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Ahead of Key WHO Meet, Taiwan Seeks India’s Support

China doesn’t want self-ruled Taiwan to attend the meeting and said Friday that the “so-called attempts to get into the WHO and participate in the WHA are absolutely not for the health and well-being of Taiwan’s people but are through-and-through political manipulation, and will not succeed”. Taiwan though says that it’s absence from the meeting will dent the international fight against Covid-19.

Indian, Chinese Troops Clash Near Naku La in Sikkim Sector

Troops of India and China were involved in a fierce face-off near Naku La Pass in the Sikkim sector of the Sino-India border, official sources said on Sunday.
A number of personnel on both sides sustained injuries as they exchanged punches, they said, adding the troops disengaged after a dialogue at the local level.

Construction of Military Warships Restarts at Goa Shipyard

Construction of military warships at Goa Shipyard Limited has picked up pace with lockdown restrictions being lifted even though raw material supply and key equipment deliveries remain hampered due to a breakdown in global supply chain, said GSL chairman and managing director Bharat Bhushan Nagpal.

India To Soon Get A New Gas Policy

With current pricing formula making natural gas production economically unviable, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday hinted at bringing in a new gas policy as well as launching a gas exchange very soon as part of reforms to promote greater use of environment-friendly fuel in the world’s third-largest energy-consuming nation.