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The images of thousands of emaciated migrants on boats sent back to sea by Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, and reports of the discovery of the mass graves of trafficked people in Thailand and Malaysia have together done what human rights activists have been trying to achieve for decades. They have drawn international attention to the plight of thousands of Rohingya people who have been deemed stateless by the Myanmar government for more than 40 years as well as the issue of human trafficking in South and Southeast Asia.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (West) Navtej Sarna on Tuesday hailed President Pranab Mukherjee’s maiden trip to Sweden as a landmark visit.

“It has been a landmark visit, first by the President of India to Sweden. The President had detailed discussion with Prime Minister of Sweden; signed agreements including one on MSMEs and cooperation on sustainable urbanization,” Sarna told ANI.

“The electronic visa for tourists for Sweden has also been announced,” he added.

Four smugglers, including two Pakistani nationals, were arrested by the counter intelligence wing of the Amritsar police on Tuesday.

Their arrest yielded 2.5 kg heroin, one Swift car and a Bullet motorcycle, among other things.

“2.5Kg heroine, one revolver, 315 bore rifle and Rs 65 lakh were recovered,” said Gurinderpal S Nagra, Inspector, Counter Intelligence. (ANI)

The US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Stefan Selig has invited Cuba to open its market and make reforms as part of the process of normalisation with the US at the inauguration of a conference on the island’s economic future.

Selig said if Cuba opens its economy and begins the necessary reforms it will be able to get to the level of other Latin American nations like Chile, Colombia and Peru, who are experiencing economic growth and modernisation.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday announced e-tourist visas for all Swedish nationals during an interaction with business leaders from India and Sweden in Stockholm.

Mukherjee, who is on a state visit to Sweden, assured the Swedish CEOs that the Indian government is “responsive to industry and investors”.

“It is creating an appropriate atmosphere in the country to promote investment and manufacturing. A constant dialogue between investors and officials will help at the arrival of solutions to specific problems,” he said.

New Zealand scored a satisfying 199-run win over England on Tuesday at Headingley, drawing the two- Test series at 1-1.

Needing 455 to win, England were bowled out for 255 an hour after tea break, the BBC reported.

Alastair Cook scored 56 and Jos Buttler clocked 73 runs, but the home side failed to recover from losing 4-15 in the first hour.

Off-spinners Mark Craig and Kane Williamson claimed three wickets each. (ANI)

The Congress on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Election Commission, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not given “true and correct account” of election expenses in Lok Sabha polls to Varanasi seat and sought his disqualification as a MP.

The complaint filed by Congress legal and human rights department secretary K.C. Mittal on behalf of local party leaders Rajesh Mishra, a former MP, and Varanasi party chief Praja Nath Sharma, alleged that Modi had violated the provisions of Representation of People Act.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has applauded the progress made in fighting Ebola and warned of possible setbacks in case of lapse in vigilance, media reported on Wednesday.

“We have made great strides towards bringing the outbreak under control. Liberia was declared Ebola-free on May 9, after 42 days with no cases,” he said at the General Assembly Informal Plenary on Ebola held here on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the reports of an accident involving his convoy in Sweden were misleading, adding that it was a minor incident and nobody was hurt.

The President’s and his team are currently on schedule to Minsk.

“Reports about accident involving convoy of #PresidentMukherjee misleading. Minor incident, nobody hurt, Prez and team on Schedule to Minsk,” said President Mukherjee’s official twitter handle.

VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi visited the communal violence hit Atali village here even as tension prevailed in the area.

Sadhvi’s visit last night comes in wake of violent clash between two communities on May 25 over the construction of a religious structure which left five persons injured and over 20 houses burnt.

Sadhvi, during her visit, accused local administration of imposing pressure on a particular community to compromise and said that the construction of the religious structure demanded by other community would not be allowed.

RSS today sought strict punishment for those raising pro-Pakistan slogans and waving flags of that country and suggested that all such people who “betray” the nation should be sent to Pakistan.

“There should be a law acting against those raising pro- Pakistan slogans with provisions for punishment. Such a person should be sent with his family and belongings to Pakistan,” RSS leader Indresh Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

Pakistan on Tuesday nominated former captain Zaheer Abbas to become president of the International Cricket Council after the game’s world governing body said it was seeking distinguished ex-cricketers.

The announcement comes the day after former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi withdrew his candidacy in response to the ICC’s decision the post would only be open to leading former players from July 2016.

Abbas, who was principal advisor to Sethi at the PCB, played 78 Tests and 62 one-day internationals for Pakistan in a distinguished career.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the NDA government over “centralisation” of power and de-recognition of a student group in IIT Madras as he asserted his party will always stand against injustice whether done on Dalits, tribals and women or people from any religion.

Addressing a rally at Mhow, the birthplace of Ambedkar who is regarded as architect of India’s constitution, Gandhi also said that casteism was a reality and it was duty of every citizen to work for its removal.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Tuesday said legal action will be initiated after 10 out of 13 samples of Maggi noodles from around the National Capital Region were tested and found unsafe.

“Legal action will be taken and more samples will be tested,” Jain, who is scheduled to meet Nestle officials tomorrow, told ANI.

Meanwhile, the Kerala administration also ordered a pull out of the popular snack from government-run outlets.

At least 10 tribal militiamen loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi were killed by a US drone strike in northern Yemen, militias representatives said on Tuesday.

The militants from the Popular Resistance, a militia that opposes the Shia Houthi rebel movement, were travelling in three vehicles when they were bombed in the region between the provinces of Saada and al-Juf.

It was not known whether the drone attack was conducted by mistake, as Washington has consistently expressed support for Hadi and the forces that support him, which include the Popular Resistance.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday attacked the ruling Samajwadi Party government over the worsening law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.

Party spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said the multi-crore heist in Ghaziabad just next to the official residences of the special superintendent of police and the district magistrate, showed how much the law and order machinery had collapsed in the state.

The Telangana government plans to unveil a new Information Technology (IT) policy to make Hyderabad the most attractive IT destination in the country and increase IT/ITES exports besides creating new jobs, state IT Minister K T Rama Rao said today.

“IT policy has been under preparation for a while now. Our Chief Minister (K Chandrasekar Rao) was not able to review the IT department so far.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, has said that Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’s demand to create a conducive and peaceful atmosphere for starting a dialogue between the two Asian neighbours sounds ‘ironical’.

Aziz emphasized that talks between both sides is not possible at a time especially when, according to him, India has been violating ceasefire at the

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “he neither believes in politics which seeks to divide people on communal lines, nor will he ever speak communal language”.

Interacting with a Muslim delegation, which called on him here in the backdrop of communal riots in Ballabhgarh in Haryana, the prime minister said that “the politics of majority and minority had caused a lot of damage to the country”.

A New York-based think tank has relocated controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen to “safety” in the US amid death threats from Islamist radicals, according to a press release.

The Center for Inquiry assisted in relocating the award-winning writer and human rights activist to the US last week after she was “specifically named as an imminent target by the same extremists responsible for the murders of Avijit Roy, Washiqur Rahman, and Ananta Bijoy Das”, the NGO said on Monday.

The Pentagon has started a project aimed at capturing light wave history that will allow troops to see behind walls.

According to Nextgov, this technology, as mentioned in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) announcement, might eventually help troops prepare for hidden threats, assailants hidden behind barriers, for instance.

Predrag Milojkovic, a program manager in DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office, said that the research aimed at using mathematical methods to coax from photons a little more of a story about where they been and what they’ve seen.

An American Airlines passenger liner was evacuated in the US city of Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, media reported.

A bomb squad from the Philadelphia Police Department investigated the airplane at Philadelphia International Airport, CBS reported.

“A plane on the runway was searched by police and then cleared. It’s not currently known what circumstances caused the police response to the airport or the search of the plane,” the report said

Ms. Samantha Elauf was denied a job in 2008 by Abercrombie & Fitch Co Clothing Store in Oklahoma because she wearing head scarf (Hijab). She filed a petition in a court which decided on a 8-1 vote a win to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency which sued the company on her behalf.

The company denied Ms. Elauf the job on the pretext that wearing the scarf violated “Look Policy” of the company. This policy was meant to promote the brand’s East Coast collegiate image.

Muslim prisoners in the largest Tihar jail of India are feeling insecure and making a plea to the court for intervention. According to reports many murder cases have occurred in Tihar Jail. Gang wars and violence have become routine. A few months back Fasih Mahmood was attacked and later Waseem Akram Malik was also made a target. The other prisoners of the jail abuse Muslim prisoners.

Jamaitul Ulema of Maharashtra condemned such attacks and demanded the Govt. to stop such activities.

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