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TRUMP BAN REVERSAL

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday he would reverse Twitter's ban on former US President Donald Trump. The decision to ban Trump from Twitter did not silence the former president's voice, but rather amplified his views among people on the political right, Musk said, calling the ban "morally wrong and flat-out stupid." Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter shortly after the January 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol.

FOREX FUNDING HEAT T

en people, including five government officials, have been detained for taking bribe on behalf of NGOs for allegedly facilitating violations of rules in receiving foreign donations, CBI sources said after a nationwide crackdown.

RUCKUS AT QUTAB MINAR T

he Delhi Police on Tuesday detained 44 right wing activists from outside Qutab Minar in the national capital after they tried reciting the 'Hanuman Chalisa' outside the monument. The origins of Qutab Minar are shrouded in controversy. Some right wing outfits believe that the minaret is actually Vishnu Stambh.

SINGAPORE BANS ‘K’ FILES T

he Kashmir Files, a controversial film on the exodus of Hindus from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s, has been banned by Singapore, which has cited concerns over its "potential to cause enmity between different communities". The film has been assessed to be "beyond" Singapore's film classification guidelines, news agency PTI has reported. "The film will be refused classification for its provocative and one-sided portrayal of Muslims and the depictions of Hindus being persecuted in the ongoing conflict in Kashmir," the Singapore government said in a statement on Monday.