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Friday, August 15, 2025
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Topic: migrant boats

4 August 2025: 65 migrants dead after boat sinks near Yemen & other news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of the major global news events.

Over 60 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Cape Verde, says Senegal’s foreign ministry

The ministry said that the boat left Senegal on 10 July with 101 passengers on board, and 38 people were rescued on Tuesday.

26 yrs gone, most accused & witnesses dead — Malta boat tragedy case still languishes in CBI court

On 26 December 1996, 170 Indian migrants drowned when their boat capsized near Malta. While CBI filed a chargesheet in 1997, only 11 of 206 prosecution witnesses examined so far.

Pakistanis are escaping on risky boats, through illegal routes—all for a better life

Pakistan has joined the ranks of countries like Somalia and Afghanistan who are willing to take any risk at all to escape their country.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.