President Tsai Ing-wen said everyone had seen the rise in cases in China, which views Taipei as its own territory and has ramped up military pressure to assert those claims.
Facing Chinese threat, Taiwan, previously shifting from conscript military to a volunteer-dominated force, plans to extend compulsory military service from four months to a year.
In this latest incursion, the jets briefly crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial buffer. Taiwan sent combat aircraft to warn away the Chinese planes.
Chinese incursion Thursday included 21 fighters and four H-6 bombers, as well as early warning, antisubmarine and aerial refuelling aircraft, Taiwan’s defence ministry said.
China didn't put out a single narrative on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. But there is no doubt that Beijing is uneasy about the Russian army’s dismal performance in Ukraine.
No matter what tactics, doctrine, or weapon system is used, the objective of any war is to control territory, argues Gen. MM Naravane (retd). But it's politics that matters most.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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