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Will the double whammy of cracking down on immigrants and defunding research weaken the US as a research hub? By cracking down on immigration and defunding scientific research, the United States is slowly losing its position as the world leader in research and development, argues Holden Thorp, editor of Science journal and former chancellor of…

Members of the Western alliance Nato need to prepare for a possible attack from Russia within the next four years, according to Germany’s chief of defence. General Carsten Breuer told the BBC that Russia was producing hundreds of tanks a year, many of which could be used for an attack on Nato Baltic state members…

Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) In a major reshuffle, the Maharashtra government on Friday transferred 13 IPS officers of the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). Of the 13 officers, 10 are from the Greater Mumbai area, while three are from other districts. Krishna Kant Upadhyay, who is the DCP, Headquarters 1, has been posted…

General Anil Chauhan, India’s chief of defence staff, has admitted that an unspecified number of fighter jets were shot down during its conflict with Pakistan last month. The acknowledgement of aerial losses by the country’s highest ranking general comes weeks after the two South Asian neighbours were engaged in their heaviest fighting in decades, which involved…

Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles has called on China to explain why it needs to have “such an extraordinary military build-up”. He said Beijing needs to provide greater transparency and reassurance as it is the “fundamental issue” for the region. Meanwhile, the Philippines defence minister Gilberto Teodoro Jr has called China “absolutely irresponsible and reckless”…

Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Mumbai Suburban District Guardian Minister and city BJP President, Ashish Shelar, on Friday, instructed that all implementing agencies must ensure 100 per cent fund utilisation for the greater interest of the citizens. Minister Shelar, who chaired the District Planning Committee meeting, underscored the urgent need for 100 per cent utilisation of…

Foreign ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE had planned the visit to discuss Palestinian statehood and end to war on Gaza. Saudi Arabia has accused Israel of “extremism and rejection of peace” after it blocked a planned visit by Arab foreign ministers to the occupied West Bank. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince…

Azeezat Olaoluwa BBC News, Mokwa Town Gift Ufuoma Mr Yusuf lost his wife and newborn baby in the floods which swept through his town Adamu Yusuf’s life has been upended since he lost nine of his family members in Tiffin Maza, one of two communities in his town worst-hit by floods in north-central Nigeria. The…

Kano governor declares day of mourning after athletes representing the state at a national sports event are killed. A bus crash in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has killed 22 athletes returning home from a national sports event, according to the local governor. The bus, which was reportedly carrying more than 30 passengers, plunged off…