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Over 25 UP Police Teams Formed To Nab Vikas Dubey After 8 Cops Gunned Down

Over 25 UP Police Teams Formed To Nab Vikas Dubey After 8 Cops Gunned Down

More than 25 teams have been formed by the UP Police to nab history-sheeter Vikas Dubey who was yet to be apprehended 36 hours after eight police personnel were gunned down by criminals during an attempt to arrest him. Inspector General of Police, Kanpur, Mohit Agarwal on Saturday told PTI, “To nab Vikas Dubey and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

‘We will take about three months to finish phase I and II clinical trials’: Zydus Cadila’s Pankaj R Patel

‘We will take about three months to finish phase I and II clinical trials’: Zydus Cadila’s Pankaj R Patel

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) late on Thursday approved Zydus Cadila’s application to move to human trials for its ZyCov-D, hotting up India’s race for a vaccine against Covid-19. The trials will begin this month on over 1,000 patients across multiple sites, said the Ahmedabad-headquartered firm’s chairman, Pankaj R Patel. In an interview with The […]

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India should avoid strategic miscalculation: China on LAC standoff

India should avoid strategic miscalculation: China on LAC standoff

In the wake of the standoff along the LAC in Ladakh, Beijing on Friday said that New Delhi should avoid a “strategic miscalculation” with regard to China. This kind of statement is unusual from China. Pakistan had, in 2018, used this phrase. Indian “belligerence” is a threat to regional peace and can lead to “strategic miscalculation”, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Bravery shown by you has sent message about India’s strength: PM to soldiers in Ladakh

Bravery shown by you has sent message about India’s strength: PM to soldiers in Ladakh

Paying tributes to the 20 Army men killed in a violent face off with Chinese troops in east Ladakh, prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the bravery shown by the soldiers has sent a message about the strength of India. Addressing Army, Air Force and ITBP personnel during his surprise visit to Ladakh, he […]

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PM Modi’s Surprise Ladakh Visit Has Silenced His Critics And Sent Out Strong Message To China

PM Modi’s Surprise Ladakh Visit Has Silenced His Critics And Sent Out Strong Message To China

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on June 30, many were left disappointed when he did not say a word about the standoff with China at Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. That was probably a strategic move. Every conflict doesn’t have to be responded with bluster and bombast. However, as PM Modi reached […]

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PM Modi in Ladakh, to take stock of situation after Galwan Valley face-off with China

PM Modi in Ladakh, to take stock of situation after Galwan Valley face-off with China

PM Modi is accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army chief General MM Naravane. The prime minister is currently at one of the forward locations in Nimu where he is interacting with personnel of the Army, Air Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Located at 11,000 feet, this is among the tough […]

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PM In Leh To Review Situation After June 15 Ladakh Clash With China

PM In Leh To Review Situation After June 15 Ladakh Clash With China

Ladakh/ New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Leh this morning to review the situation after June 15 clash in Ladakh where 20 soldiers were killed in line of duty in a face-off with Chinese troops. NDTV

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CDS Bipin Rawat who led army’s 2017 standoff in Doklam flies into Ladakh today

CDS Bipin Rawat who led army’s 2017 standoff in Doklam flies into Ladakh today

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat is in East Ladakh sector today to review the tri-services preparedness against the aggressive People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as well as understand the proposed de-escalation and disengagement process at the four stand-off points. As an Army Chief, General Rawat stood up to Chinese PLA at Doklam plateau on India-Bhutan-China […]

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Banning Chinese Apps Was A ‘Digital Strike’: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Banning Chinese Apps Was A ‘Digital Strike’: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Shankar Prasad on Thursday said India is wants peace, but if someone casts an evil eye, the country is capable of giving a befitting reply. Hailing the “strong” leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he asserted, if our country has lost 20 soldiers, the toll is double on the Chinese side. “Now you can hear […]

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Military steps up vigil on LoC as tensions simmer along LAC

Military steps up vigil on LoC as tensions simmer along LAC

At a time when India and China are locked in a standoff along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the military is also keeping a strict vigil on the western front to deter Pakistan from fishing in troubled waters and prevent what could turn out to be a two-front conflict, officials […]