Due to the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan, the Indian government ordered states and URs to conduct mock drills on May 7. In pic: A rehearsal mock drill conducted by the Local NGO and scout volunteers at the Bara Tooti Chowk in Sadar Bazar Market in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (RAJ K RAJ/Hindustan Times))
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MHA said mock drills have been ordered to prepare states and UTs for ‘hostile attacks’ amid ‘new and complex threats’ that have emerged. In pic: Rehearsal of mock drill by civil defence at Lucknow police line on Tuesday, May 06, 2025. (Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times)
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Though the nationwide mock drills are a simulation, the large scale of the operation may raise questions among the public.(Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times)
Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel with its sniffer dogs and other gadgets and equipment conduct a mock drill rehearsal at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), in Mumbai on Tuesday.(ANI- X)
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Students rehearse a mock drill exercise at a school following the MHA's order for nationwide mock drills on May 7, in Jammu on Tuesday. (ANI)
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People protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside a detention center in Houston, Texas, on June 13, 2025. Activists call for the release of Margarita Avila, a migrant from Belize who was detained during a street altercation while working as a gardener. According to her relatives, the charges against her are dismissed, but US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) still keeps her in custody. (Photo by Mois�s �VILA / AFP)
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Israeli security forces inspect destroyed residential buildings that were hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
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US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump during the Congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Senate Republicans seeking to put their mark on the House-passed tax-and-immigration package are considering raising the state and local tax deduction cap to $30,000, lower than the House's $40,000 plan. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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An overnight curfew went into effect in protest-hit downtown Los Angeles on June 10, with Mayor Karen Bass earlier saying it was to "stop the vandalism, to stop the looting" after several days of unrest.
