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Germany pushing India to buy Eurofighters
27 May 2015
Germany is lobbying India to buy Eurofighter jets while offering to back India on its multi-billion-dollar submarine project that still needs technology, which India lacks
McMahon Line illegal, China restates stand
25 May 2015
China today restated its stand against McMahon Line on the India-China boundary, saying it is illegal even as the country sought alternative ways of solving the vexed border issue
ISIS wants to use Pak N-bomb on US
23 May 2015
With billions of dollars in extorted money in its coffers and support from divergent Islamic militant groups, ISIS hopes to secure its first nuclear weapon from Pakistan within the next 12 months
US - China dispute over South China Sea escalates
23 May 2015
The continued US surveillance flights in the areas are aimed at challenging the Chinese government’s claims of expanded territorial sovereignty
Iraq, Iran join forces to retake Ramadi from ISIS militants
18 May 2015
Iran's defence minister GenHossein Dehghan also flew to Baghdad on a surprise visit for urgent talks with Iraqi leaders
Xi, Modi talk trust, border issues with eye on trade
14 May 2015
The festering border dispute and India’s rising trade deficit have now been overshadowed by China’s plans to build infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Nepal jolted again with 7.3-magnitude quake; 42 dead, over 1,000 injured
12 May 2015
Rescue helicopters have been sent to districts northeast of Kathmandu, where landslides and buildings collapsed in the quake may have left people buried
Seymour Hersh alleges Pak complicity in Osama bin Laden’s killing
12 May 2015
While President Obama might have ordered Osama's neutralisation, the theory that the hunting down of the Al Qaeda chief was an all-American affair was completely cooked up, says Hersh
Airbus military transport aircraft crashes in Spain killing four
11 May 2015
Airbus has orders for 174 aircraft from eight nations, though production of the plane was affected by delays and cost overruns
Envoys of Norway, Philippines among 6 killed as Pak Taliban downs military copter
08 May 2015
Pakistani Taliban claims to have shot down a Pakistani military helicopter, killing six people, including the envoys of Norway and the Philippines
Army inducts indigenous Akash to thwart aerial attacks
05 May 2015
The system is capable of simultaneously engaging multiple targets and can provide comprehensive short range missile cover to the Army ground forces
Boy rescued in Kathmandu 5 days after quake devastated Nepal
30 Apr 2015
Aid has now started reaching the hinterlands of Nepal although the extent of loss of life and damage to property in the villages in mountainous areas has yet to be assessed
Nepal says no more rescue teams needed; quake toll tops 6,000
29 Apr 2015
As the search shifts to more remote areas, there is no need for international teams with heavy lifting gear because many homes are made from mud or wood
Centre, 2 Naga groups sign ceasefire agreements
28 Apr 2015
Nepal quake toll climbs to 4,355; India scales up relief operations
28 Apr 2015
Nine out of 10 Nepalese troops are reported to be involved in search and rescue operations, as the country pleads for more foreign aid to deal with a massive earthquake that is expected to have claimed the lives of over 10,000 people
Nepal quake toll mounts to 3,200; after-shocks, rain hamper rescue
27 Apr 2015
India, which pressed into service all its C-130 heavy lift aircraft for relief and rescue operations, has opened the land route as rains hampered air operations
Powerful quake kills over 1,400 in Nepal, leaves 34 dead in India
25 Apr 2015
The quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale flattened Kathmandu’s Darbar Square and was felt as far as Bangladesh, Tibet and Pakistan and triggered an avalanche on Mt Everest
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