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100 new Sainik schools to provide more opportunities for girls to join arm
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday announced that 100 new Sainik schools will be set up in the country to provide an opportunity for girls to join the armed forces and contribute to national security.
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Former Kazakh national security chief taken into custody on treason charge
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Karim Masimov, the former chief of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee, was taken into custody on treason charges, the committee said on Saturday.
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Pak NSA to visit Kabul as tensions along Durand Line intensify
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 7(ANI): Pakistan's National Security Advisor, Moeed Yusuf, will visit Kabul, as tensions along the Durand Line, the de facto boundary between the two nations, have intensified.
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Derek O'Brien says 'Tek Fog' app could jeopardise national security, seeks
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 7 (ANI): Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Thursday wrote to Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home, for discussion concerning app 'Tek Fog' saying "usage of manipulative technologies is a severe danger to national and ci
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Rakesh Asthana appointed police chief due to Delhi's 'challenging situatio
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The Central government on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that there was a "compelling need" to appoint Indian Police Service (IPS) Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner taking into consideration the national capital's "extremely challenging
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Hong Kong activists to remain in custody for months due to Beijing-imposed
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 3 (ANI): Hong Kong activist Andy Li and paralegal Chan Tsz-wah will spend at least five more months in custody pending sentencing under China-imposed national security law as Beijing widens curb and forces the closure of the media organisations in the territory, a media re
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Oath-taking ceremony of newly elected members of Hong Kong Legislative Cou
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 3 (ANI): The oath-taking ceremony for 90 members of the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) began at 11:00 am local time Monday. The election eroded the democratic elements of Hong Kong's electoral system.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy media outlet Citizen News shuts down over safety
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 3 (ANI): The independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News has announced that it will shut down to "ensure the safety of everyone", days after the city's national security police raided another independent online news outlet over allegations of sedition.
Moscow sees Biden as the key to avoiding war in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden hopes to pull off a diplomatic coup that bolsters his sagging political fortunes ahead of the 2022 general elections.
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Taiwan witnesses rise in immigration from Hong Kong amid national security
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 2 (ANI): Taiwan witnesses a rise in immigration from Hong Kong amid national security crackdown.
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Former US officials call on Biden to publish anti-Russia sanctions list
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A group of former US diplomats and US national security officials called on President Joe Biden to publish a list of sanctions that Washington would immediately impose on Russia if tensions over Ukraine escalated.
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As China intensifies crackdown on dissents, Taiwan sees rise in immigratio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 1 (ANI): Taiwan is witnessing a rise in immigration from Hong Kong where China has intensified its crackdown under controversial national security law, a media report said.
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