Forged high court orders got 129 websites blocked in India
The telecoms department acted on fake Allahabad and Rajasthan High Court orders. Police have opened a forgery case after the courts said the orders were never passed.
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Bahrain delays verdict in mass trial of 60 Shia clerics
Rights groups say confessions were taken under torture and lawyers were denied the case files. By their account, the 69 defendants face terrorism-related charges that include promoting Iran’s religious doctrine.
Hormuz will never return to pre-war status, Iran’s Ghalibaf says
Iran’s chief negotiator says Tehran and Oman will oversee the strait, and that Iran’s seven conditions come from the memorandum signed in Islamabad in June.
US judge lets Trump’s $10bn defamation suit against BBC go ahead
The judge found Trump plausibly alleged the Panorama edit harmed him but threw out a second claim. Trump must give evidence under oath by December 11.
Escitalopram best at keeping depression away, major study finds
A review of 115 trials found escitalopram, agomelatine, and duloxetine beat fluoxetine at preventing relapse. Experts say no one should switch medicine without a doctor.
1984 victims’ lawyer tells Sonia to prove memoir claims or apologise
H.S. Phoolka, now in the BJP, says the memoir’s account of the Army delay is “factually untenable” and that 6,000 troops sat in barracks while Sikhs were killed.
Iran designates Argentina’s navy and air force as ‘terrorist’ groups
Tehran called it a reciprocal move after Buenos Aires blacklisted the IRGC. Argentina says the designation is “completely baseless”.
Kuki body begins Manipur sit-ins over killing of two Taphou youths
The Committee on Tribal Unity says the government ignored its demands. The bodies remain unclaimed in an Imphal mortuary as the NIA takes over the case.
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat in upset
He unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith by a few thousand votes to become Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction. Democrats now hold at least 55 seats.
BMI alone misdiagnoses obesity in millions, global study finds
A new test adds waist size and organ health to BMI. It found only about a quarter of people labelled obese are actually ill from their weight.
