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India, France, Australia hold first trilateral dialogue with focus on Indo-Pacific Region

The Indo-Pacific region has been witnessing increasing Chinese military assertiveness and all three sides agreed to hold the dialogue on an annual basis.

Govind Swarup, who pioneered radio astronomy in India, dies at 91

Govind Swarup was responsible for setting up India’s first group of radio astronomers, and is credited with building world’s largest and most powerful low frequency array in Pune.

Australia’s last two journalists in China flee after police call them for interviews

Their departure from China comes a week after Australia revealed that Chinese-born, Australian citizen Cheng Lei, who worked as an anchor in a news channel, has been detained.

Australia is set for economic pain as lockdown is extended despite falling infections

PM Scott Morrison, who is pushing for states to lift border restrictions to help kick-start an economic revival, termed the move to extend lockdown in Victoria as 'crushing news'.

What really matters to China when it comes to the Quad. It’s not the security pacts

Despite India, Australia, US and Japan’s efforts for a multinational alternative to China, it’s not going to take off for quite a while.

Facebook threatens to block news. Hope they really do it

The bargain that news organisations have struck with Silicon Valley in their search for traffic is an abusive relationship that benefits nobody.

‘Standing up against China’ — India set to step into another minilateral within Indo-Pacific

Foreign ministers of India, Australia and Indonesia to meet soon to formalise agenda on security and economic connectivity.

Facebook has sent the world a warning by threatening Australian news publishers

The standoff has turned one of Facebook’s most distant markets into a test case as watchdogs around the world turn their own power against digital behemoths.

Now, Australia’s GDP falls by most on record, confirms first recession in 30 years

Australia's GDP plunged 7% from first three months of the year, the first back-to-back quarterly declines since 1991, statistics bureau data showed.

TV anchor’s detention shows Australia’s China problem is going from bad to worse

Australia says it hasn’t been told why Chinese-born Cheng Lei, an Australian citizen who worked as an anchor, was detained two weeks ago and hasn’t revealed details about the case.

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Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.