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China taking advantage of COVID-19 pandemic to push its territorial claims
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 14 (ANI): Taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic, China has further staked its territorial claims in the East China Sea, Japan said in its annual defence review.
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'Andaman and Nicobar Islands can be centre point of connecting strategic l
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Fully equipping ports and islands in a way to make them strategic outposts which would help monitor the naval activities could be a way to tackle Chinese maritime aggression, suggests an article in Modern Diplomacy.
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Under pressure, expansionist China begins to wilt; India's strategic optio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): China's brazen attempts at annexing territories from its neigbouring countries has been widely covered in the media. It has challenged Japan in the East China Sea, grabbed territory in the South China Sea, laid claims to Indonesian islands 1500 kms away and
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hits Andaman and Nicobar islands
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Diglipur (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], July 13 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit 153 km north of Diglipur in Andaman and Nicobar Island on Monday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
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How two Indian entrepreneurs are helping Indonesian businesses manage cred
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, July 6 (ANI): Indonesia is a vast archipelago of over 17,500 islands covering 1.9 million square kilometres and it is the world's 15th largest country by land area. The country is also home to over 270 million people, many of whom live in the over 500 cities spread over 34 prov
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3 new COVID-19 cases in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], July 4 (ANI): Three new COVID-19 cases were reported from the Union Territory on Saturday.
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US expresses concern over PRC's military exercises in South China Sea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 3 (ANI): The US has expressed concern over the military exercises conducted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) around the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on July 1-5.
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Earthquakes hit Manipur, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Manipur/Andaman and Nicobar Islands [India], June 28 (ANI): Earthquakes measuring 4.0 and 4.1 on the Richter Scale hit near Ukhrul area in Manipur and Diglipur of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Sunday respectively on Sunday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
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Dispute between China, Japan over Islands may trigger new political tensio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): The dispute between China and Japan is brewing in the East China Sea over the chain of Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands which may trigger new political tension in Asia over the years.
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Japanese Defence Ministry detects unknown submarine in country's contiguou
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 20 (Sputnik/ANI): The Japanese Defence Ministry said on Saturday that it detected an unknown submarine in the area of the Amami Islands in the country's contiguous zone.
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Vietnam objects to China's Undersea Cable Construction in Paracel Island
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], June 13 (ANI): Vietnam objected to China's recent reported laying of undersea cables in the disputed Paracel Islands, saying it was a violation of Vietnamese sovereignty.
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Messi ready to play against Mallorca: Barcelona head coach
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Balearic Islands [Spain], June 13 (ANI): Ahead of the clash against Mallorca, Barcelona head coach Quique Setien confirmed that star striker Lionel Messi is ready to take the field for the side.
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