The reference to Hong Kong, however, is unlikely to please China, which has completely snubbed any criticism of its clampdown and made critics bend to its will. Anti-government protests have rocked the city for four months now as what started as a stir against a now withdrawn extradition bill have since morphed into protests against what Hong Kongers see as Beijing’s increasing influence on the territory.
Addressing the General Assembly Third Committee session on ‘Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children’ on Thursday, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Paulomi Tripathi, without naming Pakistan, said one delegation had yet again chosen to distract the attention of the Committee with its “deceitful political propaganda by weaving fake narratives, while making unwarranted references to internal matters of my country”.
Currently, both the countries are focussing on trade and India is China’s largest trading partner in South Asia and the Indian companies are expanding in the Chinese market with a cumulative investment of nearly $1 billion.
Announcing Xi’s visit for the summit to be held on October 11-12 at Mamallapuram near Chennai, Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui said that the two leaders will have in-depth discussion on global and regional affairs.
Soon, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the flying drone units and its Ground Control Station (GCS) shall provide enhanced Air Warfare capabilities like Target Identification/Target Designation, Target Tracking, optimum Attack manoeuvre and autonomous combat engagements etc. Technically, with some more advancement in drone avionics supported by AI, it is a matter of few decades that UCAVs may substitute fighter jets in some areas of Air Force operations.
While the UN will not publicly identify the countries who have not cleared their payments, sources said the main culprits are the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Iran. In all, 64 countries owe money to the UN. Also on the list of budget delinquents are Venezuela, North Korea, South Korea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Idea of forming a green belt from Porbandar to Panipat will not only help in restoring degraded land through afforestation along the Aravali hill range that spans across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi, but also act as a barrier for dust coming from the deserts in western India and Pakistan.
The new firework, which cover popularly used sound emitting crackers, flowerpots, pencils, chakkar and sparklers, are based on formulations developed by a consortium of eight laboratories under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) led by Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.
At such high altitude, one of the challenges our soldiers face is the shortage of oxygen. But now an elderly couple from Pune has done their bit to make the lives a litter easier for our soldiers in Siachen. Four years after they undertook the work of setting up an oxygen-generation plant in Siachen for the Indian Army, the couple has fulfilled their commitment with the inauguration of the camp this month.
The acquisition is also expected to deliver the considerable synergies for the growth of lamp business India and enhance Minda’s product offerings to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
