In episode 721 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta unpacks the issues of international relations through the sea laws after the US ship sailed through Indian EEZ without intimation.
External affairs ministry says incident has been raised through diplomatic channels with US. Ex-Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash says US violated India's rules but not international law.
US Navy’s Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, India’s Vikramaditya Carrier Battle Group will join Japanese Navy and Australian Navy for the exercise that will go on until 20 November.
The aircraft landed over a week ago at an airstrip in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for refuelling under an agreement signed between India and US in 2016.
Tensions are flaring in an area known for rich fishing opportunities, as Chinese vessels spend increasingly long periods of time inside what Japan sees as its territorial waters.
Captain Brett Crozier had been relived of his command of U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt in April for sending a memo pleading in urgent terms for all but a skeleton crew to be removed amid the outbreak.
Humanity has a long history of being caught unaware by outside arrivals; we should pay more attention to that bias in ourselves, like we should have for Covid-19.
Captain Brett E. Crozier was fired after a letter he wrote to top Navy officials about a Covid-19 outbreak on USS Theodore Roosevelt was leaked to media.
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.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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