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Courts force US military to accept transgender recruits, but legal battle to continue
12 Dec 2017
Transgender persons will be allowed to enlist in the US military beginning 1 January, the Pentagon said on Monday, as a ban ordered by President Donald Trump suffered more legal setbacks
Russia wants India to join China’s Belt and Road initiative
12 Dec 2017
In a meeting with foreign ministers of Russia and China, President Ramnath Kovind, however, reiterated the need for early operationalisation of the 'International North South Transport Corridor’
Breaking precedent, China stations winter troops in Doklam
11 Dec 2017
A little over three months after a bitter border dispute over the Doklam plateau which ended on 28 August, there are reports of a fresh presence of Beijing troops in the region
China warns its citizens in Pakistan of imminent terrorist attack
09 Dec 2017
While the Chinese embassy did not give any details, China has long feared of collusion between members of its Uighur Muslim minority in its far western region of Xinjiang and militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan
India admitted to arms control group Wassenaar Arrangement
08 Dec 2017
Unlike the NSG, China is not a member of the Wassenaar Arrangement and India’s case was further strengthened by strong support from Russia, France, Germany and the United States
Process of building 6 nuclear subs under way: Navy chief Lanba
02 Dec 2017
Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba has given a clear indication that Indian Navy is ready to play a bigger role in patrolling the oceans, including under the proposed quadrilateral coalition among India, the US, Australia and Japan
Freed from arrest, Hafiz promptly launches tirade on Kashmir
24 Nov 2017
Hafiz Saeed, the chief of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack carries a $10-million American bounty on his head for his role in terror activities
Bangladesh, Myanmar strike deal on Rohingya repatriation
23 Nov 2017
The United States, however, cast doubt on the China-sponsored three-step process to resolve a complicated refugee crisis
US experts outraged by release of Hafiz Saeed
23 Nov 2017
Top American counter-terrorism and South Asian experts have expressed outrage over the release of alleged 26 / 11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, who is designated a terrorist by the US and the United Nations
IAF successfully test-fires BrahMos missile from Sukhoi fighter jet
22 Nov 2017
The 2.8-mach BrahMos, said to the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, has a range of 290-km and its integration with an aircraft like Sukhoi is a big boost for India’s strike capabilities
Govt scraps $500 mn Israeli missile deal, to give DRDO a chance
20 Nov 2017
While indigenous development of ATGMs is a desirable objective, the Army, which currently faces a massive shortage of around 68,000 missiles, however, is not amused at the defence ministry’s twists and turns
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