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How England’s dying industrial towns became the West’s largest jihad factory
Malik Faisal Akram had no known affiliation with jihadist groups. Ideas that led him to take hostages in a Texas synagogue seeped into his mind almost by osmosis.
India adds to billionaires’ list, even as Covid worsens poverty in country, says Oxfam report
According to the global Oxfam Davos report of 2022, India added 40 billionaires to 142 last year during Covid crisis, whose combined fortune is more than the poorest of the population.
Defence
India to ignore Chinese objections, invite Australia for Malabar naval exercise
New Delhi is expected to clear the way next week for formal invitation to Australia following final govt clearance & consultations with US and Japan.
Read my lips, I’m hurting, says Pakistan’s National Security Policy. What it means for India
The new policy is mostly chaff, but it reveals the most inward-looking Pakistan in 3 decades. It needs breathing space, and is realising loss of stature and friendship with US.