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1 killed in Tesla cyber truck explosion outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s

While US President Joe Biden said the FBI is investigating any possible links between the two incidents, Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleged a connection, saying both vehicles were rented from the same car rental site.

UK govt warns India against unlicensed satellite phones

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) reviewed the “Safety and Security” section of its advisory for India to flag that Britons have been arrested for bringing in such devices illegally to India.

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Indian nurse sentenced to death for murder in Yemen

Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi signed off on the death sentence for Nimisha Priya, who has been serving a prison sentence since 2017 for the murder of a Yemeni national. The sentence will be executed in a month, per media reports.

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India, other Quad member nations commit to working towards free and stable Indo-Pacific

In the last few years, the Quad has rolled out a number of initiatives addressing some of the most pressing needs and challenges of the Indo-Pacific region, including in areas of maritime security, infrastructure and connectivity.

Pak reports 68 polio cases this year despite govt efforts to curb disease

So far this year, 27 cases have been reported from Balochistan, 20 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 19 from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

Low-cost South Korean flight that crashed killing 179 people was warned of birdstrike during first landing attempt

Officials are investigating bird strike and bad weather as potential causes of the crash, while ruling out runway issues, as similar-sized aircraft have safely used the 2,800-meter runway in the past.

After staunchly defending H1-B visa, tech billionaire Elon Musk says system needs major overhaul

Elon Musk suggests raising H-1B visa salaries and adding annual maintenance costs to make hiring from abroad more expensive than hiring domestically. Previously, he said that the program is broken and needs major reform.