The death of a former head of China’s one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week.

Turkish authorities say firearms were seized and efforts to trace further suspected members are continuing. 

​Turkish authorities say firearms were seized and efforts to trace further suspected members are continuing.  

A significant blow to the Maoist insurgency occurred in Odisha’s Kandhamal district as central committee member Ganesh Uike, with a Rs 1.2 crore bounty, was killed in an encounter. Security forces gunned down Uike and three associates in a forest, recovering weapons and ammunition.