supposed to be about Afghanistan & resetting US-Pakistan, but given that it's Trump, the unexpected happened - attention shifted to Kashmir & India.
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ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hamid hosted meeting of intelligence chiefs of China, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan in Islamabad. Meet apparently arranged to discuss security situation in Afghanistan & cooperation for ensuring peace & stability.
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Serial Pakistani faker at it again. Tweets photo from Bangladesh to stir up trouble in India.
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Jaish-e-Mohammed is led by Pakistan-based Masood Azhar, released by India in exchange for passengers of hijacked airliner & whose designation as terrorist at UN Security Council has been blocked by China for years.
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The silence from New Delhi on the developments today in Kabul is deafening. Especially after all the support for the @ashrafghani government.
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Breaking: Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry condemns statements on Prophet Mohammed by former BJP spokesperson.
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A little birdie tells me @realDonaldTrump 's remarks about Indian role in #Afghanistan wouldn't pass a basic fact check: India has built dams, schools, the parliament building and hospitals in Afghanistan but no library.
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Saudis trolling Taliban bros. Saudi representative has woman note taker during bilateral meeting with Taliban "foreign minister" on margins of Moscow Format meet in Kazan, Russia. (Saudi Arabia was observer at Moscow Format talks.)
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Several aspects of this accidental firing of a missile are absolutely crazy, given that it involved 2 nuclear armed states. *missile reportedly travelled 124 km into Pakistan *was in Pakistani airspace for 7 min *passed several civilian airliners Miracle things didn't escalate.
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Highly unlikely this offer will be taken up but reflects the concern expressed by many in Pakistan.
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Amazing how many people fell for this - this is just a basic green screen kind of thing of two different pieces of footage merged together. The giveaway - the lady's shadow disappears at the joint line.
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Àngel Marrades
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Una mujer hizo su clase de aerobic sin darse cuenta de que estaban dando el golpe de Estado en Myanmar. Y pues puede verse como el convoy de militares llega al parlamento.
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Senior Oman foreign ministry official meets Indian ambassador to raise remarks by former BJP spokespersons, says such statements do not serve relations of peaceful coexistence.
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FWIW - from a member of the family that owns Marico, one of India's largest consumer goods companies:
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Clearly a massive protest in Colombo
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Some of the folks who stormed Sri Lanka's presidential palace also got in a quick workout
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From Guwahati - before & after. A short while ago.
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India has given Sri Lanka: *$400 mn currency swap from SAARC facility. *$500 mn line of credit for fuel purchases *deferred payment of $515 mn to Asian Clearing Union There's also $1 bn credit facility in pipeline for food, medicines, essentials. Has nothing to do with Pakistan.
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After Pakistan decided to give Colombo a $200 million loan for the purchase of rice and cement, Indian reports say Delhi gives SL $500 million loan for urgent oil purchases.
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Taliban spox @suhailshaheen1 on India: *no country will be allowed to use Afghan soil against others *India can complete its incomplete reconstruction & infrastructure projects in #Afghanistan
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Trump gets fact checked by NDTV
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*India-Qatar cooperation in diverse sectors steadily growing in excellent framework provided by historically close ties *There are over 700,000 Indian nationals residing in Qatar.
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Pardon us folks in India if we react to this crackdown in Pakistan & detention of 44 people with links to banned groups, incl JeM chief Masood Azhar's brother Abdul Rauf Asghar, with scepticism. We have seen similar actions before.
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Pakistani journo Chand Nawab has decided to put his Viral "Karachi say Lahore" meme as a Non Fungible Token (NFT) that has been uploaded Foundationapp
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"A person cannot even die peacefully here in Delhi" - another heart-rending report from the BBC team.
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And some of the protestors are now cooling off in the swimming pool at the presidential palace
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3 years
April 1975 August 2021
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Indian Army field hospital at Iskenderun in Turkiye has treated 106 people today. #OperationDost #earthquakeinturkey
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BIG BREAKING: Per sources, Indian Army colonel and two soldiers killed in action during a clash with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley, Ladakh, last night.
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Am perplexed by the use of honorifics like Maulana & Mufti for terrorists like Masood Azhar & Abdul Rauf Asghar. These are tags I'd use for learned men of the faith, not scumbags.
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In other words, Pakistani fighter pilots will be operating Rafale jets before their Indian counterparts.
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China is building reinforced bunkers & underground facilities in Aksai Chin, 70 km from LAC, experts say move aims to ensure survivability of crucial assets & command posts. Reporting with new satellite images from @Maxar
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Pakistani fighter pilots have served with the air forces of several Arab states, incl Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar & Saudi Arabia. One who served with the Syrian Air Force in the 1970s shot down an Israeli jet in combat.
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ravinder singh
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Not only @VirginAtlantic are very kindly flying the Oxygen Concentrators free of charge to #India for @Khalsa_Aid but our own Jaspal Singh is flying the plane ✈️!!! Jaspal has been involved in KA since 2010 & is a close friend. This is amazing ! @richardbranson
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Just hearing of loss of an aunt in Assam, where the health minister was insisting a few days ago there was no need to even wear masks. #COVID19 #MaskUp
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BTW some 600 Islamic State-Khorasan fighters & their families surrendered after a campaign by Afghan security forces in Nangarhar in Nov 2019. Among them were Pakistans, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Iranians, Maldivians & Indians. Guess who freed them jails in Kabul recently?
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Pakistan issues updated list of banned groups that includes JuD & FIF.
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Just leaving this here: When I broke the story about India-Taliban informal contacts in June, some of the greatest interest shown was by folks in Islamabad. A journalist in Islamabad sent me a DM saying: "I wish it were true." End of story.
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Aap ne ghabrana nahin hai आप ने घबराना नहीं है H/T @laaleen
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Karnataka's exquisite Bidri metal art:
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How metal workers in India are keeping a 600-year-old art alive
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Iran too summoned Indian ambassador over statements of former BJP spox.
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Hearing reports of another West Asian country having summoned Indian envoy.
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यह तो सागे दोस्त लग रहे है - पुतिन-जी ने बढ़ा मेज़ नहीं निकाला।
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This isn't easy to watch but it seems to merely scratch the surface of what's happening in Uttar Pradesh:
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These are some incredibly brave women #KabulProtest #AfganistanWomen
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Hey Americans, you just got yourself a president who plagiarises his speeches from animated movies. How cool is that.
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Key takeaways in this bizarre new twist in l'affaire Rafale - Even before India gets its first Rafale, Pakistan Air Force familiar with capabilities of French jet, probably knows how Indian pilots will be trained & French Air Force & @Dassault_OnAir knew & opted to stay quiet.
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From Chinese foreign ministry’s readout on the phone conversation between foreign ministers of India & China: "The Indian side must not misjudge the current situation and must not underestimate China’s firm will to safeguard territorial sovereignty."
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Samarkand. Shot with phone.
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UK High Court upholds India's claim to Hyderabad Nizam's funds worth £35 million held in a London bank; court also rejected Pakistan's claim to the funds.
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My friend Kalyan Barooah @kalyanbarooah , a terrific newshound, one of the kindest & most helpful persons who helped me survive when I moved to Delhi, passed this morning of Covid-19. Yesterday his wife Nilakshi passed. They leave a young daughter. This is just too much.
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मुझे यह समझ नही आ रहा कि एक 2 मिनट के वीडियो में इतने edits क्यों है?
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@ndtv This joke has played out so many times, it's not even funny any more.
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The greatest disservice that Pakistani intellectuals do is pretending to be saviours of India’s Muslims. You aren't. You can't be. Our ancestors chose and we will handle our problems.
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Development comes on a day when vice president Venkaiah Naidu is in Qatar & met top Qatari leaders, including Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani & Prime Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani.
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UK PM @BorisJohnson announces £1 bn in new trade with India ahead of summit with Indian PM. Centerpiece: £240 mn investment by Serum Institute of India in UK into vaccine business & new sales office to create large number of jobs.
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@realDonaldTrump I trust this gentleman right here (pointing to @ImranKhanPTI ) and I trust Pakistan, says @realDonaldTrump
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Here's the thing - when was the last time you saw photos/near instantaneous reports of foreign visit by any country’s spy chief? The ISI chief's decision to appear in a Kabul hotel lobby & speak to media was all about signalling who holds the big stick in Afghanistan.
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France to support India's #COVID19 response with: *8 oxygen generators, each capable of uninterruptedly supply for 250-bed hospital *5 oxygen containers capable of catering for 10,000 patients a day *equipment incl 28 ventilators & 200 electric syringe pumps.
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Considerable surprise (even more so among some Western diplomats I spoke to today) on position taken by Russia, which backed China's move for an open & formal meeting.
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Qatar welcomed statement issued by India's ruling party in which it announced suspension of the party's official who made the remarks.
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