View: Why there can be no ‘Buffer Zones’ on the LAC

View: Why there can be no ‘Buffer Zones’ on the LAC

There can be nothing like a ‘buffer zone’ for India on the Line of Actual Control with China. It appears patrolling restrictions – usually put in place after any face-off — have been conflated with an old Chinese construct, which first played out after the 1962 war when Beijing proposed that either side should withdraw … Read more

Gold could rally 10% from Wednesday record high of Rs 50,000 plus: Kotak Bank official

Gold could rally 10% from Wednesday record high of Rs 50,000 plus: Kotak Bank official

Gold of 995 purity (24 carat), which hit a record high of Rs 50,392.75 per 10 gm on Wednesday including taxes, could rally another 10% in the next six-nine months, said Shekhar Bhandari, global transaction banking head, Kotak Mahindra Bank. “Rising US-China trade tensions, negative real rates by central bankers and fallout from Covid would … Read more

People trapped as crane collapses on to houses

People trapped as crane collapses on to houses

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA 20-metre (65ft) crane crashed on to a property in Gale Street, Bow A crane has collapsed on to two terraced houses in east London leaving residents trapped inside. The 20m (65ft) crane crashed on to the properties and a block of flats under development in the … Read more

Man gets 12 years for murdering ex-president’s son

Man gets 12 years for murdering ex-president’s son

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dr Fritz von Weizsäcker, second from left, was the youngest son of President Richard von Weizsäcker A German man has been convicted of murdering Dr Fritz von Weizsäcker, the son of Germany’s former president. A Berlin court handed Gregor S a 12 year sentence and sent him to a … Read more

Kulbhushan Jadhav coerced to refuse death verdict review, case is a farce: India hits out at Pakistan

Kulbhushan Jadhav coerced to refuse death verdict review, case is a farce: India hits out at Pakistan

Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Anurag Srivastava said in response to a query about Kulbhushan Jadhav, “We have been pursuing through diplomatic channels full and effective implementation of the ICJ judgment in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav. The media statement made by Pakistan today in the case seeks to mask its continuing … Read more

Exclusive: Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House ‘campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation’

Exclusive: Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House ‘campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation’

Vindman has endured a “campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation” spearheaded by the President following his testimony in the impeachment inquiry last year, according to his attorney, Amb. David Pressman. News of Vindman’s retirement marks the culmination of a months-long saga dating back to his public testimony in November. In recent weeks, the controversy has … Read more

Microsoft releases its plan for its next set of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform features coming this fall | ZDNet

Microsoft releases its plan for its next set of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform features coming this fall | ZDNet

Credit: Microsoft As it does annually, Microsoft is making available today its plans for new features it will be adding to Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform starting in the fall. On July 8, Microsoft is publishing its 2020 “Release Wave 2” plans. This is a collection of hundreds of new features, both incremental and … Read more