So India and Pakistan are rivals. India and China are competitors. India and Russia are strategic partners. Russia is almost an ally of China. China has Pakistan, a former US ally, in its pocket. Pakistan has a booming relationship with Turkey. Turkey, a member of Nato, is a treaty ally of the US. The US has a vibrant strategic, economic and defence partnership with India, while Pakistan, where the man who attacked New York was found and killed by the US, moved away from America's orbit. But the US continues to hyphenate India, a partner, and Pakistan, which is armed by China, its most powerful geopolitical rival, and Turkey, a treaty ally. This is the strategic picture of today's world.
PM @narendramodi Ji, Why should India as a country apologise to international community for the hate speeches of BJP bigots?
It is BJP that should apologise; not India as a Nation
Your party should first apologise to Indians at home for spewing & spreading hatred day in day out
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana says people hesitate to approach police in times of despair as its image is tarnished due to corruption, excesses, lack of impartiality and close nexus with political class
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#NorthKorean troops hold stage #artillery fire competition over the weekend.#Pyongyang seeks to normalise defence activities,with aim of eventually winning international acceptance of its nuclear weapons,which have been sanctioned by @UN Security Council,analysts say.#MIG
#Iraq's PM,Mustafa al-Kadhimi survives assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence on November 7, officials say.The attack comes amid tensions sparked by refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept recent parliamentary #election results.#MIG#iraqelections
Despite #farm sector being one of the few bright spots in the pandemic-hit economy in #India, the country witnessed a startling 18 pc increase in #suicides by agricultural labourers in 2020.#MIG@NCRBHQ@IndianFarmers_
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#UN Security Council calls for end to #Ethiopia hostilities as #Tigray forces made advances to the capital this week. #US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Addis Ababa to press for a halt to military operations and a start to ceasefire talks. #MIG
#India's woman pistol ace Manu Bhaker and #Iran's reigning #Olympic champion Javad Foroughi won the 10m air pistol mixed team #gold at inaugural @ISSF_Shooting President's Cup in Wroclaw,#Poland,in a 16-8 match against #French-#Russian duo Mathilde Lamolle & Artem Chernousov.#MIG
French #patisserie giant Ladurée says its famous #macarons are no longer made in #France, but imported from #Switzerland, which had already been producing macarons for rest of world. #Laduree says its site near Paris still makes ice-creams & other products for France. #IO
Massive cordon & search operation launched in #JammuAndKashmir’s Khablan forest & nearby villages following reports of militants in the area that is adjoining Dehra Ki Gali, where security forces had lost 5 personnel in firing by militants on Oct 11. #MIG
#Vietnam to restart regular flights with 15 nations from January 2022 & full resumption by July. Vietnam imposed tight border controls to keep out #COVID19, with some success, but its burgeoning tourism sector, accounting for 10% of GDP, suffered as a result. #IO@MOFAVietNam
Hotel giant @Accor says French hotel industry is on its knees as it cant afford to raise wages & faces severe staff shortage even as business returns. #Accor lacks over 2,000 workers in #France, while business resumes gradually, says world's sixth-largest hotel group. #IO
With #GlobalWarming & #climatechange taking hold of the entire world & round the year,#skitourism is one of the first & the worst hit as mountains receive delayed & less snow & face far higher risks of deadly avalanches.#IO#skiing@UNEP@MySwitzerland_e
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After severe spike in #pollution levels post-#Diwali, Central Pollution Control Board advises government, private offices & other establishments to reduce vehicle usage by at least 30% by working from home, car-pooling & optimising field activities. #MIG