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U.K. PM In an effort to survive, Liz Truss fires Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng.

 In a last-ditch effort to survive the economic and political unrest engulfing the nation, British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday, just before she is anticipated to abandon portions of their economic package. Mr. Kwarteng claimed that after hastily returning to London from IMF talks in Washington the previous night, he had resigned at Ms. Truss's request. Downing Street said that Ms. Truss, who has just been in office for 37 days, will make a news conference later on Friday. You requested me to step down as your Chancellor, therefore I will. Mr. Kwarteng announced his resignation to Truss in a letter that he also made public on Twitter, adding, "I have accepted. In response, Ms. Truss remarked, "As a long-time friend and colleague. I regret greatly losing you to the government. We have the same goals in mind. Mr. Kwarteng will be replaced by Jeremy Hunt, a former foreign and health secretary. After her government began looking...

Russian imports | India received no weaponry from the West for decades: Jaishankar

 The Western nations chose a military dictatorship in the region as their preferred partner and did not provide weapons to New Delhi for decades, according to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on October 10, an apparent reference to Pakistan. As a result, India has a sizable stockpile of weapons of Soviet and Russian origin. Mr. Jaishankar added that India and Russia have a long-standing partnership that has undoubtedly benefited New Delhi's interests during a news conference with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong in Canberra. "We have a sizable stockpile of weaponry with Soviet and Russian origins. And for a number of reasons, that inventory increased. You know, the merits of the weapons systems themselves, but also because Western nations for many years refused to give weapons to India and actually saw a military dictatorship right next to us as the preferred partner, Mr. Jaishankar said, making an apparent reference to Pakistan, which was a close ally of the U.S.-...

According to FM Sitharaman, India is taking action against spam.

 According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Indian government is taking action against practises like spamming and hacking into personal data, particularly in the banking industry. At a news conference held here on Saturday, Ms. Sitharaman said the government had withdrawn the previous data protection bill and that the new one will likely be introduced sooner. She was speaking to a group of Indian reporters at the event. Action is being taken against spam and unwanted calls and messages in the interim. According to FM, the government is making a lot of effort to stop these unethical actions. Of course, they continue to arrive. It's not as if nothing happened yesterday and nothing has happened today. The administration is very concerned about this issue, and attempts are being made, yet they keep popping up like mushrooms, the finance minister responded to a question. According to FM, there is a purposeful effort to ensure that the consent of the data owner is used and us...