China’s new maritime rules designed to control the entry of foreign vessels in what Beijing calls “Chinese territorial waters” take effect. Background China considers South China Sea and the surrounding regions as Chinese territorial waters and wants to regulate foreign presence. Details The rules will have implications on military as well as commercial traffic in […]
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After the hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, US foreign policy is under serious criticism from policy experts across the globe. Following the US exit from Afghanistan, governments in Southeast Asia are watching if their region will now have priority as Washington refocuses its foreign policy goals. The calamity of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan over the
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The Union Territory Government of Ladakh on September 02 has announced snow leopard as its state animal and black-necked crane as state bird. Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said, “Ladakh Union Territory administration has announced snow leopard as its state animal and black-necked crane as its state bird. Black-necked crane is found in eastern Ladakh’s
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The Indian Army contingent will participate in the multi-nation military exercise, ‘ZAPAD 2021’, at Nizhny in Russia from Friday. The 14-day-long activity is aimed at enhancing military and strategic ties amongst the participating nations. ZAPAD 2021 is one of the theatre level exercises of the Russian Armed Forces and will focus primarily on operations against terrorists.
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Veteran Kashmiri separatist leader and former chief of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away. Syed Ali Gilani was born on 29 September, 1929, to Syed Peer Shah Gilani of Zoori Munz village in Tehsil Bandipora. . He was 91 years old Gilani received his early education at Sopore and finished his studies
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Sri Lanka on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports. With the country suffering a hard-hitting economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he ordered emergency regulations to counter the hoarding of sugar, rice and other essential foods. The Sri Lankan rupee has fallen by 7.5% against
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IRS officer JB Mohapatra was on Wednesday appointed as the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. His appointment was approved today by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). He has already served as the acting chairman of the CBDT. A 1985-batch IRS officer, Mohapatra was given the additional charge as CBDT chairman after
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America based Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley has maintained the GDP growth forecast of India at 10.5 percent for the financial year 2021-22 (FY2022). GDP growth is expected to move into positive territory on a two-year CAGR basis from QE September. GDP grew 20.1 per cent year-on-year in the quarter ending June. On a two-year CAGR basis,
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Bigg Boss 13 winner actor Sidharth Shukla has passed away due to a heart attack at Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital on Thursday, 2 September, as per reports. Sidharth was 40 years old. Hospital sources told India Today that Sidharth took some medicine before sleeping and didn’t wake up. The hospital later confirmed to the publication that he passed on because
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New Delhi, Sep 1 Scientists of the Indian Institutes of Technology, Ropar and Kanpur and the Faculty of Management Studies of Delhi University have developed a living plant-based air purifier, “Ubreathe Life”, that amplifies the air purification process in indoor spaces, a statement said on Wednesday. Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Ropar and Kanpur and Faculty
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