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The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir C...

The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged

The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged ## IRS Explores AI-Powered Strategy to Enhance Tax Enforcement Efficiency **Washington D.C.** – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly piloting a new technological initiative aimed at refining its audit and... read more »

BJP puts up united front as Suvendu Adhi...

BJP puts up united front as Suvendu Adhikari files nomination for Nandigram

BJP puts up united front as Suvendu Adhikari files nomination for Nandigram **Nandigram Sees Unified BJP Front as Adhikari Submits Candidacy** **Kolkata, West Bengal** – In a significant display of solidarity ahead of the keenly contested West Bengal Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party... read more »

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Putting trans people under OBC quota giv...

Putting trans people under OBC quota gives no real benefit, says Rajasthan ...

Putting trans people under OBC quota gives no real benefit, says Rajasthan High Court **Rajasthan High Court Questions Inclusion of Transgender Individuals in OBC Quota, Cites Concerns Over Gender Identity Rights** The Rajasthan High Court has raised significant concerns regarding the efficacy and... read more »

JKPC chief Sajad Lone highlights officia...

JKPC chief Sajad Lone highlights official data mismatch on poor population ...

JKPC chief Sajad Lone highlights official data mismatch on poor population in J&Ks regions, seeks one definition ## Discrepancies in Poverty Data Spark Concerns Over Equitable Resource Allocation in Jammu and Kashmir **Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir** – A significant disparity in official data... read more »

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13 dead in China firework plant explosion

CHANGSHA – Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and one more remained missing after an explosion at a firework plant in central China’s Hunan Province on Monday, local authorities... read more »

Israeli Army kills suspected murderers of Jewish t...

Jerusalem: Two Palestinians suspected of having kidnapped and murdered three Jewish teenagers in June have been killed in an exchange of fire with... read more »

Lawyer: Uighur scholar in China gets life sentence

BEIJING – An outspoken scholar who championed China’s Uighur minority was convicted of separatism Tuesday by a Chinese court and sentenced to life... read more »

1,30,000 Syrian refugees reach Turkey fleeing IS

ANKARA, Turkey: The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now totals... read more »

Two killed in explosions in China’s Muslim-domina...

Beijing: At least two persons were killed and several others injured in a series of explosions in China’s restive Muslim-dominated Xinjiang... read more »

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Iraqi Kurdistan seals Turkey deal

Iraqi Kurdistan seals Turkey deal

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq has finalized a deal under which it will pump oil to Turkey. “The formalities were recently completed… the finalization of such cooperation is... read more »

Iran rejects Saudi Arabia, Qatar's call to join n-talks

Iran plans to increase production of 5% enriched u...

Washington – Iran is reportedly planning to increase its production of five percent enriched uranium, local official news agency said. Islamic... read more »

Syrian govt. rules out negotiating transfer of power at...

'Syria committed to Iran's participation in Geneva II meet'

London – The Syrian government has ruled out negotiating transfer of power during the Geneva peace conference due in January, but confirmed that it will... read more »

Israel warns of forging alliances with Sunni countries ...

Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

London – Israel’s envoy to the United Kingdom has warned of formation of its new alliances with a number of predominantly Sunni countries, including... read more »

Israel approves new settlements in West Bank

Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Israeli authorities have green-lighted the construction of 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Monday it... read more »

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50 percent of Pakistanis support government: Survey

Islamabad – Fifty percent of Pakistan’s population supports the present government, with 49 percent favouring the opposition, a survey has found. An opinion poll conducted Aug 1-26 by the... read more »

Tajikistan's Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan’s Imomali Rakhmon re-elected pres...

Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday’s election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after... read more »

Maldives president hopes for credible poll

Maldives president hopes for credible poll

Male – Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Wednesday expressed the hope for a credible and successful presidential election later this week. He said this... read more »

Graft case filed against former Pak PM Ashraf

Graft case filed against former Pak PM Ashraf

Pakistan’s anti-graft watchdog on Wednesday filed a case against former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf over a Rs 22-billion scam in setting up power... read more »

Court orders Musharraf’s release

Court orders Musharraf's release

Islamabad – A Pakistan court Wednesday ordered the release of ex-president Pervez Musharraf from house arrest, two days after he was granted bail in... read more »

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The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of seer Shobhan Sarkar, who had sought directions to the Uttar Pradesh government and the district administration of Fatehpur for allowing excavations in a village where, he believed, huge reserves of gold lay buried. A Division Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Vipin Sinha dismissed the petition of Sarkar with the remark "no case has been made out to grant any of the reliefs as claimed in the writ petition". Sarkar had claimed that there was a "hidden gold treasure of about 2,500 tonnes at the bank of river Ganga in village Adampur, Tehsil and District Fatehpur". He had also claimed that he was ready to bear the expenses for carrying out excavations at the site for which he had planned to involve experts from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and IIT-Kanpur. However, the court rejected the petition observing that Sarkar had "miserably failed to prove any of his right to claim any permission". Significantly, an excavation was carried out at a village in Unnao district recently following a similar claim made by Sarkar. The seer later on blamed the failure of the operation on his not being "invited" to the site by the excavators.

Governments failure responsible for supply crunch, panic among people, says Pramod Tiwari

Governments failure responsible for supply crunch, panic among people, says Pramod Tiwari ## Supply Chain Disruptions Blamed on Government Inaction, Fueling Public Anxiety **New Delhi,... read more »

West Asia crisis: Rajnath Singh calls for swift decisions, long-term readiness

West Asia crisis: Rajnath Singh calls for swift decisions, long-term readiness ## Regional Stability Paramount: India Urges Decisive Action and Strategic Preparedness Amidst West Asian... read more »

Video shows Kuwait International Airport blaze rage after drones hit fuel tanks

Video shows Kuwait International Airport blaze rage after drones hit fuel tanks ## Fierce Blaze Engulfs Kuwait International Airport Following Drone Incident **KUWAIT CITY** – A... read more »

Tragedy as young woman who 'ignored cancer symptoms until it was too late' dies

Tragedy as young woman who 'ignored cancer symptoms until it was too late' dies **Early Detection Crucial: Physiotherapist’s Battle with Advanced Bowel Cancer Underscores... read more »

Teenage girl and woman charged over serious attack on woman in Ti...

Teenage girl and woman charged over serious attack on woman in Tipperary **Two Charged in Connection with Serious Assault in County Tipperary** **Birdhill, Co. Tipperary** – Authorities have... read more »