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In case you missed it: News and newsmakers from India over the past week

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The Delhi High Court on June 15 ­granted bail to Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita of JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia바카라™s Asif Iqbal Tanha in a northeast Delhi riots case of 2020. In suppressing dissent, the State has blurred the line ­between protest and terrorist activity, and if such a mindset gains traction, it would be a 바카라śsad day for democracy바카라ť, the court said.

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For the first time in 12 years, Israelis on June 14 woke up to a new PM, after Naftali Bennett secured the backing of parliament and ousted longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu. The coalition includes three parties and Bennett will hold the premier바카라™s office for the first two years of the term. Foreign minister Yair Lapid will become PM after that.

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A 28-year-old Frenchman who ­described himself as an ­extreme-right 바카라śpatriot바카라ť was sentenced to four months in prison for slapping President Emmanuel Macron. Videos showed Damien Tarel slapping the French leader바카라™s left cheek and shouting a centuries-old royalist war cry바카라”바카라śMontjoie! Saint Denis!바카라ť

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