In the backdrop of the attack of Chinese engineers in Pakistan, images have surfaced on social media showing Chinese workers at the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC, armed with AK-47 guns to protect themselves. July 14 saw an attack ...
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Mizoram declares border areas as ‘no flying’ zones for drones amid row with Assam.
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The Kolasib district administration in Mizoram has declared a number of border areas as ‘no fly’ zones amid its ongoing row with the neighboring state of Assam. Amid the ongoing border dispute with Assam, the Kolasib district administration in Mizoram ...
Death toll reaches 207, lakhs evacuated in flood-hit Maharashtra; widespread rain in northern plains.
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The death toll from landslides, floods, and other rain-related incidents in Maharashtra has climbed to 207. The northern states have also received widespread showers. The death toll in flood-hit Maharashtra rose to 207 on Tuesday and heavy rains coupled with ...
Afghanistan would be a ‘pariah state’ under Taliban takeover: Antony Blinken.
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Afghanistan would become a “pariah state” if the Taliban take control of the country by force and fail to respect the rights of its people, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. “An Afghanistan that does not respect ...
Outspoken billionaire Sun Dawu jailed for 18 years in China
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A prominent Chinese billionaire has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, the latest in a string of punishments against outspoken corporate bosses. Sun Dawu runs one of the country’s largest private agricultural businesses in the northern province of Hebei. ...
Pakistan’s great game in India and Afghanistan.
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While Pakistan will continue to exploit communal faultlines within India, it will use the Taliban to secure connectivity to central Asia minus India and to formalize the Durand Line. It is a worn-down cliché to say that the 1999 ...
AIADMK MLAs miffed with Coimbatore collector for receiving petition while remaining seated.
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The AIADMK MLAs were reportedly miffed with the Coimbatore district collector for receiving their petition while remaining seated on the chair. Former Tamil Nadu assembly deputy speaker Pollachi Jayaraman and other All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs ...
Maharashtra: How one city avoided worst of India floods
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When the western Indian city of Sangli went underwater on Saturday, Hasmukh Dani watched in horror. The 70-year-old has witnessed four floods since 1962 in his city in the state of Maharashtra. Known as the fertile black soil region of ...
Tokyo Olympics 2021 Live Updates: Boxer Pooja Rani enters quarters, archer Deepika Kumari in third round
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Boxer Pooja Rani got the better of Ichrak Chaib of Algeria to storm into the quarterfinals of the women’s middleweight category. Pooja is now a win away from securing a medal. Archer Deepika Kumari started her individual event in style, ...
China-Taliban ties warming ahead of US withdrawal.
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BEIJING: China’s foreign minister met Wednesday with a delegation of high-level Taliban officials as ties between them warm ahead of the US pullout from Afghanistan. A photo posted on the ministry’s website showed Wang Yi posing with senior ...