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China has unveiled an ambitious strategy to lead the world in brain-computer interface tech by 2030 — a direct challenge to Elon Musk’s Neuralink and U.S. startups. The race for the future of mind-machine integration is heating up.

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U.S. & Dutch authorities seized #VerifTools, a global fake ID marketplace generating $6.4M in illicit sales. Servers, domains, and infrastructure dismantled, disrupting access to counterfeit IDs across all 50 states and abroad. #CyberSecurity #TheBriefing

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India, like many nations, issues its own passports, using four different colours (blue, white, red, and orange) to denote the traveller's status or the purpose of their journey.

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Report: Pakistan Army secretly operates a fake think tank to publish anti Imran Khan propaganda in the US.

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Israel is ramping up attacks on Gaza City ahead of plans to seize it. At least 11 Palestinians have been killed across the Strip since dawn.

Hamas condemned the plan, calling Israel’s promises of shelter & aid “blatant deception.” #Gaza #IsraelPalestine

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25 Palestinians, including 12 searching for aid, were killed in Gaza today by Israeli attacks. The UN says 1,760 people have been killed while trying to get aid since late May — hundreds more since August. Starvation is being met with bombs.

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Heavy rain lashes out Pakistan, kills at least 200 people.

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Saba Rasool, a 4th-year medical student from J&K, India, died in Iran after a brief illness. She was pursuing her MBBS at Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Family sources said she had complained of pain two days ago and was hospitalized.

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The US designation of the BLA as a terror group has discredited the Indian narrative that the violence in Balochistan is a freedom struggle.

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A massive cloudburst struck Chositi village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 30 people, leaving 200 missing, and causing widespread devastation.

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Heavy rain lashes out many parts of Indian-administered Kashmir.

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36 years later, J&K Police reopen 1990 rape & murder case. The victim #SarlaBhat was a nurse at #SKIMS Soura, went missing from her hostel in April 1990 during the peak of the Kashmir insurgency.

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Israeli forces kill 5 Al Jazeera journalists. The victims were known for their fearless reporting despite receiving multiple death threats.

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Israel's assault on #Gaza continued early Thursday, with at least 23 people killed in strikes across the enclave since dawn, medical sources told #AlJazeera

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Former governor and MP Satya Pal Malik died at 79. He served as governor of Meghalaya (2020–22), Goa (2019–20), Jammu & Kashmir (2018–19), Bihar (2017–18), and held additional charge of Odisha (Mar–May 2018). Earlier, he was an MP in Lok Sabha (1989–91) and Rajya Sabha (1980–89)

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Intensifying Israeli attacks across the #GazaStrip have killed at least 52 Palestinians, including several aid seekers, so far today. 8 more #Palestinians, including a child, died due to Israeli-induced starvation over the past 24-hour reporting period.

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At least 56 Palestinians killed since dawn Monday, including 27 seeking aid. #Gaza #Israeli

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“People started fighting each other over milk,” says Gaza resident Rakan Jneid, describing desperate scenes as aid trucks arrived. Al Jazeera reports Israeli forces opened fire amid the chaos, with several Palestinians confirming shots were fired at those seeking flour and milk.