In Moscow for the SCO, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in what is the first highest level face-to-face contact between the two counties since border tensions erupted in May.
In his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Defence Minister said that the goal should be security & growth for all in the region, but it is far from being achieved.
India had earmarked 200 military personnel, including 180 soldiers from an infantry battalion and observers from the IAF and the Navy, to take part in the exercise, Kavkaz-2020.
The extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will take place on 13 May, while the regular meet is slated for June in Moscow.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who will be in Uzbekistan from 1-3 November for an SCO meeting, will greet the Indian contingent ahead of the exercise.
Abdul Adil, Air Adviser at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, and Medical Officer Abdul Hameed will attend the second day of the conference Friday.
This phase belongs to the ‘non-aligned’ parties. They could play a critical role in the eventuality of a hung parliament, which looks much more likely than it did one month ago.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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