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Blow For Beijing; India, Japan, US & Australia Take A Collective Stand To Counter China In The Indo-Pacific
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Blow For Beijing; India, Japan, US & Australia Take A Collective Stand To Counter China In The Indo-Pacific

It has been a hyperactive time table for the Indian Navy over the past week – Indian Naval Commanders’ Conference, India-Australia bilateral naval exercising, International Fleet Review in Japan, and Malabar Naval Edition regarding the Quad navies. And all that is being visible as contributing to the Indo-Pacific’s stability. Immediately after the exceptional International Fleet assessment that Japan hosted on November 6 at Sagami Bay, 4 Quad partners – Australia, India, Japan, and the USA – will start the Malabar naval exercising off Yokosuka on Tuesday (November eight). This exercising will finish on November 18. The Navy chiefs of the 4 Quad international locations met in Tokyo on November 5. They exchanged perspectives on “similarly improving inter-operability” in destiny variations of...
Wealth of India’s 10 richest enough to fund school, higher education of every child for 25 years: Study
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Wealth of India’s 10 richest enough to fund school, higher education of every child for 25 years: Study

Indian billionaire see their combined fate more than doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic, and their counts jumped up to 39 percent to 142, while the ten richest wealth was sufficient to fund children and higher education children in this country for 25 years, A new study shows Monday. In the annual inequality survey released on the first day of Summit Davos Agenda Davos Davos World Forum, Oxfam India further said that one additional tax percent at 10 percent was richest able to provide the country with almost 17.7 extra oxygen cylinders, while similar wealth tax on 98 families The richest billionaire will finance Ayushman Bharat, the largest health insurance scheme in the world, for more than seven years. Pandemic Covid-19 looked in a big rush for oxygen cylinders and insurance claims dur...
Covid spreads faster than the second national wave: data
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Covid spreads faster than the second national wave: data

In the week ended January 2, there were 18,290 new Covid-19 infections which were reported every day on average throughout India, the average seven-day highlight had been touched since October 12, the dashboard showed. New Covid-19 infections throughout India increased faster than they did even during the brutal second wave in April-May last year, data analyzed with HT showed that the latest surge driven by omicron variants seen throughout the world, where he has surpassed all the previous waves. India on Sunday reported 33,647 new Covid-19 infections, the highest in one day since September 17, or in 107 days, according to the Covid HT dashboard, because the latest surge in the state in the case continues to push the daily case number to a level that is not visible since the second wave is...
Maharashtra makes RT-PCR test compulsory for domestic travellers due to new Omicron variant
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Maharashtra makes RT-PCR test compulsory for domestic travellers due to new Omicron variant

The Maharashtra government, in order on November 30, has made it mandatory for intra-state travelers to be fully vaccinated or held a valid RT-PCR test and for travelers between countries to produce RT-PCR tests (48 hours), without exception. Development came after the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron was detected in South Africa and stated "variants of concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Order said. Orders state that the steps are being carried out under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 "with direct effects". Here are all the restrictions forced on air travel to Maharashtra: For domestic travelers - In terms of domestic air travel, passengers traveling in Maharashtra must be fully vaccinated or must take RT-PCR test within 48 hours after arrival. - In the event of passenge...
Now, these countries also recognise India’s Covid-19 vaccination certificate. List here
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Now, these countries also recognise India’s Covid-19 vaccination certificate. List here

Fifteen more countries have recognized the Covid-19 Indian vaccination certificate, which has taken a list of these countries to 21, the external ministry (MEA) has told. "Rexual recognition of the Covid-19 vaccination certificate continues! Fifteen more recognition for Indian vaccination certificates," said spokesman MEA Arindam Bagchi Tweet on Thursday night. "Rexual Recognition of Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate with India: Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgistan, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palestine, Philippines, San Marino, Singapore, Switzerland, Singapore, Switzerland, Singapore, Turkey and Ukraine, "said MEA in a statement. Check the list of countries here: 1. Australia. 2. Bangladesh. 3. Belarus. 4. Estonia. 5. G...
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Cadbury responds to row over beef in chocolates, says India products 100% veg

Cadbury also said negative posts could damage their image and asked its consumers to verify the facts related to their products before sharing them. Cadbury has issued clarification after a screenshot that claims that the company uses gelatin in some of their products into viral on social media during the weekend, asking consumers to verify the facts before sharing. "The screen of the screen distributed in tweets is not related to Mondelez / Cadbury products produced in India. All products are manufactured and sold in 100% vegetarian India. Green dot on the wrapper indicates it," said Cadbury on Sunday. Cadbury also said the negative post could damage its image. "As you imagine well, the negative post like this, damaging consumer confidence in our respected and loved brands. We ask our cus...
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PM Modi to attend virtual summit of BRICS today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a virtual summit of the influential grouping BRICS on Tuesday which will focus on cooperation in counter-terrorism, trade, health, energy and ways to offset impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to attend the 12th summit of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping. The BRICS summit is taking place at a time two of the bloc''s members, India and China, are locked in a bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh for over six months. Both Modi and Xi had come face-to-face virtually at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on November 10. "At the invitation of President Putin, Prime Ministe...
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Malabar Exercise 2020: Second phase begins on November 17, INS Vikramaditya, USS Nimitz to participate

The second phase of Malabar Exercise 2020 is scheduled to start on Tuesday (November 17) in the Northern Arabian Sea. According to an official press release, the exercise will conclude on November 20. The exercise will involve coordinated operations between the navies of India, the US, Australia and Japan. Experts maintain that the second phase of Malabar Exercise 2020 will take forward the synergy achieved between the navies of the four countries in the recently concluded Phase 1 of Malabar Exercise. It may be recalled that first phase of the crucial execise was conducted in the Bay of Bengal from November 3-6. Phase 2 of Malabar Exercise 2020 will witness joint operations, centred around the Vikramaditya Carrier Battle Group of the Indian Navy and Nimitz Carrier Strike Group of the...
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In many respects, modern-day India is counted as a success story, says Barack Obama

Former US President Barack Obama has said that modern day India can be counted as a success story in many respects, despite bitter feuds within political parties, various armed separatist movements, and corruption scandals. The 44th US president, in his latest book, says the transition to a more market-based economy in the 1990s unleashed the extraordinary entrepreneurial talents of Indians, leading to soaring growth rates, a thriving technology sector, and a steadily expanding middle class. In his book "A Promised Land", Obama writes on his journey from the 2008 election campaign to the end of his first term with the daring Abbottabad (Pakistan) raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. "A Promised Land" is the first of two planned volumes. The first part hit bookstores gl...