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And this is why when in 2019 INDIAN 🇮🇳 AGENCIES alerted Sri Lanka agnecies🇱🇰 (which was heavily influenced by China & Pakistan), they did not move a finger. EASTER BOMBINGS claimed many innocent lives and doomed Sri Lankan tourism based economy. Corrupt govt and officials lead Sri Lanka into a trap.
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Public Security Minister links retired Major General Sallay to 279 deaths 🇮🇳🇱🇰 || Sri Lanka minister says ex-intelligence chief orchestrated 2019 Easter attacks ️💀 279 people killed in April 2019 Easter Sunday bombings ️🗣️ Minister Ananda Wijepala told parliament Sallay directed extremists ️🤝 Sallay met attackers three weeks before the attack ️⚖️ Arrested February on aiding and abetting charges; denies role ⚡ First official statement directly linking former intelligence chief to bombings 📍 @ResonantNews
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The United States Navy’s USS Canberra (LCS 30), a 127.4-metre, Littoral Combat Ship, has arrived at the Port of Colombo for replenishment purposes. The visiting warship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in keeping with naval traditions. 🇺🇸⚓ 🇱🇰 @USNavy @srilanka_navy @USEmbSL USS Canberra Makes Port Call in Colombo for Replenishment The United States Navy's USS Canberra (LCS 30), a 127.4-metre (418-foot) Littoral Combat Ship, arrived at the Port of Colombo on 12 June 2026 for replenishment purposes. The visiting warship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in keeping with long-standing naval traditions observed during foreign naval visits. USS Canberra is commanded by Commander J. McLaughlin and is designed for operations in near-shore environments, featuring advanced capabilities for maritime security, surveillance, and rapid response missions. The port call highlights the continued maritime engagement and cooperation between the United States and Sri Lanka while providing logistical support for the vessel during its regional deployment.
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🚨 PARUL CHAUDHARY BREAKS NR 🤩🔥 She clocked 15:04.26s to break the National Record in Women's 5,000m at Meeting Nikaïa, France She improve on her own record by 6sec 🤯 THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE!!!!

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On @Diplomat_APAC I write on why the US needs a big bang defence tech deal with India that can symbolise depth of defence relations & 3 ways to alter defence ties - Tech transfer - Joint production - Helping indigenise Russian weapons components thediplomat.com/2022/04/indi…
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Honoured to receive the Russian Grand Sand Master Cup 2026 at the II International Festival of Sand Sculpture in Kaliningrad, Russia, for my work highlighting the global issue of climate change and global warming. Proud to be the first Indian sand artist to receive this prestigious recognition. Sincerely grateful to the organisers, jury members, and everyone who has supported and encouraged my artistic journey.🇮🇳🙏
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US did not fire on their own citizens(Sailor) but on Indian sailors in Hormuz . A Shadow fleet driven by American sailors attempted to evade U.S. sanctions and move illicit oil. By refusing lawful orders from the U.S. Coast Guard and leading them on a chase across the Atlantic Ocean
This defendant put American sailors’ and Coast Guardsmen’s lives at risk while attempting to evade U.S. sanctions and move illicit oil. By refusing lawful orders from the U.S. Coast Guard and leading them on a chase across the Atlantic Ocean, he not only obstructed federal law enforcement, but forced our service members to carry out a dangerous boarding operation in heavy seas. Today’s guilty plea makes clear that those who endanger American service members and attempt to undermine our sanctions laws will be held fully accountable.
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Mother bird stood her ground and risked it all to save her unhatched eggs from a tractor. She gonna be bragging to all her friends now that she punked out that tractor. She’s going to hold it against her kids though. “You don’t want to clean your nest huh? You have no idea what I had to do just to bring you into this world.”
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Think tigers always hunt alone? this rare footage, shows a completely different story. Look closely and you’ll see three tigers taking down a single Sambar deer. ​Because adult tigers are strictly solitary, this is almost certainly a mother with her nearly full-grown cubs before they go their separate ways. Sambars are huge to hunt alone for a young tiger, so while one tiger makes the heavy tackle, the others back her. Just incredible to witness. VC: Rajesh Saini #Tiger #Wildlife #Nature #RareEncounter #BigCats #AnimalBehavior
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India dodged a bullet in West Bengal. Had thuggish #TMC won in 2026 we would have had a jihadist version of East Pakistan within our eastern border.
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Two China Coast Guard Ships attacking a Filipino Coast Guard vessel inside Philippines's waters! China calls this "Law Enforcement Activity" But when, Philippines & Japan sign defense treaties, China blames them for destroying peace & destabilizing the region!
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🇺🇸 US: Diesel 🇨🇦 Canada: Diesel 🇦🇺 Australia: Diesel Major economies run double-stack freight trains, but they still rely on diesel because standard electric lines can't clear two-story trains. But instead of settling, India custom-built a 7.5-meter high-rise grid. Today, India is the FIRST and ONLY country on Earth running double-stack containers on pure electric power. This is the scale of transformation happening under the Modi govt.
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🚨Sunil Chhetri Reveals Why India Is Still Missing the Fifa World Cup2026🚨 Reporter 🗣️: Why is India unable to qualify for the FIFA World Cup every time? Sunil Chhetri 🗣️ India doesn't fail to qualify for the World Cup because of a lack of talent. The real problem is that we are not yet a true sporting nation. We do not identify and nurture talent at the right age and through the right system. With a population of 1.5 billion, countless talented children never get discovered or developed. Countries like the United States, France , Germany, Argentina , and Brazil succeed because they have strong systems that scout talent early and provide the best coaching, facilities, and support. The day India builds a nationwide structure where every talented child can be identified, nurtured, and given the right opportunities, we will not only improve in football but in every sport. Talent is not the issue—the system is.
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Sri Lanka bans export of mineral resources without value addition
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தேனி:- முகத்தில் குண்டு பாய்ந்தும் பயங்கரவாதிகளை வீழ்த்திய மாவீரனுக்கு சொந்த ஊரில் பிரமாண்ட வரவேற்பு!
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🇺🇸🇦🇺 🇱🇰 US & Australia step up strategic military aid to Sri Lanka In last few months US gifted 🔺Medium Endurance Cutter & helicopters Australia gifted 🔺Drones & ATvs Rather than gifting heavy, aggressive surface combatants (like missile frigates) America is deliberately donating surveillance, patrol, and interception assets. to Sri Lanka tso that it acts as a reliable security provider across central Indian Ocean's vital Sea Lines of Communication (SLOCs).
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His name is Harekala Hajabba. For decades he has sold oranges from a small cart near the bus stand in Mangaluru, Karnataka. He earns around a hundred and fifty rupees a day. He has never been to school and cannot read or write. By every measure the world uses, he is a poor, unlettered fruit seller. One day, sometime in the 1990s, a foreign couple stopped at his cart and asked him, in English, the price of his oranges. He could not understand them and could not answer. They walked away. The moment did not anger him. It shamed him. Then it changed him. He decided that no child in his village should ever have to stand there the way he had, unable to understand a simple question, locked out by language and the lack of a school. His village, Newpadpu, did not have one. The nearest school was about seven kilometres away. So an illiterate orange seller earning a hundred and fifty rupees a day set out to build a school. He saved his coins, approached officials and donors, and donated his own land. In the year 2000, the school opened with twenty-eight children in a place that had never had one. Today that school teaches up to Class 10 and has around a hundred and seventy-five students. Children from his village now study in classrooms he helped build from the price of oranges. People began calling him Akshara Santha, the saint of letters. In 2020, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, one of the nation’s highest civilian honours. He walked up barefoot, wearing a plain white dhoti, to receive it. He said it was not his award. It belonged to the school. He still sells oranges and has said he wants to use whatever he earns and receives to build a college next. A man who could not answer one question in English made sure thousands of children after him would never be left speechless the same way. Follow for stories India deserves to remember.
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Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth will become the Indian Army’s 31st Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) and first officer from the Armoured Corps to rise to the top post in nearly three decades. He was commissioned into the 2ndLancers regiment in December 1986. He is slated to assume charge on 30thJune. Incidentally, both he and his father Lt Gen KM Seth commanded the prestigious 21 strike Corps. The senior Seth retired as the Army's Adjutant General in December 1997. Now, 29 years later, his son Dhiraj will take over as the next Army Chief. Rear Adm Ravnish Seth, currently posted in Karwar, is the second son of Lt Gen Km Seth. Gen Shankar Roy Chowdhary (20th Lancer) was the last COAS who belonged to the Armoured Corps when he was Chief between 1994 and 1997. Gen Roy Chowdhary had ascended to the post when his predecessor Gen BC Joshi, who was also a ‘tank man’ (commissioned in the 64thCavalry regiment), had suddenly died in harness.
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The 'wumao" & the pro CCP Chinese bots/ reported my last X post about a Philippines Coast Guard personnel removing underwater barriers installed by China Coast Guard inside Philippines's waters. Now, I'm sharing the video of Indonesian Cost Guards sinking Chinese fishing boats!
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Good to see the mitigation measures are working well.
A heartening sight from Dhenkanal Forest Division as wild elephants, including calves, safely use the dedicated underpass while moving through their natural habitat. Such wildlife-friendly infrastructure plays a vital role in ensuring safe movement, reducing risks, and strengthening human elephant coexistence. #odishawildlife #dhenkanalforestdivision #humanelephantcoexistence #elephantconservation #wildlifecorridors #safepassage #odishaforestdepartment
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Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai @RgGhai appointed as Military Advisor NSCS Right choice for the most sensitive job @adgpi 🫡 Having known the General for decades, can vouch for his professional acumen, soldierly pride, knowledge of ground, combat experience, and humane approach 👍 Jai Hind 🇮🇳
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