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Afghanistan blames ISI for Kabul attacks; Ghani snubs Abbasi
31 Jan 2018
President Ashraf Ghani refused to take a phone call from Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who had phoned in connection with the spate of recent attacks in Afghanistan
India’s third Scorpene-class sub ‘INS Karanj’ launched, Lamba slams delay
31 Jan 2018
Karanj is the third of the six Scorpene-class submarines being built by MDL under the Project 75 programme of Indian navy. It will undergo rigorous tests for the next one year before it is commissioned
At least 36 killed, 185 hurt as Yemen rebels storm into Aden
31 Jan 2018
Iran-backed pro-separatist security forces advanced in some areas and were reported just 1km away from the Saudi-backed president's palace in Aden, seizing two military camps near Aden international airport
Doklam our territory, but CPEC can be discussed: China
30 Jan 2018
China on Monday said it is ready to hold talks with India to resolve differences on the contentious $50-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, but maintained that the Doklam plateau falls within its territory
Afghanistan in tears after Kabul attack kills 103, inujres 235
29 Jan 2018
The government has blamed the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network, which Afghan and Western officials suspect of involvement in at least some of the recent attacks in the capital
PM outlines 3 top challenges at Davos: climate, terror, protectionism
24 Jan 2018
While singling out climate change as the biggest threat the world faces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his inaugural remarks at Davos also criticised artificial distinctions between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ terrorists
India admitted to Australia Group
19 Jan 2018
While India is now a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime and the Wassenaar Arrangement that deals with conventional arms and duel technology products besides the Australia group, its membership to the NSG is being stalled by China
UK scrambles Typhoons as Russian bombers come too close for comfort
16 Jan 2018
Britain's ministry of defence (MoD) confirmed that the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) aircraft took off from Royal Air Force (RAF) base Lossiemouth in north east Scotland, without confirming the exact number of Typhoons involved
False alarm of missile attack throws Hawaii into panic
15 Jan 2018
Residents and visitors in Hawaii were thrown into a panic on Saturday by a false missile alarm, with many saying they thought they were going to die
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