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  DUBAI (Kashmir English): The UAE government has offered incentives, relaxation in immigration laws, assistance in preparing documents for repatriation, and other facilities to illegal migrants residing in Dubai instead of harsh punishments for violating the law. According to Gulf News, individuals residing illegally in Dubai have access to facilities within the General Directorate of

  JOHANNESBURG (Kashmir English): International civil rights organisation CIVICUS has placed India on its latest Monitor Watchlist, citing a rapid deterioration in civic freedoms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term. The watchdog expressed alarm over the escalating crackdown on activists, journalists, civil society organisations and dissenting voices across the country. According to Kashmir Media

  NEW DELHI (Kashmir English): As many as 123,918 students committed suicide during Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in India over the 10-year period from 2014 to 2024. According to Kashmir Media Service, a report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed that a total of 123,918 students took their own lives during the

  CHANGSHA, China (Kashmir English): Police in China’s Hunan Province have released details of an unusual case involving a death and a funeral, both of which were fake. According to details, a man identified as Si was stopped for drink-driving. Police records showed that he had twice previously been caught drink-driving without a licence. After

KABUL (Kashmir English): The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claimed to have killed at least 21 Afghan Taliban fighters, including several commanders, and wounded 37 others in an attack on Taliban positions in Zebak district of Badakhshan, media outlet Afghanisan International reported. The group said that its operation began on the morning of July 23, from

NEW DELHI (Kashmir English): India’s leading social activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk has ended her 26-day hunger strike in support of young protesters demanding education reforms. Wangchuk, also known as “Sonam Sir”, said on social media platform X that he had decided to end his hunger strike after detailed negotiations on various conditions and to

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Indian government has once again accused Pakistani social media accounts of being behind the ongoing student protests in India. The Modi government has blocked 480 Pakistani social media accounts in an attempt to divert public attention from domestic issues and avoid accountability.  Indian authorities have repeatedly attributed internal unrest, including protests

  NEW DELHI (Kashmir English): Members of the Sikh community joined protests against the proposed demolition of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, expressing solidarity with students and saying the authorities are targeting the institution out of political vendetta. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest was led by Samajwadi Party (SP) National