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Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru president after narrow election win

Fujimori takes office promising an iron-fisted crackdown on crime, as critics fear a return to her father's tactics.

China cracks down on sales of decommissioned military equipment โ€˜to protect PLAโ€™s imageโ€™

Beijing has tightened its rules on the sale of military equipment to ban its sale through unauthorised channels. โ€œIn recent years, some business operators have openly sold, online and offline, goods โ€ฆ such as decommissioned and scrapped military equipment, causing an adverse impact and creating security risks,โ€ an administrative notice issued by multiple state bodies said. The notice โ€“ made public on Tuesday and published internally last week โ€“ covers everything from uniforms to machinery,...

Boom to bust: Gurugramโ€™s illegal PG business faces crackdown

Hundreds of professionals and families living in unauthorised paying guest accommodations and rented 1BHK and 1RK units across DLFโ€™s residential colonies in Gurugram were forced to vacate at short notice last month as authorities launched a sealing drive. With more than 5,000 properties under scrutiny, and thousands of tenants caught in limbo, The Hindu traces the human cost of the crackdown, the scramble for alternative housing, and the thriving rental economy built on widespread planning violations that had flourished for years

Greater Bengaluru Authority to take up citywide crackdown on abandoned vehicles occupying public space from July 10

The five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority will launch a joint drive with the Bengaluru Traffic Police to remove abandoned vehicles from roads and public spaces from July 10