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Jagan has denied me ticket citing the ‘baseless’ I-PAC report, alleges Puthalapattu MLA Babu

Jagan has denied me ticket citing the ‘baseless’ I-PAC report, alleges Puthalapattu MLA Babu. Though Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy claims to be committed to welfare of Dalits, there is no justice for them in the YSR Congress Party, he alleges. Supporters of APSRTC Vice-Chairman M. Vijayananda Reddy are in…

The Hindu

Campaigners aim to lower support for China on UN human rights council

Parliamentarians from 15 countries urge reduction in vote to signal disapproval of country’s crackdown on Uyghur population

The Guardian - UK

Is Sachin Pilot launching his own political party? Yes, according to IPAC insider

Last month, Sachin Pilot was in the news for reasons that are anathema to his party. The Congress leader was protesting against his own party’s government in Rajasthan, led by chief minister Ashok Gehlot, to demand it investigate cases of corruption dating back to Vasundhara Raje’s tenure.

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US China hawks to press UK minister for tougher line on Beijing

Republican-led group expected to lobby Ben Wallace at informal lunch meeting during Westminster visit

The Guardian - UK

MPs and peers ask information commissioner to investigate TikTok

Letter argues that Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be in breach of UK law

The Guardian - UK

Deadlier and more media savvy, separatist rebels evolve in Indonesia's Papua

Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia’s Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingly dangerous and media-savvy insurgency for independence.

Reuters

Can a Transnational Legislative Alliance Challenge China?

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China aims to coordinate democratic countries’ responses to China. Political analysts, however, say there are limitations to the group’s ability to formulate concrete measures.

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Gateshead firm iPac creates 100% recyclable packaging with £4.2m funding deal

The family firm is launching two new products and creating new jobs on the back of the HSBC deal

Birmingham Post

Cross-party MPs shocked by Foreign Office talks with Xinjiang governor

Exclusive: Erkin Tuniyaz ‘played central role’ in persecution of Uyghurs, says inter-parliamentary alliance on China

The Guardian - UK

European Lawmakers Visit Taiwan, Taking Different Path from Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set out on a high-profile visit to Beijing while lawmakers from seven European countries and the European Union were winding up a show of solidarity in Taiwan.

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China biggest threat to global peace order; need to create a counter-narrative, says IPAC

Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China members planning on visiting Taiwan soon

The Hindu

Taiwan hosts dozens of foreign lawmakers in Washington to push China sanctions

WASHINGTON: Taiwan's de facto ambassador in Washington, Hsiao Bi-khim, hosted on Tuesday dozens of international lawmakers who back sanctions on China for aggression toward the island, a show of support for Taipei amid military pressure from Beijing.

Bangkok Post

Exclusive-Taiwan hosts dozens of foreign lawmakers in Washington to push China sanctions

Taiwan's de facto ambassador in Washington, Hsiao Bi-khim, hosted on Tuesday dozens of international lawmakers who back sanctions on China for aggression toward the island, a show of support for Taipei amid military pressure from Beijing.

Reuters

Indonesia to investigate army officers over Papua killings

Authorities in Indonesia's Papua region have detained six army officers and launched an investigation into their alleged involvement in the brutal killing of four civilians last week, military officials said on Monday.

Reuters

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UN human rights chief starts controversial visit to China and Xinjiang

The UN human rights commissioner began a six-day trip to China on Monday. She will visit the remote Xinjiang region, stirring fears about the propaganda value of the visit to the Chinese Communist Party.

The Hindu

A script for a national footprint, a Telangana hat-trick

It remains to be seen whether the TRS’s strategy to consult election strategist Prashant Kishor will fetch the party dividends

The Hindu

Prashant Kishor both ‘a fox and a hedgehog’ — a disrupter with the uncanny ability to transform the weakly institutionalised parties: Ashwani Kumar

Campaign consultants have become modern-day Jekyll and Hyde in electoral politics — making critical decisions that lead to election day victories, and also use tactics that ultimately make party organisation redundant, at least as electoral machine for recruiting candidates and contesting elections.

Birmingham Post

North East deals of the week: key contracts, acquisitions and investments

Businesses announcing deals in the last week include Zoa Rental, IPac, Britishvolt, ramarketing and AMLo

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The Times of India

Section in Congress questioned Prashant Kishor's dalliance with several parties

NEW DELHI: AICC spokesman Randeep Surjewala, when asked if Prashant Kishor will be part of the 'empowered group', told reporters, "When the group is constituted, you will know the names of the members. Then, you will also know whether any individual will be on the panel or not."

The Hindu

KCR-PK meeting strikes a chord

I-PAC gave results of surveys it conducted in Telangana

The Hindu

TRS to work with I-PAC, not Prashant Kishor, says K.T. Rama Rao

Aiming to reach out to first time voters, the Telangana Municipal Administration Minister says.

Newslaundry

Strategy sessions are often under wraps. Why was Congress willing to publicise its Prashant Kishor meet?

It isn’t everyday that the news of poll strategy sessions at the residence of a national party president is let out in trickles for everyone to take notice. In the usual course of how such meetings go, it cannot happen if the party doesn’t want it to be known.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand faces global pressure over move to let resident be extradited to China

MPs from around the world tell Jacinda Ardern that case of murder suspect Kyung Yup Kim could set ‘dangerous precedent’

Birmingham Post

Gateshead's iPac to create new jobs after sealing £2.2m investment deal

A previous funding package from Maven was said to be instrumental in driving iPac's revenues to more than £10m

Birmingham Post

Gateshead firm iPac creates jobs to drive recycled plastic packaging product

The Gateshead based firm will use £200k of capital investment grant to tool up for production of its iCard product

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