PM Modi highlighted that in the last decade ‘India’s Act-East policy had provided a new energy, direction & momentum’ to historic relations between New Delhi and ASEAN nations.
Modi will be in Laos 10-11 October for 21st ASEAN-India summit & 19th East Asia summit. Review of New Delhi’s Act East policy to take place, discussions on Myanmar to take centrestage.
Ramayana took such a strong hold over the cultures of Southeast Asia that a temple dedicated to Valmiki was built in Champa, the only temple of its kind in the 7th century CE.
For criminal cartels of all kinds, the casino cities on China’s peripheries offer security and immunity. In Kings Romans Casino, prison-like dormitories house the cyber-slaves.
The exercise, to be held from 9 to 28 May, will simulate attacks on transnational armed criminal groups, and involve more than 900 personnel, including over 200 Chinese troops.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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