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India unveils budget aimed at job creation and rural development, but cuts schemes for minorities
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Modi government's first budget since its narrow election victory earlier this year. The budget, unveiled on 23 July, focuses heavily on job creation, rural development and appeasing key coalition partners in an effort to regain political support, but cuts schemes meant for minority welfare. -
Injection proves 100% effective against AIDS in South Africa, Uganda trials
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'We are not just physical, we are spiritual', says St Lucia police commissioner during celebratory launch of new police chaplaincy
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Video of halted Christian worship in March surfaces in Indonesia
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Christian remained in captivity in Nigeria to aid elderly Muslim
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As marriage rates decrease in France, Protestant bodies highlight importance of biblical marriage, care for vulnerable in families
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Pakistan’s Christians join global chorus condemning mockery of Last Supper at Paris Olympics
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics has drawn significant backlash in Pakistan for its depiction of Leonardo da Vinci's painting "The Last Supper" with a "drag queen" performance, which many Christians view as disrespectful to religious beliefs. -

Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro claims victory amid widespread criticism of intransparent presidential election
After more than six hours of waiting following the closing of the polling stations, the National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE) announced the results for Sunday's presidential election. According to the CNE, with 80% of the tables counted, the official leader Nicolás Maduro would have obtained 51.20% of the votes, while the opposition candidate Edmundo González received 44.2%. The results were widely criticized as very unlikely and lacking transparency. -

Report shows hundreds of new churches planted in Australia since 2011
Some 428 new churches have been planted in states and territories across Australia in the past 13 years, according to latest data figures from a nationwide survey - and 168 of those since 2021. National Church Life Survey (NCLS) Research published the results this month, July, following the “snapshot” from the New Churches Database taken on April 12 2024. -

Unknown assailants shoot pastor dead in Laos
Pastor Thongkham Philavanh was feeding his chickens and ducks behind his house in Vanghay village, northwestern Laos, on Monday (July 22) when two men on motorcycles, faces covered, arrived. -

Crisis brewing in Anglican diocese in Pakistan amid corruption allegations
A serious crisis is brewing in the Diocese of Lahore of the Anglican Church of Pakistan after four directors of the Lahore Diocesan Trust Association (LDTA), which oversees missionary properties worth billions of rupees in Pakistan, moved the high court in Punjab Province alleging financial corruption and fraudulent practices in the organisation.
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Mozhda TV goes on air as first Afghan Christian TV channel in historic launch
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Islamic extremists kill Christians in mass shooting at funeral in Jordan
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Serbia’s Vučić concedes election to student movement; evangelical pastor calls result ‘a miracle’
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‘AI cannot pray for us’: Indian AI specialist urges pastors to own their sermons
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US delegation visit to Jordan, Jerusalem highlights status of evangelicals