Category: India

US shifting military to face Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asia: Mike Pompeo

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The Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asia is one of the reasons the United States is reducing its troop presence in Europe, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday in response to a question at the Brussels Forum virtual conference. Pompeo was asked why the US had reduced the number of troops it has based in Germany. The US Secretary of State said that if US troops were no longer there, it was because they were being moved to face other places. The actions of the Chinese Communist…

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Border tensions between India and China continue, PLA opens a new front in Depsang Bulge

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Around 30 km south-east from the important airstrip of Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), the Chinese army has moved and deployed in large numbers up to a place called Y-junction or Bottleneck on the Depsang plains. As India and China grapple with rising tensions in the Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Pangong Tso on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Chinese army has crossed the border in another strategic area to the north, the Depsang plains. This intrusion is seen as another attempt by the Chinese to shift the LAC…

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Post deadly clash on LAC, India’s Prime Minister denies Chinese incursion

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Prime Minister’s remarks came after talks with party heads, with opposition leaders raising the issue of intelligence failures India’s prime minister has said the country is “hurt and angry” at the killing of 20 soldiers by Chinese forces in a disputed Himalayan border region but appeared to downplay the incident in a public address, denying there had been any incursion into Indian territory. “Nobody has intruded into our border, neither is anybody there now nor have our posts been captured,” Narendra Modi said in a televised speech on Friday after…

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India-China border tension: A new flashpoint in South Asia

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At least 20 Indian soldiers have been killed after a violent confrontation with Chinese troops in the Himalayan region of Ladakh in the deadliest clash in nearly 50 years, with experts warning of a new geopolitical flashpoint in South Asia. New Delhi blamed Beijing for Monday’s clash in Galwan Valley near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) where the Chinese and Indian troops have been engaged in a standoff since early last month. The heightened tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries have drawn international concerns, with the UN urging both…

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‘84% Indian households suffered a decrease in monthly income since lockdown’

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The economic distress in India caused by lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus is dire. Nearly 84% of Indian households is seeing decreases in income since the lockdown began. Nearly a third of all households will not be able to survive beyond a week without additional assistance. This was stated in a study, titled “How Are Indian Households Coping Under the Covid-19 Lockdown? 8 Key Findings”, carried out by experts at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and the Mumbai-based Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE). “Direct…

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‘Ram Baan’ New India has a solution to all its problems – Blame the Muslim

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The ‘Muslim’ angle ensures that the otherwise silent Modi ministers turn into overnight activists, and the social media ‘warriors’ are never short of an issue to let their bigotry out. By -Jyoti Yadav New India has a new solution — a Ram baan, if you may. If you have a problem or are caught in a difficult situation, you only need to find a Muslim to put the blame on. Not only can you effectively manage the situation, but you can also activate Hindu ‘warriors’ on social media, and drive the police…

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2550 Foreign Tablighi Jamaat members blacklisted by MHA from entering India for 10 years

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A total of 2,550 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members, who were staying in India in violation of visa rules during the nationwide lockdown implemented to combat the Covid-19 spread, have been blacklisted by the Home Ministry, according to a PTI report on Thursday. The 2,550 foreign nationals will not be allowed to enter into India for next 10 years, the news report said quoting MHA officials. A large congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat in the Nizamuddin area of the national capital New Delhi in March had emerged as a major…

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Why Indians get pissed off with Racism & Police Brutality in the US but don’t care about the same issues in their own country?

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By Shamani Joshi Experts explain why some of us are so selective with the issues we outrage against. Over the weekend, I saw all my social media feeds flooded with illustrated quotes of Desmond Tutu that declared “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”, poignant protest signs that declared “I can’t breathe”, and the quintessential hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. These were all in solidarity against the incident that saw George Floyd, a black man, die after a police officer kneeled on his neck…

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Indian media blaming Muslims for the spread of the coronavirus

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“During this lockdown, why does every crowd gather only near mosques?” journalist Arnab Goswami recently asked on the Indian news channel, Republic TV. The well-known anchor was referring to a crowd that had gathered last month near a railway station that happens to be near a mosque in Mumbai, the capital of the western state of Maharashtra. Local media reports said they were migrant workers desperate to get back to their towns and villages after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to try and combat the spread of the coronavirus. The…

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Jail for ‘Pregnant Lady’, Bail for ‘Gun Supplier’ in Delhi’s Communal Violence Case

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Consider the case of two people arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the Delhi riots of February 2020. One is a pregnant Muslim woman, a student of Jamia Millia Islamia with no prior involvement in any criminal activity. She is taken into custody six weeks after the violence had ended. No arms and ammunition were recovered from her at the time of the arrest. The other is a Hindu man who the police claims has been supplying arms for the past two years, buying weapons and cartridges from Madhya…

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