"[#PRC] diplomats & pro-#China diaspora groups based in the United States organized demonstrations in San Francisco that harassed & silenced protesters opposed to Beijing’s policies, including through violence, during [PRC] leader #Xi Jinping’s visit to the city in November, a

New WP investigation on chaos in SF during Xi's visit in Nov Worldwide "the CCP mobilizes surrogates to ostracize, intimidate, surround and silence activists...the goal is the same: to isolate, bury and extinguish so that it alone monopolizes the field.” washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

When a frail Siyanand Mishra visited the local jail in Faridabad, his son’s killer touched his feet and asked for forgiveness. “He said he thought my son was a Muslim. Now he regrets killing a Brahmin,” Mishra recalled... Sagrika Kissu theprint.in/ground-reports…

The stomach-turning detail that stuck out about this case was the Dalit victim then sought leniency for the Brahmin who publicly urinated on his face while casually smoking a cigarette because, well, he’s “a pandit of our village, that is why.” How much did Brahmin samaj pay him?

"Will ask government to block you": Delhi High Court issues contempt of court notice to Wikipedia #delhihighcourt #Wikipedia Wikipedia Read full story: tinyurl.com/42xj3bn5

The #NIA has charge-sheeted United Kingdom national Inderpal Singh Gaba, in the case of violent attacks at the Indian High Commission in London in March 2023, deveshkpandey reports trib.al/tnZRLJm

Time to sell NVDA?

Turkey is expressing far more anger about the alleged killing of a US-Turkish citizen by Israel than the US is. Turkey says “We condemn this murder committed by the Netanyahu government.” The US says “We are aware of the tragic death … We offer our deepest condolences”

China Is Becoming Much Harder for Western Scholars to Study—Some researchers revert to Mao-era techniques as Beijing curtails access; suspicions in Washington threaten to exacerbate knowledge gap Chun Han Wong 王春翰 wsj.com/world/china/ch… wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Truly one of the must-visit sites in India, the Pallavas’ rock-cut temples and bas reliefs at Mahabalipuram. Set in coastal paradise to boot 👇

Never mind the nationwide controversy, the one truly unforgivable offense of IC814 Kandahar Hijack was… this summer film school caliber color grading

Good Morning India, from The Tribune The Tribune Today, as we mark the passing of Dyal Singh Majithia, 126 years ago, we ask ourselves: What is this newspaper that he started in Lahore 143 years ago in 1881? The Indian National Congress wasn’t even born then… 1/3

Interesting piece on the (definitely) Chinese company Ambanis are currently bringing back to India for the first time since post-Galwan crackdown

अपने गिरेबान में तो झाँको! Cartoonist Rakesh Ranjan #ManipurVoilence #Manipur

What a JVP win would mean for India Nirupama Subramanian tribuneindia.com/news/comment/w…

Small 🧵 This one took a long time to report. For over a year, India's munitions exports to European clients has been diverted to Ukraine. Exclusive: Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire - reuters.com/world/ammuniti…

Call it what it is — India’s Belt and Road