US President Joe Biden has said that if China invades Taiwan, the US military will defend it. In an interview with a news agency, Biden said that the US does not support Taiwan’s independence but supports the one China policy. Meanwhile, White House officials say that there has been no change in America’s policy towards Taiwan. Tensions between China and the US have escalated after US Parliament Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in Taiwan last month. America’s policy regarding Taiwan has always been one of ‘strategic ambiguity’. The US is not committed to defending Taiwan, but does not rule out the option…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release cheetahs in their natural habitat at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh tomorrow under the Cheetah Project. This is the world’s first project for inter-continental migration of large carnivorous wild animals. These cheetahs have been brought from Namibia under a memorandum of understanding. The project is part of Prime Minister Modi’s efforts to revive the cheetah habitat and diversify India’s wildlife. Cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952. The Prime Minister will also attend a self-help group conference at Karahal in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. Thousands of self-help groups of women will participate in the conference under Deendayal…
US President Joe Biden has announced a new arms package of $ 600 million to Ukraine. The US has said that it will continue to meet Ukraine’s developed munitions requirements along with its allies. The White House said in a statement that the money would also be used for military education and training. Since the start of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the United States has provided security assistance of about $15 billion. Blinken quoted President Joe Biden as saying that the president has made it clear that the US will support the people of Ukraine as long as it is needed. “The…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took a veiled attack on the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, saying those who ‘sell dreams’ will never win in Gujarat. Assembly elections are due in Gujarat in December this year. Addressing a program digitally, Shah lauded Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s leadership and said that the ruling BJP will once again form the government in Gujarat with a two-thirds majority. I know the people of Gujarat. Along with this, the BJP leader said that those who sell dreams can never get success in Gujarat because people support those who believe in working. That’s why people are…
Vishwa Hindu Parishad demanded strict punishment for the accused of beating up the sadhus . In Lavanga Umdi of Jat tehsil of Sangli district, a mob of four sadhus lynched and thrashed mercilessly. Who are these people doing abominations by taking law in their hands? If these anti-Hindutva-obsessed villagers had doubts, then why didn’t the sadhus get handed over to the police? Many such questions arise on this occasion. This incident is similar to the Palghar Sadhu massacre. Showing so. Why is the thief or child-stealing group seen only in Hindu sadhus, why are they never seen in the fakiroma who roam around with green…
One hundred soldiers were killed in Monday night’s clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashyan claimed 49 soldiers were killed in the overnight clashes, while Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said 50 of its soldiers were also killed. Both countries have accused each other of inciting violence. Armenia says Azerbaijan has opened fire on several of its border towns and has retaliated. However, Azerbaijan has said that its infrastructure was attacked first. On the other hand, Russia has said that it has also intervened for a ceasefire to stop the violence. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan were part of the then Soviet Union.
At least four people were arrested on Wednesday for attacking a police officer and setting a police vehicle on fire during a BJP rally in Bengal’s Kolkata. During the BJP’s ‘Nabanna March’ yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Debjit Chattopadhyay in Baobazar was chased away and attacked by some people with sticks. A police vehicle was also torched near the Kolkata Police Headquarters in Lalbazar. A Kolkata Police official said on Wednesday that the raids are still going on. He said four accused were identified on the basis of video clips of the two incidents. According to the official, a case has been registered…
Eight Congress MLAs, including former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday in what is being considered a major setback for the opposition party. With this, the strength of Congress has come down to three in the 40-member Goa Legislative Assembly. The BJP retained its power by winning the assembly elections held in March this year. The BJP had 20 MLAs earlier. Now the number of Congress MLAs has come down from 11 to three. Sawant said that eight Congress MLAs have joined the BJP unconditionally. He said that the BJP now has 28 MLAs and it enjoys…
Eleven people were killed and several others injured in a bus accident in Savjian area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. A bus carrying about 30 passengers from Mandi slipped off the road in Bareilly drain and fell into a deep gorge this morning. Relief operations were launched by the army, police and local citizens immediately after the accident was reported. So far 11 bodies have been recovered from the spot. Mandi Tehsildar Shahzad Latif told that the rescue operation of the army is going on and many injured have been admitted to the hospitals of Mandi. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has announced…
The Congress on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party of indulging in advertising politics and said it would be appropriate to call the party ‘Arvind Advertising Party’. The claims made by the Delhi government regarding education, health and employment are false and its entire emphasis has been on advertisements. Congress said, “Get your work done, people go to hell. This is the reality of ‘Arvind Advertising Party’, ‘Arvind Actors Party’ or ‘Arvind Aish Party’. This party has advertising politics which needs to be talked about.” In 2015, the AAP government gave Rs 81 crore to different newspapers and TV channels through advertisements in…