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Vivo X90 series of smartphones, which includes the X90, the X90 Pro and the X90 Pro+, was recently launched in China. The smartphones pack the latest camera hardware including top of the line processors from MediaTek and Qualcomm. A leaked poster has now revealed that the smartphones will be announced globally early next year.

Prominent among them include the United States should elevate Indian territorial disputes with China on par with Beijing's assertiveness against other US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific and ensure this is reflected in all national security-related documents and speeches.

An F-22 fighter jet took the shot at 2:39 p.m. (1939 GMT), using a single AIM-9X supersonic, heat-seeking, air-to-air missile, a senior US military official said. The balloon first entered US airspace on January 28 before moving into Canadian airspace on Monday. It then re-entered US airspace on January 31, a US defense official said.

Referring to Gandhi's remarks on the tensions along the border with China in his interview with actor Kamal Haasan, Trivedi said, "Rahul Gandhi has made his intention clear that India should surrender before China in the same way it used to happen during his party's government."

Chinese researchers at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan province, performed road tests last week for modified passenger cars that use magnets to float 35 millimeters above a conductor rail, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated that India maintains a close eye on all events affecting its security and takes all necessary steps to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Apple has been working with suppliers to ramp up manufacturing in India and shorten the lag in production of the new iPhone --- iPhone 14 series --- from the typical six to nine months for previous launches, according to various reports.

In a further sign of easing, the National Health Commission said it was abolishing the requirement to identify and isolate "secondary close contacts". The new rules were announced following the first meeting of the newly elected seven-member Standing Committee of the ruling Communist Party of China, (CPC) headed by President Xi Jinping.

The NPC also endorsed Xi's close aide Han Zheng as vice president. This year's annual session of the NPC is regarded as significant as it heralds a once-in-a-ten-year change of leadership of the Chinese government, including the Premier who presides over the State Council, the central Cabinet.

According to local media, six additional cases were discovered Thursday morning in Beijing's central districts of Chaoyang and Haidian, close connections of those infected recently in northeastern Jilin province.