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  400 yrs later, Georgia saint-queen returns home — from Goa church    The first visit by an external affairs minister to Georgia, since the country’s independence, has already made headlines for a seemingly symbolic act.                                                     External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday handed over to the Georgian government and the Georgian Orthodox Church the relics of queen Ketevan, a 17th century saint, who was murdered by the Safavid empire .              At the handing over ceremony Saturday, Jaishankar said: “Today is a special day, not only for Georgia, but also for India....

  Indians forced to work as cyber criminals in Myanmar .       About 300 Indians held hostage in Myanmar’s Myawaddy are forced to work as cyber criminals. Their passports have been seized . These people work for 16 hours a day without any pay and are tortured if they refuse to work . The “billion-dollar casino and tourism complex” in Myanmar is called Shwe Kokko, which is owned by Chinese businessman She Zhijiang . According to a Times of India report, hostages are electrocuted if they refuse to work at KK Park. One hostage told the publication that the camp where these people work is enclosed by high boundary walls manned by guards armed with sniper rifles .                                                                ...