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for you and with you. India struck multiple targets across Pakistan, and Pakistan retaliated

with strikes on Kashmir, parts of both countries' control. Not just one blast. There were

number of laws. So windows were shaking.

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The Supreme Court has allowed a ban on transgender people serving in the military.

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