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Topic: Balkans

UK troops join NATO exercise in Balkans

1,000 British soldiers are part of a three-month-long operation Chelonia. Other participating nations include Serbia, Romania, Kosovo, Georgia, Croatia, and Moldova.

Why India doesn’t recognise Kosovo’s statehood, despite new Kosovan trade office in Delhi

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, India falls back on UNSC Resolution 1244 for not recognising the Balkan territory. India-Serbia relationship also plays role.

Serbia and Kosovo to have ‘fantastic relationship’ — Trump announces historic accord

US said Kosovo & Israel ties would normalise, and that Serbia had agreed to move its embassy to Jerusalem next year. But the actual impact of the deal brokered by Trump is uncertain.

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Like a gambler, govts squandered India’s legacy through mindless socialism: Nani Palkhivala

Our brand of socialism did not result in transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor but only from the honest rich to the dishonest rich, lawyer-jurist Nani A Palkhivala said in 1991.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?