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Topic: China

China is a South Asian country, sharing borders with 14 countries including India. Its significance lies in its rise in the region and hegemonic influence over smaller countries through loans and the Belt and Road Initiative. China and India have fought a major war in the 60s and have disputes over the Aksai Chin and LAC, and tensions over the Indo-Pacific.

90% of plastic polluting our oceans comes from 8 Asian rivers

Alex Gray -
Indus & the Ganges carry second & sixth highest amounts of plastic debris to the ocean.

Are other countries more to blame for Donald Trump’s policy directions?

TN Ninan -
Trump’s unilateral actions raise the risk of trade war, but he’s right in saying that key economic issues have to be addressed.

Cricketer Shahid Afridi on wildlife department’s radar for his photos with lion at home

ThePrint Team -
Sikh rights activist alleged murderer arrested; Musharraf barred from contesting polls

Trump approves $50 billion tariff on Chinese goods

Justin Sink -
The US is scheduled to release an updated list of tariff targets Friday, with the duties to be implemented 'shortly'.

New York has sued Donald Trump, and the World Cup is more than just a game for Russia

Vandana Menon -
Chinese diplomacy for peace in the Korean peninsula and officials apprehensive of Trump's NATO move after G7 'train wreck'.  

China’s pollution crackdown is helping Indian steel, graphite industries

Aashika Suresh -
Firms such as HEG, Graphite India and Finolex have benefited from China’s pollution control measures.

`Damaging’ vacancy at CSO puts India’s statistics reputation at risk

Vrishti Beniwal -
Since chief statistician T.C.A Anant retirement in Jan from the Central Statistics office, the post has been lying vacant. 

Kargil: What kind of a democracy are we that we are shy of facing the truth about our wars?

Shekhar Gupta -
On 20th anniversary of Kargil, letting out a story and a few secrets in the national interest. Because we won’t win unless we learn from our mistakes.

Trump’s G7 crackup boosts China’s sway in Asia

Mihir Sharma -
While the G7 summit was falling apart, at SCO, Chinese President Xi was clinking glasses with partners such as Putin and acting chummy with potential rivals such as PM Modi.

HoaXposed: Fake photograph of ‘corrupt politicians being executed’ in China goes viral on WhatsApp

Vandana Menon -
Taken on 7 April, 2004, the photograph is actually of convicts at a sentencing rally in the Chinese city of Wenzhou.
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Opinion

No more lip service on UNSC reforms—it’s time to form an implementation roadmap

Gen MM Naravane (Retd) -
Most of the UNSC’s failures stem from the use of veto power by the P5. In a world that champions democracy, the UNSC is inherently the most undemocratic entity possible.

Drop that cigarette. Smokers are twice as likely to develop skin cancer compared to non-smokers

Indians are musically poor. We aren’t a good market for cutting-edge international bands

Economy

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Defence

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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