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🇮🇳🇷🇺 There is no evidence supporting claims that the MV Golden Leo was carrying arms. Commercial cargo vessel MV Golden Leo was carrying a civilian cargo of corn when it was attacked while departing the port of Odesa through the Black Sea and 4 Innocent Lives were lost. We need an apology not blunt answers Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳 Foreign based NGOs that actively provide a biase and work on Indian political, governance, human rights, religious freedom, security, environmental or policy issues 📍 🇬🇧Amnesty International (UK) 🇺🇸Human Rights Watch (US) 🇨🇭International Commission of Jurists (Switzerland) 🇫🇷International Federation for Human Rights (France) 🇮🇪Front Line Defenders (Ireland) 🇿🇦CIVICUS (South Africa) 🇬🇧Christian Solidarity Worldwide (UK) 🇳🇱Open Doors International (Netherlands) 🇺🇸International Christian Concern (US) 🇬🇧🇺🇸Jubilee Campaign (UK/US) 🇳🇱Greenpeace International (Netherlands) 🇨🇭WWF International (Switzerland) Rainforest Action Network (US) 🇿🇦Labour & Development ActionAid International (South Africa) 🇰🇪Oxfam International (Kenya) 🇨🇭CARE International (Switzerland) ☪️ Indian American Muslim Council 🪯 Sikh Coalition, Sikhs for Justice Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳🪖🇦🇺 Indian Air Force Contingent interacted with Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese during the opening ceremony of Exercise PITCH BLACK 2026 at Darwin. Four Rafale aircrafts with around 100 Air Warriors from the IAF are currently taking part in the excercise Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳🇮🇱 Bharat Tex 2026: 10-member trade delegation representing Israeli textile importers visited New Delhi to conduct Buyer-Seller Meetings (B2B interactions) with Indian manufacturers, exporters and textile mills. ✍️ Bharat Tex 2026 was India's mega global textile trade fair. The 2026 edition of Bharat Tex generated an estimated $2.8 billion in serious business inquiries globally and saw over ₹14,300 crore in domestic investment commitments/MoUs. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🎥The International Narrative Campaign Has Begun In Full Swing Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇵🇰 New Achivement According to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) - Pakistan has been ranked 1st globally. ✍️ Pakistan moved to Rank 1 on the index with a score of 8.574, surpassing nations like Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria. ✍️ The country recorded 1,139 terrorism related deaths and 1,045 terror incidents, representing its deadliest level of terrorist violence since 2013. 6th Consecutive Year of Increase ✍️Over 74% of all terror attacks and 67% of total deaths occurred in two provinces: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳⛔🇹🇷 Shortly after July 2016, the Turkish Embassy in New Delhi and its Consulate in Mumbai formally submitted lists of Gülen-linked organizations to India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ministry of Home Affairs. Turkey identified roughly 9 to 10 schools, cultural centers and think tanks in India, including the Indo-Turk Educational and Cultural Foundation and Horizon International Schools operating in cities like New Delhi and Kolkata Turkey called for the immediate closure of these institutions, the freezing of their assets, and the eventual transfer of control to Turkey's state-backed Maarif Foundation. 🇮🇳 Wholeheartedly India Rejected the Demand. Follow: @SouthBlocReports 3/3.

$900 Million was the total state budget allocated to the Maarif Foundation from the Turkish Ministry of Education between 2016 and 2025/2026. 162 Schools across 29 countries was the number of Gülen-linked institutions targeted for closure, confiscation, or forced transfer. 7,800 Staff were affected.. The report argues that using state power to target a specific civilian group abroad depriving them of property, employment, and legal protection without due process meets the threshold of persecution under Article 7 of the Rome Statute International Criminal Court Follow: @SouthBlocReports 2/3

🇹🇷☪️ Turkish President Erdoğan has spent Erdogan has spent nearly $1 Billion Building Global School Network that investigators say is used to "Export Political Islam" and Target Opponents Abroad" - Report published by Solidarity with Others (a Belgium-based human rights organization) regarding the Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMV). ✍️Here's The Breakdown: The Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMV) was established by the Turkish government in 2016 following the failed coup attempt. It is mandated as the sole state backed entity authorized to open and run schools abroad on behalf of Turkey. The primary goal of the foundation has been to dismantle, seize or replace educational institutions globally that were previously operated by the Gülen movement (Hizmet), which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses of orchestrating the 2016 coup attempt.. Follow: @SouthBlocReports 1/3

​"Responsible global journalism demands equal weight for a nation's developments, milestones and its challenges. Prioritizing chaos over progress isn't news coverage - "it is deliberate narrative manipulation." Follow: @SouthBlocReports

Major International Media's Covering and Fueling the Protests Are: 🇹🇷TRT World Turkey 🇶🇦Al Jazeera Qatar 🇨🇳South China Morning Post 🇬🇧BBC 🇬🇧The Guardian UK 🇦🇺 ABC News Australia 🇺🇸 CNN US 🇫🇷 France 24 🇩🇪Deutsche Welle Germany Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🌍🇮🇳 How Narrative Framing From International Media's will happen in India in the coming days.. ✍️ Phase 1 - Humanizing the Protesters: You will see a shift attention away from the specific policy issues like exam leak regulations and focuses on personal stories. They feature profiles of young students, organizers and affected individuals to establish an emotional connection narrative ✍️ Phase 2 - Broadening the Scope - The story is being escalated from student demands or youth grievances into systemic narrative framing it as widespread youth disillusionment, economic instability or institutional failure itself. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇨🇦🇵🇰 Canadian Foriegn Minister - Anita Anand Meets Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Islamabad. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

"International news coverage on India often presents a conflict-first perspective that fails to capture the full reality of a sovereign nation of 1.4 billion people. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

French Defence Chief General (Air) Fabien Mandon held talks with Indian Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh in New Delhi on July 20, 2026. The discussion focused on expanding bilateral defense cooperation, prioritizing collaborative design, development, and production under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat framework, building upon key outcomes from the Prime Minister's recent trip to France. 🇮🇳🤝🇫🇷 Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇾🇪🇸🇦 Houthis Have Declared ​Naval Blockade Announcement through Bab-el-Mandeb 🇮🇳✍️ Effects On India ?? - Approximately 80% of India’s trade with Europe, valued at tens of billions of dollars annually transits through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and Suez Canal - Rerouting around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope increases ocean shipping distances by roughly 40%. - Increase Freight Time by 14 to 20 days of transit time. - This trade corridor carries over $110 billion worth of Indian merchandise annually. - India exports roughly 4.5 to 5 million metric tonnes of Basmati rice annually, with significant volumes destined for Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East through Bad El Mandeb - Exporters in clusters like Surat, Tirupur and Ludhiana face working capital pinches because payment cycles are tied to delivery confirmations, which are now delayed by up to 3 weeks. - MOP shipments face 15-day delays, forcing the Indian government to release domestic buffer stocks to shield farmers during sowing seasons. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳🇦🇺 Meet Ellie Grounds - Field Reporter for ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) She's In Delhi Covering the CJP Jantar Mantar Protests Notably she was also covering the Bangladesh Protests which overthrew Sheikh Hasina Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳🤝🇲🇩 Chișinău - Moldova President Maia Sandu meets Indian President - Droupadi Murmu ✍️Takeaways: - India announced it will double the ITEC training slots and scholarships for Moldovan professionals. - Reaffirmed ongoing cooperation under the International Solar Alliance (ISA). India invited Moldova to join the Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). - Agreed to boost cooperation in cutting-edge fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cyber diplomacy, including specialized courses for Moldovan diplomats in India. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇺🇸🪖🇧🇩 United States and Bangladesh Kickstart Exercise "Tiger Lightning" Follow: @SouthBlocReports