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Arpan Rai

Asia Reporter

Arpan Rai is a correspondent for The Independent based out of India. She covers human rights issues, political affairs and wildlife conservation efforts and tracks other big stories from Asia. She has also covered the Ukraine war in daily live blogs for The Independent. Prior to this, she has worked with the digital arm of India’s leading daily Hindustan Times, news website The Quint and New Delhi’s only tabloid Mail Today, and covered gender issues, education rights and India’s federal administration.

<p>Surveillance cameras outside The Satanic Temple’s headquarters show a man walking towards the building wearing black pants, a black face covering, a tan-coloured tactical vest and gloves</p>

Oklahoma man accused of throwing pipe bomb at Satanic Temple arrested

<p>Rahul Gandhi arrives with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to file his nomination papers for the national elections, in Wayanad, Kerala </p>

Who is Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi’s chief rival?

<p>Belgium EU Summit</p>

Press Putin to end Ukraine war, Germany urges China’s Xi Jinping

<p>Shahjahan Kabir, chairman of KSRM Group, speaks at a press conference after Somali pirates freed their cargo vessel MV Abdullah and its crew members, in Chittagong</p>

Somali pirates free hijacked vessel MV Abdullah after counting ransom