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Council votes to remove Chandler Langevin for his anti-India comment. In a massive show of strength, thousands gathered at Palm Bay council meeting to discuss councilman Chandler Langevin’s anti-India post that he removed from X in the wake of massive criticism. The city council Thursday voted 4-1 to send a letter to Gov Ron DeSantis…

Indian-origin MAGA dentist Harleen Grewal said she became the target of cancel culture as her old video where she was joking was made viral. Dr Harleen Grewal, an Indian-origin California dentist, went viral for an old video in which she was seen joking about Democrat patients who get shocked seeing the photos of Republican leaders…

Elon Musk has a habit of dropping cryptic emojis and letting the internet do the rest. On October 2, one such gesture — a “🤔” in reply to a post claiming that “there is no such thing as colonisation” — set off a storm in India. The post argued that if Indians in England became…

Saudi Arabia updates Umrah visa rules for 2025, mandatory bookings, special visas, and Nusuk platform streamline pilgrim journeys worldwide. Saudi Arabia has rolled out major updates to the Umrah visa process for 2025, aimed at making the pilgrimage safer, more organized, and smoother for all pilgrims. These changes, effective from June 10, 2025, require stricter…

Dave Chappelle at Riyadh Comedy Festival/ Image: (Getty Images via The Independent) At Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival, Dave Chappelle used his stage time to weigh in on the volatile state of free speech in America. With irony at the heart of his performance, the comedian found a pointed contrast between speaking his mind…

Source: The Wall Street Journal Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has made history as the first person ever to surpass a net worth of $500 billion, highlighting his unrivaled influence in the global technology and business arena. This unprecedented milestone is driven largely by the soaring value of Tesla, his electric vehicle company, whose shares have…

The Ministry said the two were executed for founding a terrorist organization and producing explosives intended to kill security personnel/ Representative Image The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday that it had carried out the death penalty as a discretionary punishment against two Saudi citizens, following their conviction on charges of committing terrorist crimes….

Emirates NBD ends OTP codes, makes app approval mandatory for transactions Emirates NBD will replace one-time passwords (OTPs) sent by SMS or email with app-based verification through its ENBD X mobile app, starting a phased rollout on 1 November 2025 and extending to debit/credit card alerts soon after. The move follows a wider Central Bank…

Demonstrators and riot police face off during a protest (Image credits: AP) MEXICO CITY: The annual march to commemorate the 1968 massacre of protesting students in Mexico’s capital was eclipsed Thursday by demands to end a humanitarian crisis halfway around the world in Gaza. The October 2 march that has regularly been used not only…

Howard Lutnick makes bombshell claims on Jeffrey Epstein US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has alleged that high-profile associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were actively involved in Epstein’s illicit activities and may have been blackmailed with compromising videos. Speaking on the New York Post’s Miranda Divine Pod Force One podcast on Wednesday whether high-profile…