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Army conducts door-to-door combing ops in Kashmir
05 May 2017
Last week, at least two video clips appeared on social networking sites with gun toting militants in battle fatigues marching in apple orchards in what appeared to be the landscape of Shopian

Germany imposes burqa ban, tightens security measures
29 Apr 2017
The new laws follow several jihadist attacks, including a truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market last year that claimed 12 lives

Trump warns of ‘major, major’ conflict with N Korea
28 Apr 2017
While talks are still an option, Trump said North Korea “has to decide they’re ready to talk to us about the right agenda,” and that would not include pausing their nuclear programme at its current level

US starts moving THAAD defence system to S Korea amid protests
27 Apr 2017
China says the THAAD system's advanced radar can penetrate deep into Chinese territory and undermine its security, while it will do little to deter the North

China launches its first fully indigenous aircraft carrier
26 Apr 2017
China now becomes the seventh country with the capability to build its own aircraft carriers after the US, Russia, Britain, France, Italy and Spain
Amid rising tensions, N Korea detains US citizen
24 Apr 2017

L&T ties up with S Korean firm to make howitzers in India
22 Apr 2017
L&T will not only manufacture K9 VAJRA-T in India, with over 50 per cent indigenous content, but also provide through-life support from India

Stop differentiating between terrorists, US tells Pakistan
18 Apr 2017
On a day the Trump administration announced its intent to "abandon the era of strategic patience" practiced by previous US governments, US National Security Advisor Gen H R McMaster arrived in Islamabad to tell Pakistan to stop using terrorism to pursue its goals
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
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Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.

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Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES

Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
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US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.

As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.

The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)

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One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.

Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!

COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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