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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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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.