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According to a survey by the Indian Institute of Management-Rohtak, nearly 23 crore people tune in to the 'Mann ki Baat' programme on the last Sunday of every month with 65 percent of listeners preferring to hear the talk in Hindi.

To this day, General Krishnaswamy 'Sundarji' Sundararajanremains a controversial man, maligned by many just because he stood up against the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

According to the latest data provided by the United Nations, India has surpassed China to become the world's most populous nation with 142.86 crore people.

As India surpassed China to become the world's most populous nation on Wednesday, many believe it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain a balance between the rising population and the available resources.

The contentious border of the Aksai Chin, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have been shown as a separate region while PoK has been shown as part of Pakistan.

Population experts using previous UN data have projected that India would go past China this month. But the latest report from the global body did not specify a date for when the change would take place.

The police arrested the Chinese national identified as Tian on Sunday and on Monday he was shifted to Abbottabad via an Army helicopter due to security concerns as the police feared local people could harm him.

Recent research conducted by an Indian government-aided university says certain areas of the Indian economy rely heavily on imports from China that are deemed indispensable. Girish Linganna reports

Several of the materials also indicate that Washington monitors Beijing’s expanding military footprint abroad, noting a Chinese company was negotiating to build a deepwater port on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast. Girish Linganna reports

Xiaomi has refuted any allegations of supporting any war-related activities and declared its commitment to complying with all legal and regulatory requirements in all the regions where it conducts business. Girish Linganna reports