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Will implement 5 guarantees come what may: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"Our five guarantees transcend caste and religion. The poor and the middle class of all sections of society are in dire straits. We are fulfilling these to alleviate their suffering," Siddaramaiah added.
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China's plans for spy station in Cuba may go beyond intelligence gathering
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As top US lawmakers remain persistent in urging Joe Biden's administration to brief Congress on the surveillance station China is supposedly building in Cuba, some American analysts say that Beijing's plan goes far beyond just intelligence gathering, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
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France: 16 injured as gas explosion destroys building in Paris
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
At least 16 people were injured in a gas explosion that destroyed buildings in the Latin Quarter of central Paris on Wednesday (local time), according to officials and witnesses, reported The Straits Times.
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China's economic slowdown could increase prospect of military crisis in Ta
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
China's economic slowdown could increase the prospect of a military crisis in the Taiwan Strait as Chinese President Xi Jinping may further embrace nationalism in his unprecedented third term, a prominent US think tank has warned, Nikkei Asia reported.
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South Korea initiates probe against covert Chinese 'police stations'
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
South Korean authorities started a probe to look after unofficially set up Chinese 'police stations' across the country. The alleged presence of such entities was found after an investigation in Seoul in 2023, The Straits Times reported.
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China's ploy to change its global image: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Chinese posturing in the South China Sea, Hong Strait and Indo-Pacific is not hidden to the world community and flexing of military might in the South Asia either. Despite this, the Chinese Foreign Minister asserted that "China does not engage in competition between major powers" and "op
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"Conflict in Taiwan Strait would be devastating," warns US Defence Secy Ll
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Speaking at the Shangri-La Security Summit in Singapore, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin warned that the conflict in Taiwan Strait would be a devastating one, criticising China for its actions in the region.
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China shows off military wares in Southeast Asia
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
China had both military platforms of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and commercial companies exhibiting at this popular show on the tropical island of Langkawi in the Strait of Malacca.
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Taiwan tracks Chinese military aircraft, naval ships around the nation
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said that out of the eight People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, four crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the northeast sector of the country's air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
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Unemployment rate in China soaring: 1 in 5 Chinese graduates are jobless
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Notably, nearly 12 million Chinese expected to enter the job pool in June at a difficult time. One in five Chinese graduates are jobless, the highest level since China started announcing such statistics in 2018, reported The Straits Times.
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Chinese People's Liberation Army adopts strategy to conduct preparedness p
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China last month launched a three-day drill following Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the US, National Defense University researcher Ma Chen-kun wrote in an article published in the Mainland Affairs Council's (MAC) latest bri
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China tightens the noose around Taiwan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Salami slicing and grey-zone tactics are China's regular modus operandi, but its actions are becoming ever more robust and blatant as China narrows Taiwan's room for manoeuvre and psychologically bludgeons it.
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