WION News Brief, February 22, 2018
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Arming teachers could stop school shootings, says Trump
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that arming teachers could help prevent massacres like last week’s mass shooting at a Florida high school, voicing support for an idea backed by the National Rifle Association gun rights group.
Migration from Bangladesh part of proxy war by Pakistan, supported by China: Army Chief
Migration from Bangladesh into India is "plannned", Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday. The migration, he added, is part of a proxy war by Pakistan and is supported by China, to keep India's Northeast region on the boil.
Avani Chaturvedi becomes first Indian woman to fly fighter jet
Flying officer Avani Chaturvedi created history when she become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft, an IAF official said.
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The Royals enter the Doctor Who universe: King Charles and Queen Camilla beam into Commonwealth Games in TARDIS
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Unitree Robotics targets $9 billion valuation in landmark IPO backed by DeepSeek and Tencent
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India names 27 sites in Arunachal Pradesh
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Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata OTT: When will Kangana Ranaut's film stream online?
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Shakib Al Hasan ready to return to Bangladesh—under one condition
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‘Fake news’: MEA rejects report claiming India sought defence pact with Israel after Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey deal
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Russia forms Ukrainian Volunteer Spetsnaz Brigade to fight Ukraine
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Drug-resistant fungus that hides in hair and enters bloodstream reported in 23 US states
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Technology transfer deal boosts India's defence manufacturing ambitions
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'Security can't be bought with Pakistan, Turkey deal': Iran tells Saudi Arabia
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Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth scripts history as Indian Air Force gets its first woman ‘Top Gun’ pilot
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RSS says Gen Z protests reflect genuine distress
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IAF officer held for sharing sensitive information in 'honey trap' case, booked under Official Secrets Act
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Jugal Hansraj reunites with Shekhar Kapur after 40 years for Masoom: The Next Generation
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India officially names 27 places in Arunachal to counter China's renaming claims
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US sanctions Iran’s crypto network after Strait of Hormuz attacks, offers $15m bounty for intel on IRGC finance
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"Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo when she flew a MiG-21 bison in her first solo flight," PTI quoting an official stated.
'S Durga' cleared by CBFC without any cuts, first screening to take place in Kolkata
In a relief to its makers, Malayalam film S Durga, which was dropped from the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) last year, has been cleared by the Revising Committee of the censor board without any cuts.
China upgrading air defence in Tibet to counter 'India threat', says state media
China is upgrading air defence of its Western Theatre Command, which looks after the security along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), to “confront any threat from India”, an official media report quoted a military expert as saying.