BREAKING: Iran reveals US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a classified directive on June 26 to all US embassies worldwide to pressure countries against attending Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's funeral, warning participation would be considered "an unfriendly act by the United States" with "negative consequences for bilateral relations," per a senior Iranian offical to Tasnim.
US ambassadors in Africa threatened to cut all development aid to countries participating, with Rubio personally calling counterparts in at least five Arab countries.
At least 13 countries have declined to attend due to US pressure, including three Eastern European, five African, two Gulf Arab, and two major East Asian countries.
On July 1, the World Bank reclassified Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and the Philippines from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income economies.
тАЛTheir latest GDP per capita stands as follows:
тАЛVietnam: $4,970
тАЛPhilippines: $4,850
тАЛSri Lanka: $4,670
тАЛIndia transitioned into a lower-middle-income country in 2009 and has remained in that category for nearly two decades. Our current national GDP per capita is approximately $2,800.
тАЛMeanwhile, Tamil Nadu has consistently focused on balancing economic growth with social welfare. By the end of this year, the state is projected to reach a GDP per capita of around $6,500- the highest among IndiaтАЩs large states.
тАЛAs a state in India, Tamil Nadu has already surpassed the average income levels of these newly elevated upper-middle-income countries.
тАЛIndiaтАЩs national average of $2,800 masks more than it reveals. On one side, you have states like Tamil Nadu at $6,500; on the other, states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar hover around $1400 and $950, respectively. Consequently, India remains a country with stark regional inequality while still being relatively poor overall.
тАЛFurthermore, as noted recently, Tamil Nadu and Kerala maintain some of the lowest internal inequality rates in the nation.
тАЛThat is why I keep repeating this point: the next 15 years represent a critical, "make-or-break" economic window for India.
Amazing story. Look at the amounts at which cases have been settled. 850 crore case of Apollo Hospitals settled by the guilty paying 17 crore. Everyone knows how this is doneтАж grease, palms etc
As this BBC Hindi report states, the massive theft in Ayodhya temple donations had been going on at least since 2021, and the members of the trust were aware of it. They in fact sacked the person who caught the theft and reported it to them.
Every single person who was appointed by the trust, which is a MHA notified trust with a top MHA officer, was appointed without any advertisement, test or police verification. The RSS guys were appointing their own or taking bribes to appoint. This is Modi's showpiece project.
Delhi Govt bought medicines worth 400 crores & got 300 crores as kickbacks.
Why are English newspapers like @TOIIndiaNews avoiding such big news story ?
This is not a coincidence. This is a blueprint.
Step 1: Delete 9 million voters from BengalтАЩs rolls days before elections using the SIR.
Step 2: BJP wins the state for the first time.
Step 3: The same deleted voters are now told: no voter card = no ration.
90 million people covered under BengalтАЩs PDS. 9 million names erased. A June 4 government order marks their ration cards inactive. A lawyer asked before the Supreme Court: тАЬCan you deny food to children under 18 who arenтАЩt on voter rolls?тАЭ The government had no answer.
Rahul Gandhi called this exact playbook out in Parliament in December 2025: тАЬEC has been captured. This is vote chori.тАЭ He said SIR wasnтАЩt a cleanup, it was a weapon. BJP mocked him. The media ignored him.
Now Al Jazeera is reporting what our own press wonтАЩt say out loud:
Experts confirmed Muslims were disproportionately targeted; specifically in districts where they could swing the election.
5.18 crore voters erased nationally across 12 states. 10.2% of the entire voter base. Gone.
The EC conducted this. BJP benefited from this. And now the state government is using the same flawed list to cut off food.
Under Article 14, welfare rights have zero nexus with electoral rolls. This is constitutionally indefensible. And politically, itтАЩs exactly what a government does when it wants to punish communities for how they vote.
Rahul Gandhi was right. They called him a fool for it.
WhoтАЩs the fool now?
If almost all opposition parties write unitedly to the CJI against the ECI and it is not the front page news on your newspaper, then we know what kind of autocracy its editors believe in.
All those celebrating the US, Supreme Court decision on birthright citizenship overturning TrumpтАЩs craziness America has institutions that allow it to reset & regenerate its democracy. Meanwhile, think about how our Courts have caved in failing in their basic duty to protect the Constitution & citizens. This should worry us all