The Daily Populous

Monday July 14th, 2025 day edition

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In a cross-border offensive that was carried out by the Indian Army, four camps of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA-I) in Myanmar on July 13.

Reports have said that the ULFA's Lieutenant General Nayan Asom, a senior commander in the outfit's military wing, may be one of the casualties of the operation.

Reportedly, 100 drones were used in the attack that targeted the camp base.

Media reports quoted a source saying that the drone attack by the Indian Army allegedly killed several cadres of the camps.

Reports further said that self-styled Colonel of ULFA-I Ganesh Lahon alias Ganesh Axom was also killed in the drone attack.

ULFA-I commander Nayan Medhi, alias Nayan Asom, was killed in the initial assault, while senior leaders Brigadier Ganesh Asom and Colonel Pradip Asom were eliminated in a follow-up strike during Medhi’s funeral.

The group has confirmed three senior cadre deaths and over 19 injuries, and has declared India an aggressor, thus also vowing retaliation. »

Chimps are sticking grass and sticks in their butts, seemingly as a fashion trend

Authored by cbc.ca

A group of chimpanzees in Zambia have resurrected an old fashion trend with a surprising new twist.

The chimps, he says, have been putting blades of grass and sticks into their ears and anuses, and simply letting them dangle there for no apparent reason.

In fact, the researchers suspect the chimps learned the behaviour from people — the ear part, that is. »

Trump says US will send Ukraine Patriot air defense systems

Authored by globalnation.inquirer.net

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, United States — President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States would send Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine to help it fight off a Russian invasion, as his relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin soured.

“We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need,” Trump said, without specifying how many, just two weeks after Washington said it would pause some arms deliveries to Kyiv.

“We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military and they’re going to pay us 100 percent for them,” Trump told reporters. »

Man escapes prison by hiding in luggage of fellow cellmate as he's released in France

Authored by cbsnews.com

The 20-year-old prisoner escaped from Lyon-Corbas prison, near Lyon, southeast France, on Friday, broadcaster BFMTV reported.

His cellmate had completed his sentence and the escaped prisoner managed to hide in his laundry bag as he left prison, the outlet reported.

He "took advantage of the liberation of his fellow inmate to hide himself in his luggage and get out," the statement said. »