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One of the focal points of the summit will be boosting connectivity and trade among the participating nations. The leaders will likely engage in productive deliberations to explore ways to strengthen ties and promote regional stability.

The incident caused a strain between the US and China. General Pat Ryder said that the US was "aware that (the balloon) had intelligence collection capabilities but it has been our assessment now that it did not collect while it was transiting the United States or over flying the United States."

In an explosive interview withwith Jennifer Zeng, a member of the International Press Association, Wuhan researcher Shan Chao has claimed that China deliberately engineered coronavirus or Covid-19 as a 'bioweapon'.

PM Modi's US visit: Reacting to a question on India's role with respect to Washington's China policy, Kirby said, "We are not viewing India as a counterweight to China. We weren't approaching the state visit as some sort of messaging opportunity to China."

PM Modi's US visit:Even after 15 years since the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the masterminds behind the atrocity have yet to be brought to justice. The most critical gap to combat terrorism is to address avoiding double standards and this self-defeating justification of good terrorists versus bad terrorists.

In September last year, it was learnt that China had put a hold on the proposal to designate Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Sajid Mir at the UN. Beijing has now blocked the proposal.

In September last year, it was learnt that China had put a hold on the proposal to designate Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Sajid Mir at the UN. Beijing has now blocked the proposal.

The Uttarakhand cabinet had already approved giving the Indian Air Force control of the strategically located Naini Saini airport while allowing commercial flights to continue from there.

Analysts believe a recent series of arms deals between the US and India may be part of a larger plan by the West to reduce India’s reliance on Russia for military hardware, says Girish Linganna

As of January 2023, the global inventory of nuclear warheads amounted to approximately 12,512. Among these, around 9,576 warheads were held in military stockpiles for potential use, the SIPRI said in its yearbook.