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Ramayana and the Mahabharata or family histories, these were always narrated by elders, with vivid descriptions that would fire young imaginations. Children were rarely ever shown pictures of Ravana’s giant sleeping brother Kumbhakaran. Instead, every listener conjured his own image in their minds. However, the evolution of technology through the years juxtaposed this oral tradition with newer forms of storytelling. For instance, the mass production of books brought with it the need for stan...

Myriad reasons enabled Trump supporters to congregate on Capitol Hill and storm the Capitol Building on January 6th. Public introspection in light of such a monumental failure is only natural, with the focus being on poor planning and a dysfunctional defense of the innermost sanctum of American democracy by the Capitol Police Force. This failure is even more jarring considering that the Capitol Police Force is one of the world’s largest forces meant to police such a small area. The operationa...

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Kaduna State Government,KDSG, has described as false reports that helicopters were supplying arms to criminal gangs in the state. The attention of the Kaduna State Government,KDSG was drawn to the circulation of a story by certain blogs and social media pages, alleging that helicopters supplied gunmen with arms at Ungwan Dankali and Tsallaken Dogo in Zaria local government area on the night of Wednesday 6th January 2021. This was contained in a statement signed by Samu...

iMotorbike makes fresh foray into Vietnam 18:05 | 28/12/2020 iMotorbikes Vietnam country manager Van Huynh (middle) and other event sponsors The iMotorbike platform serves motorcycle manufacturers, dealers, service providers, and also consumers by providing services such as market research, financing, and insurance. Additionally, iMotorbikes mission is to support the business of producers of parts and other related products such as lubricants and additives, amon...

  The US Department of Defense is planning to withdraw most support for CIA counter-terror missions by the beginning of next year, in a move expected to have a broad effect on the scope of the intelligence agency’s paramilitary operations, a senior defense official and former senior administration official with direct knowledge of the move told CNN. Reportedly, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller informed CIA Director Gina Haspel of the decision in a letter. The same report said Bid...

Threat is this? >> well, ana insecurities abound in mar-a-lago, and im not just talking about the presidents ego here. mar-a-lago is not a controlled presidential site like camp david or the white house. it is a temporary site, really a commercial private entity which means the secret service does not control security. the host does. and what we know is two chinese nationals just this year alone as you mentioned have trespassed, but actually invited guests pose counter intelligence risks. they h...

Thank god we actually try cases to commonsense people because you never get positive evidence, you never get testimony of somebody who says i am biased or document that says i am biased. you evaluate the conduct before you and draw irrational inferences from what people say and do and as or what himself said, the bias question is an open question. >> i want to do a lightning round to hear from all 3 of you on this but i want you to weigh in on whether or not or to what level surveillance was use...

He was even there when u.s. forces launched their daring raid and left with american special ops. >> in terms of the role of the syrian kurds in the baghdadi raid, they played a critical role in some of the human intelligence and information that helped us identify where this man was. so we could go get him. so i think they -- again, they played a key role in this, and we have to acknowledge that. >> reporter: for president trump, the kurds seemed to be an afterthought. >> this raid was impeccab...

The attorney general. bill bar is looking into this, not that keen on the conclusion. a lot of reports there as well. but now theyre dialling back on it. im wondering if its a nothing burger. in my case, if you get a burger, its never a nothing. leaving that aside, what do you make of that? >> people are so frustrated. we already know from reporting and peoples admissions that they made under oath, there was widespread surveillance of the trump campaign. that involved wiretaps, human intelligenc...

National identity the way we do in the west. it is a geographical regional area. there just isnt a fabric sound together the way we think of our country and that is why the taliban and is able to be successful. i think what we need to understand is, is the talibans goals within the country of afghanistan and pakistan, or do they have goals and intent beyond that that really would threaten us? and that is the decision we have to make. but to call it peace talks with the taliban, to me, just as po...