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Former US president Donald Trump is facing 37 counts in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, according to the unsealed indictment released Friday, with federal prosecutors accusing him of illegally keeping top secret files on US nuclear and defense programs.

The Justice Department said that when he left the White House in January 2021, Trump took with him highly classified files from the Pentagon, CIA, National Security Agency and other intelligence bodies.

Trump kept them unsecured at his Mar-a-Lago residence and club in Florida, which regularly hosted large social events involving tens of thousands of guests, according to the indictment filed in federal court in Florida.

China has invested in the construction of military infrastructure in the Shaksgam Valley which could, in the medium term, pose a military threat to Indian forces in Ladakh, Pardafas reported.

In the last several years, China has kept up military pressure on India, through its incursions across the Line of Actual Control (LAC). While this fact has been recognized by the international community, a recent study by Northwestern University shows that China’s incursions are strategically planned with the objective of making a permanent Chinese presence in these areas, Pardafas reported. Border transgressions and incursions are well documented in all three sectors of the 3,488 km long border that India officially shares with China. However, far more sinister military aggression has been underway in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK), Pardafas reported.

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday, June 7 assured the protesting wrestlers that the Wrestling Federation of India elections will be held by June 30 after meeting with them at his residence in New Delhi. Anurag Thakur also told the wrestlers that the police investigation into their allegations of sexual harassment against former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh would be completed by June 15 and would inform the wrestlers about the status of the investigation.

The Union Sports Minister spoke to the press on Wednesday evening after an hours-long meeting with the protesting wrestlers., who demanded the arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Olympic medalists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia were among the wrestlers who met Anurag Thakur.

The Railways on Monday announced the official death toll of the Odisha three-train crash has touched 278, as three more individuals have tragically lost their lives due to their injuries. Although the state government’s revised toll remains unchanged at 275.

Khurda Road division DRM Rinkesh Ray said that apart from 278 deaths, 1,100 people were injured in the June 2 accident. On the state government’s toll remaining at 275, he said, “Figures do change with time.” The toll was earlier put at 288, which the state government revised to 275 on Sunday, claiming some bodies were counted twice.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday held a meeting Airlines Advisory Group to discuss the issue of the rise in airfares. In the hour-long meeting, Scindia shared his concerns regarding recent reports of abnormal surge pricing on certain Air Routes.

The union minister shared his concerns regarding recent reports of abnormal surge pricing on certain routes. Scindia emphasised that airlines must self-monitor airfares on certain select routes that have seen considerable surge pricing recently, including those that were earlier being serviced by Go First - a mechanism for ensuring reasonable pricing within the high RBDs (Reservation Booking Designator) may be devised by airlines.