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INS Arighat's K-4 missile test: A giant leap in India’s naval defence
3 weeks, 3 days ago

INS Arighat's K-4 missile test: A giant leap in India’s naval defence

Firstpost  

India’s successful test of the K-4 missile from INS Arighaat has solidified its position as a critical player in the Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean The missile, capable of striking targets up to 3,500 kilometres away, significantly enhances India's nuclear triad, which comprises land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, air-launched weapons, and now, sea-based SLBMs. INS Arighaat India’s successful test of its newly …

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India can use its position to convince Russia to join peace talks: Ukraine envoy
3 months, 1 week ago

India can use its position to convince Russia to join peace talks: Ukraine envoy

Hindustan Times  

Ukraine is looking to India to moderate dialogue with Russia since New Delhi can use its position on the global stage to convince Moscow of the need to join peace talks, Ukrainian ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk said on Wednesday. Polishchuk said Zelenskyy appreciated India’s participation in meetings on Ukraine’s peace formula The Ukrainian side expects India to share responsibility on global …

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BJP to contest Maharashtra Assembly polls under collective leadership
3 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP to contest Maharashtra Assembly polls under collective leadership

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that it will fight the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections under collective leadership, moving away from its previous strategy of centring campaigns around a single figure. The decision to adopt a collective leadership approach comes as the BJP seeks to strengthen its position across various regions and communities in Maharashtra. In a core committee …

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Will the UK’s policy on Israel-Palestine shift under new PM Starmer?
5 months, 1 week ago

Will the UK’s policy on Israel-Palestine shift under new PM Starmer?

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians in Gaza have little hope the Labour leader will ease their plight as experts point to possible areas where policy could shift. “The Conservative Prime Minister Arthur Balfour gave Israel land in Palestine.” War in Gaza ‘top of mind in terms of foreign policy’ Al-Kurd is a teacher with UNRWA, the agency that several countries including the UK stopped …

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Will South Africa’s new coalition gov’t change tack on Israel-Palestine?
6 months, 1 week ago

Will South Africa’s new coalition gov’t change tack on Israel-Palestine?

Al Jazeera  

While the new government includes parties neutral about Israel’s war on Gaza, ANC insists it will still support Palestine. Now, five months later, the ANC has stitched together a coalition government to rule the country with the DA and to a lesser extent the PA and the nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party, raising concerns about how South Africa’s approach to Israel …

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Yili firmly holds its position in top 5 global dairy giants, says Rabobank
1 year, 3 months ago

Yili firmly holds its position in top 5 global dairy giants, says Rabobank

China Daily  

Yili ranks among the top 5 global dairy companies in a list released by Rabobank. According to the 2023 Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list released by Rabobank on Aug 29, Yili has secured a spot in the top five global dairy companies and has once again become the only Chinese dairy enterprise to enter the global top five. This …

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Brazil orders Google to halt campaign against speech bill
1 year, 7 months ago

Brazil orders Google to halt campaign against speech bill

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Justice Ministry on Tuesday ordered Google to stop conducting what it called a propaganda campaign against Brazilian legislation aimed at curbing misinformation, or face about $200,000 per hour in fines. The legislation, hotly contested by big tech companies including Google, would establish fines and deadlines for removing misinformation and hate speech from social media and messaging …

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Regulating Big Tech gets a push
2 years, 2 months ago

Regulating Big Tech gets a push

Hindustan Times  

It was 16 years ago, in 2006, when the Oxford and Webster dictionaries recognised google as a verb to describe the act of looking something up on the internet. Through this period of boom, Google has not just retained its position as the gateway to the internet, but also entrenched it and expanded into new domains of personal digital devices …

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Competition Commission slaps ₹1,338-crore penalty on Google for unfair practices
2 years, 2 months ago

Competition Commission slaps ₹1,338-crore penalty on Google for unfair practices

The Hindu  

The Competition Commission on October 20 imposed a penalty of ₹1,337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile device ecosystem. In the release, the regulator said it has imposed a penalty of ₹1,337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile device ecosystem apart from …

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China is hardening its position along LAC; US Secretary of Defense
2 years, 6 months ago

China is hardening its position along LAC; US Secretary of Defense

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin said on Saturday that China has continued to harden its position along the Line of Actual Control with India. Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Mr Austin said, “We see Beijing continue to harden its position along the border that it shares with India.” This is the second time this week …

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China continues to ‘harden its position’ along border with India: U.S. Defence Secretary
2 years, 6 months ago

China continues to ‘harden its position’ along border with India: U.S. Defence Secretary

The Hindu  

Beijing continues to “harden its position” along the border that it shares with India, U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin said on Saturday while stating that the People’s Republic of China adopts a more “coercive and aggressive approach” to its territorial claims. “We’re also working together to make the region’s security architecture more transparent and more inclusive.” Mr. Austin …

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Is India’s position on Russia affecting its relationship with the U.S.?
2 years, 8 months ago

Is India’s position on Russia affecting its relationship with the U.S.?

The Hindu  

Last week, India’s strategic partner, the U.S., warned of consequences for any country, including India, which conducts local currency transactions through Russia’s central bank or constructs a payment mechanism that subverts or circumvents the U.S.’s sanctions against Russia. India’s consistent neutral position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, informed by its choices, has antagonised many countries, including the U.S. Will the …

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Jammu & Kashmir: Political parties gearing up to take on the Centre
3 years ago

Jammu & Kashmir: Political parties gearing up to take on the Centre

The Hindu  

POLITICAL parties in Jammu and Kashmir have swung into brisk campaigning mode even though there is no confirmation from either the Election Commission or the Centre that elections will be held in 2022 and the Delimitation Commission is yet to finish its task of redrawing the Assembly constituencies of the Union Territory. Omar’s salvos At a well-attended rally in Doda …

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Australia attacks China's policy of economic punishment at the WTO, accuses it of contravening rules
3 years, 2 months ago

Australia attacks China's policy of economic punishment at the WTO, accuses it of contravening rules

ABC  

Australian diplomats have used a regular international review of China's trade policies to blast Beijing's campaign of economic punishment against Australia, warning its behaviour could drive away trading partners and undermine international confidence in China. Key points: Australia's WTO representative has explicitly accused China of imposing restrictions on goods in political retaliation The new comments may signal Australia is willing …

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Palestinians not counting on change as Bennett replaces Netanyahu
3 years, 6 months ago

Palestinians not counting on change as Bennett replaces Netanyahu

Al Jazeera  

Palestinian leaders say new Israeli PM Naftali Bennett is likely to pursue the same right-wing agenda as Benjamin Netanyahu. Palestinian groups have dismissed the change in Israel’s government, saying new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is likely to pursue the same right-wing agenda as his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s office called the Israeli parliamentary vote on Sunday …

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Union snubs jabs for teachers: Hardline bosses accused of waging class war
3 years, 10 months ago

Union snubs jabs for teachers: Hardline bosses accused of waging class war

Daily Mail  

A hardline teaching union last night turned its back on a bold plan to vaccinate the country's entire classroom staff and get pupils back to school in weeks. Under the emergency scheme, 150 independent schools and state academies would become vaccination hubs, with medically trained staff inoculating school workers for 16 hours a day Professor Alan Smithers, director of the …

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RCEP and China: A deal that can make a difference
4 years ago

RCEP and China: A deal that can make a difference

The Hindu  

Amonth after the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement by 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, speculation on what its economic and strategic fallout could be has waned. Moreover, other than reducing tariffs from already low levels and harmonising clauses relating to different aspects of trade in the different agreements that rule in the region, the new deal …

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Naga peace talks at a dead end?
4 years, 2 months ago

Naga peace talks at a dead end?

The Hindu  

M ore than five years after the Narendra Modi government signed a Framework Agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, trust deficit and disagreement over the interpretation of its content threaten to push the ongoing peace talks to a dead end. The NSCN has been insisting on a solution on the principle of “shared sovereignty”, which it claims was …

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First time Jamia Millia Islamia placed among top 10 universities in MHRD's NIRF-2020 India Ranking
4 years, 6 months ago

First time Jamia Millia Islamia placed among top 10 universities in MHRD's NIRF-2020 India Ranking

India Today  

Jamia Millia Islamia has for the first time attained the position with the top ten universities in the MHRD's National Institutional Ranking Framework India Ranking Report -2020 released by the HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' today. Jamia's ranking by other organisations JMI maintained its position for third consecutive year in the coveted Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings-2021 released last Tuesday. …

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