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UK to declare Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organisation, calls it ‘violent & destructive’

Once declared, it will be illegal to be a member or support the organisation, and punishable by up to 14 years in jail.

‘Highly likely, but no definitive proof’: UK on Wagner chief Prigozhin’s apparent death

Russian authorities have said that Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a plane that fell from the sky in the northwest of Moscow Wednesday evening.

Wagner chief Prigozhin says not recruiting fighters now but may do so in future

The future of Wagner and Prigozhin has been unclear since he led a short mutiny against the Russian defence establishment in late June.

Belarusian President says he persuaded Putin to not ‘wipe out’ Wagner chief Prigozhin

Prigozhin halted what he called was 'march of justice' on Moscow from the southern city of Rostov-on-Don within 200 kilometres of the capital after Lukashenko's intervention.

Fall of Bakhmut would not mean Russia regained initiative in war, says US Pentagon chief

Russian artillery have been pounding the last routes out of the city but Wagner mercenary force leading the assault have said troops are being deprived of ammunition by Moscow.

Russia’s position around Bakhmut is at risk unless troops receive ammunition, says Wagner chief

Yevgeny Prigozhin said his troops were worried that the government wanted to set them up as possible scapegoats if Russia lost the war.

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Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.