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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicMilitary drills

Topic: military drills

South Korea, Japan, US conduct air drill, involving US strategic bomber for the first time

3 countries agree to maintain a strong deterrence against North Korea and strengthen cooperation in shipbuilding and critical minerals.

Taiwan raises alert as China deploys 90 ships in likely drills

Taiwan's defense ministry has claimed that China set up seven 'temporary reserved' airspace zones to the east of its eastern Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

Russian forces conduct second mobile nuclear missile launcher drills this month

The drills are taking place less than two months after Russia held tactical nuclear weapons deployment exercises alongside ally Belarus.

South Korea, US hold largest live-fire drills to respond to ‘full-scale attack’ from North Korea

Some 2,500 troops from the South and the United States took part as the five-day exercise began in Pocheon near the border with the North, South Korea's defence ministry said.

Chinese warplanes, ships were still around Taiwan after drills end, says defence ministry

Although China said drills had ended, Taiwan's defence ministry said it spotted 9 Chinese ships and 26 aircraft carrying out combat readiness patrols late Tuesday morning.

Japan following China’s military drills around Taiwan ‘with great interest,’ says govt official

China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in the second day of drills around the island on Sunday.

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Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.