Tuesday, August 31, 2021

World community should not have exited Afghanistan without a humanitarian security mission in place: Kiran Bedi

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Former Puducherry lieutenant governor (LG) Kiran Bedi has said that the world community should not have left Afghanistan without putting a humanitarian security mission in place. In a series of tweets, Kiran Bedi said, “The world community ought not to have exited Afghanistan without a humanitarian security mission in place. We have left the vulnerable on the roads or locked in their homes.”

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Monday, August 30, 2021

Sunday, August 29, 2021

How ropeways are going to help in pilgrims’ progress

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Reaching the Hindu shrine of Kedarnath and holy Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand is likely to become smoother and more enjoyable in the near future as the government plans to provide ropeway links to these major pilgrimage sites. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids for preparing the feasibility and detailed project reports for eight ropeway links in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh connecting the most sought after pilgrimage and tourist sites.

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‘Afghanistan situation a challenge, led to strategy rethink’

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The situation in Afghanistan has emerged as a challenge for India, which along with alignment and realignment of global powers had led the country to rethink its strategy while also putting its weight behind the ‘Quad’, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. Turning to the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, he said a unilateral attempt was made last year to change the status quo on the northern borders, which also led to the Galwan Valley clashes.

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India warns arms companies of action for default in offset commitments

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Cracking the whip against foreign armament majors for failure to fulfil their offsets obligations in defence deals, India has threatened to ban a US company and put another 11 American, French, Russian and Israeli firms on a watch-list for imposition of penalties. The defence ministry (MoD) has delivered a stern message to the arms companies, seeking repeated time extensions to discharge their offsets commitments, that it won’t be business as usual any longer, say top sources.

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Covid-19 cases up 32% to 8-week high, 2/3rd are from Kerala

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The sharp surge in Covid-19 infections in Kerala post Onam sent India’s cases in the week ending Sunday zooming to an eight-week high, with the southern state alone accounting for 66% of all cases in the country in this period. India recorded more than 2.9 lakh fresh Covid cases in the week (August 23-29), a 32% jump from the tally in the preceding seven days. This was the highest number of weekly infections since the June 28-July 4 week when 3.05 lakh cases were recorded.

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