NEW DELHI: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that India armed forces it has improved capabilities achieve parity with the PLA of China and be able to give the appropriate response to any provocation. “Today, in 2020, the Indian armed forces engage with Chinese forces on an equal footing …
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NEW DELHI: A guarantee that India will use its vaccine production and distribution capacity for the benefit of the whole world, a strong tone for UN reforms, and a subtle message to China: that India’s friendship with any country will not it is directed to a third country. formed the …
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CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal announced Saturday night his decision to break his 24-year alliance with BJP less than 10 days after he stepped down from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government with the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal on the approval of three agro-marketing bills in Parliament. The alliance between SAD …
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NEW DELHI: Amid the border clash with China in eastern Ladakh, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday he said that it is an ongoing issue and that “we must have confidence in our armed forces and in their ability to secure our interests.” Jaishankar said that it is also necessary …
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MUMBAI: Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sign MP Sanjay raut they met here on Saturday, sparking speculation in political circles, while the BJP denied that their discussion had any political aspect. Raut, whose strident anti-BJP stance on the power-sharing formula after last year’s state Assembly elections …
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UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked on Saturday how long India, the world’s largest democracy and home to 1.3 billion people, will be kept outside the decision-making structures of the United Nations, stating that reform in the responses, the processes, and in the very character of the global body …
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PUNE: Adar Poonawalla, executive director of the Serum Institute of India (SII), which is producing the possible coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford, asked on Saturday if the government will have 80 billion rupees available to buy and distribute the vaccine . “Quick question: will the government of …
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NEW DELHI: Spurred by the success of Ram Lalla Virajman’s 1989 civil lawsuit to obtain ownership of the disputed Ayodhya land in 2019, Srikrishna Virajman filed a civil lawsuit in a Mathura court on Friday seeking the property of a full 13.37 acres of Krishna Janmabhumi’s land and its disposal. …
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NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over in India and there is no room for “false optimism” as numbers are rising rapidly with the easing of restrictions creating an atmosphere of fatalism, The Lancet said in an editorial. “The epidemic in India is far from over, with a …
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In a strong message, Indian delegate Mijito Vinito on Friday called Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s virtual speech at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) full of “lies, misinformation and warmongering.” Vinito, who had left the room during Khan’s prerecorded speech at the UNGA, where the prime minister raised …
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