In 2018, a scuffle between a Sikh woman & a tribal resident resulted in wider unrest in Meghalaya. Security forces rushed to the area and several pockets were put under curfew for a month.
Governor Satya Pal Malik, however, backed the Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act, considered a ‘comprehensive mechanism’ to regulate the entry of outsiders into the state.
The government has also urged people who have recently returned from Britain or transited through the country to stay in isolation and inform officials about their travel history.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
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.
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?
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