"Concealment"

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27 November 2025

Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.

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#13031738

27 November 2025

Former Nepali House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara is escorted in a police van from the central jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the district court following a court order to release him on bail in a gold smuggling case on November 27, 2025. Former Speaker and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara is arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in connection with a gold smuggling case. The Patan High Court orders his release on a bail amount of NRs 2 million. Mahara is arrested on October 12, 2025, following fresh instructions from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), which conducts an inquiry into his alleged involvement in smuggling gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in collaboration with a Chinese organized group. According to police, the CIAA seeks his detention to move forward with a renewed probe into his role in facilitating the entry of smuggled gold through the vape-import channel. Mahara is questioned by the CIAA only days earlier, on October 9, 2025. Although his name surfaces in the gold smuggling case three years ago, both the District Government Attorney's Office and Nepal Police previously free him during earlier rounds of investigation. Authorities now allege that Mahara uses his political influence to help a smuggling racket bring gold into Nepal in 2022, an operation that also leads to the arrest of his son, Rahul Mahara, on suspicion of involvement. In March 2024, Mahara is arrested from Kapilvastu and brought to Kathmandu for questioning related to the case. The Kathmandu District Court later remands him to custody, but he is allowed to stay at Norvic Hospital citing health complications. A high-level government commission led by former High Court Chief Judge Dilli Raj Acharya earlier criticizes the CIB for ''intentionally avoiding'' a full investigation into Mahara and other senior officials allegedly linked to large-scale gold smuggling.

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#12963841

8 November 2025

A ladybird beetle (Coccinellidae) larva, resembling a white flower due to its long wax filaments, approaches the protective frothy mass of a spittlebug nymph, known as "cuckoo spit," which conceals the nymph inside. Photographed in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on May 9, 2025.

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#12806880

28 September 2025

Sumy residents work on camouflage fabric to make camouflage clothing for Ukrainian soldiers.

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28 September 2025

A volunteer weaves a military camouflage net for autumn.

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28 September 2025

A woman sews a piece of autumn military camouflage clothing for the army.

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28 September 2025

Volunteers work in a workshop to make military camouflage netting for autumn.

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28 September 2025

A Sumy resident braids scraps to make a military camouflage net for autumn.

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28 September 2025

Volunteers select scraps of ochrea colors to make a military camouflage net for autumn.

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#12806887

28 September 2025

Volunteers work on the creation of camouflage nets for the Ukrainian army.

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28 September 2025

Volunteers work on the creation of camouflage nets for the Ukrainian army.

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28 September 2025

A Sumy resident shreds green fabric to make camouflage gear for the Ukrainian army.

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28 September 2025

Camouflage blankets with a thermal layer hide from Russian military drone cameras.

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#12778890

21 September 2025

NOWA DEBA, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: Snipers from the 3rd Podkarpacka Territorial Defense Brigade are seen training at the Nowa Dęba military training area during exercise Iron Defender 25 in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on September 18, 2025. Iron Defender 25, Poland’s largest military exercise of the year, is being conducted across multiple locations including Orzysz, Dęba, Ustka, and additional field sites, involving 30,000 troops and 600 military units from Poland and NATO allies to evaluate defense capabilities across land, air, sea, and cyber domains.

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#12778886

21 September 2025

NOWA DEBA, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: A sniper from the 3rd Podkarpacka Territorial Defense Brigade is seen training at the Nowa Dęba military training area during exercise Iron Defender 25 in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on September 18, 2025. Iron Defender 25, Poland’s largest military exercise of the year, is being conducted across multiple locations including Orzysz, Dęba, Ustka, and additional field sites, involving 30,000 troops and 600 military units from Poland and NATO allies to evaluate defense capabilities across land, air, sea, and cyber domains.

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21 September 2025

NOWA DEBA, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: Snipers from the 3rd Podkarpacka Territorial Defense Brigade are seen training at the Nowa Dęba military training area during exercise Iron Defender 25 in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on September 18, 2025. Iron Defender 25, Poland’s largest military exercise of the year, is being conducted across multiple locations including Orzysz, Dęba, Ustka, and additional field sites, involving 30,000 troops and 600 military units from Poland and NATO allies to evaluate defense capabilities across land, air, sea, and cyber domains.

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