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PLA bases in South China Sea battle the elements
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Chinese analysts describe these bases - 20 outposts in the Paracel Islands (of which Woody Island is the largest) and seven in the more southerly Spratly Islands - as "unsinkable aircraft carriers". China has had jurisdiction over the Paracel Islands only in the latter half of the last centu
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Australia donates rifles to Solomon Islands amid China tensions
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Australian High Commissioner Strahan said today's handover represented another landmark in the longstanding security and policing partnership between the Solomon Islands and Australia.
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Recognise 'Miya' Muslims as integral to Assamese society: suspended Congre
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengali-speaking Muslims living in riverine islands and sandbars of Brahmaputra and its tributaries who migrated to Assam from present-day Bangladesh from time to time call themselves 'Miya'.
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Michael Truong joins ExpressVPN and Kape Privacy Division as Chief Product
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Road Town [British Virgin Islands], October 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): ExpressVPN and the broader Kape Technologies Digital Privacy Division are excited to announce that Michael Truong has joined our team as Chief Product Officer.
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6.2 magnitude earthquake hits South Sandwich Islands
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands.
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US initiative checkmates China in Pacific islands
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): After the March 2022 news leak that Beijing was working on a secret deal with the Solomon Islands to open the door for a Chinese naval base, American initiatives in the Pacific islands have checkmated China.
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UK plans deportation of Lankan refugees to 'third country'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], October 23 (ANI): The United Kingdom has decided to move Sri Lankan refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands to 'a safe third country,' unless they returned to Sri Lanka 'voluntarily'.
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MHA suspends ex-Chief Secretary of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Jitendra
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday suspended former Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jitendra Narain, with "immediate effect" over an allegation of an alleged sexual assault.
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MHA suspends IAS officer Jitendra Narain on charges of sexual harassment
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday placed Jitendra Narain, a 1990-batch senior IAS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) Cadre and then Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, under suspension with immediate e
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Chinese Communist Party spreads 'false narratives' in Solomon Islands ahea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 15 (ANI): The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in its latest report has accused the Chinese Communist Party of spreading false narratives on numerous issues in the Solomon Islands ahead of the 20th National Congress which is due to begin on October 16.
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Historic disputes, emerging strategic concerns: Quad nations send out veil
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 4 (ANI): The longstanding issues of Quad nations with China and the growing concerns of an emerging strategic shift in the Indo-Pacific region have made the bloc send out veiled messages to China while also upholding peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, so
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US, Pacific Island leaders reach deal at summit with eye on China
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): In order to checkmate the Chinese influence in the Pacific Islands, America and Pacific leaders and representatives from 14 Pacific Island states issued a joint declaration resolving to strengthen their partnership.
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