Tag: United States
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North Korea says weapons drill was defensive, criticizes Seoul
North Korean state media on Sunday showed leader Kim Jong Un observing live-fire drills of long-range multiple rocket launchers and what appeared to be a new short-range ballistic missile fired from a launch vehicle.
May 9, 2019 -
Rocket drills
In a signal to the likes of President Trump, Kim is reported to have expressed “great satisfaction” over Saturday’s drills, even emphasising that his frontline troops should keep a “high-alert posture” and enhance combat ability to “defend the political sovereignty and economic self-sustenance of the country”.
May 8, 2019 -
India in touch with US on Iranian oil imports: MEA
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India’s decision on oil imports would be based on many factors, including commercial considerations and the country’s energy security.
May 2, 2019 -
Teen suicides rose after release of 13 Reasons Why, says study
The researchers say that the number of suicide-related deaths recorded in April 2017 was higher than the number reported in any single month during the five-year period examined by them.
April 30, 2019 -
Iran oil imports put India in tough spot
Indian refineries have steadily reduced their dependency on Iranian oil; however, may not be able to stop it altogether.
April 30, 2019 -
India, China among five biggest military spenders, says SIPRI report
In 2018, India increased its military spending by 3.1 per cent to $66.5 billion.
April 29, 2019 -
US imposes sanctions on Pakistan for refusing to take back deportees
Pakistan is the latest to join the list of 10 nations that have been imposed with sanctions under a US law according to which countries refusing to take back deportees and visa over-stayers will be denied American visas.
April 27, 2019 -
US agrees with Russia, China on pulling troops from Afghanistan
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy negotiating with the Taliban, met with Russian and Chinese representatives in Moscow as he seeks international consensus for his efforts to end the war.
April 27, 2019 -
Venezuela government calls two new counter protests
Venezuela's government has announced two marches to counter the ones opposition leader Juan Guaido has planned.
April 23, 2019 -
US seeks to extend detention of some asylum seekers: report
US President Donald Trump has staked his presidency on his insistence that the United States is being overrun by migrants and asylum seekers.
April 17, 2019 -
Everyone who eats an egg has taken part in the killing
At the layer-hen hatcheries, supplying the egg industry with layer hens, the eggs are developed in industrial incubators.
April 15, 2019 -
China-US trade talks nearing final round: Mnuchin
American officials have also been pressing China to agree not to retaliate against the United States if it reimposes tariffs on Chinese goods.
April 14, 2019 -
Minority groups allege ‘worst kind of genocide’ in Pakistan, hold rally in US
Participants carrying posters and banners highlighting atrocities meted out to ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan took out a rally to the White House
April 8, 2019 -
Welcome, if limited
In an Indian context, in which economic factors drive so many women to the convent at a young age, it would be proper for the CBCI to include them in the “vulnerable” section the new Vatican jurisprudence “recognises”.
April 1, 2019 -
China, Pak upset with US for new resolution to ban JeM chief
Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mohammad Faisal, in his weekly briefing said, "We regret that a resolution has been circulated in the UNSC at a time when the matter was under consideration by the 1267 sanctions committee. Such efforts to circumvent the established machinery for this purpose will only weaken the 1267 regime."
March 28, 2019 -
Time we did away with death penalty
In 1980, India undertook a shift away from capital punishment via the landmark Bachan Singh case, which established that this most extreme measure should only be applied in “the rarest of the rare” cases.
March 16, 2019 -
US asks India to stop oil purchases from Venezuela
An official said India was looking into the issue raised by the US regarding its oil purchases from Venezuela.
March 13, 2019