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Morning Digest | SC says NEET violates the basic structure of right to equality; AAP leader Manish Sisodia summoned by CBI, and more  

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Morning Digest | SC says NEET violates the basic structure of right to equality; AAP leader Manish Sisodia summoned by CBI, and more  

The Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Tamil Nadu government moves Supreme Court, says NEET violates basic structure, equality and federalism The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday moved an original suit in the Supreme Court for a declaration that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) as the sole gateway for entry into … Read more

Morning Digest | Aero India 2023 expected to see conclusion of 251 MoUs worth ₹75,000 crore; U.S. had contacts with China over ‘spy balloon’, Pentagon official says, and more

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Morning Digest | Aero India 2023 expected to see conclusion of 251 MoUs worth ₹75,000 crore; U.S. had contacts with China over ‘spy balloon’, Pentagon official says, and more

Indian Air Force’s aerobatic team ‘Suryakiran’ fly behind, during rehearsals ahead of Aero India 2023 at Yelahanka Air Force base, in Bengaluru on February 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Aero India 2023 expected to see conclusion of 251 MoUs worth ₹75,000 crore The 14th edition of the biennial Aero India which will see … Read more

US President Joe Biden to seek red lines in talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

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US President Joe Biden to seek red lines in talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

US President Joe Biden said Sunday he will seek to establish “red lines” in America’s fraught relations with Beijing in high-stakes talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The superpower sit-down will come on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia Monday, with leaders from the world’s 20 largest economies holding their biggest gathering since … Read more

Chinese military holds amphibious landing drill close to Taiwan after US Senators visit

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The Chinese military has conducted an amphibious landing exercise in waters near Taiwan, days after a delegation of the US senators visited the estranged island in a military plane as a show of support. According to a statement by the Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army, its 72nd Group Army carried out naval … Read more

China acting more ‘repressively, aggressively’ says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

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An increasingly powerful China is challenging the world order, acting “more repressively” and “more aggressively” as it flexes its influence, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview that aired Sunday. “What we’ve witnessed over the last several years is China acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. That is a … Read more

Bolstered by allies, Joe Biden officials take blunt message to first China talks

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The United States will take an uncompromising stance in talks with China on Thursday in Alaska, officials have said, in the first face-to-face meetings between senior officials from the two rivals since U.S. President Joe Biden took office. Beijing has called for a reset to ties, now at their lowest in decades, but Washington has … Read more

China’s sanctions on United States’ defence companies: What’s the impact?

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BEIJING: Beijing has said it will sanction several US defence giants including Boeing Defense, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, for selling arms to the democratic island of Taiwan. China views the self-ruled island as its own territory, despite the two having been ruled separately since the end of a civil war in 1949. Beijing sees any … Read more

China says will make ‘necessary’ response to United States arms sales to Taiwan

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BEIJING: China‘s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it would make a “legitimate and necessary” response to further U.S. arms sales to Chinese-claimed Taiwan, after a source said the White House was moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan. The United States should immediately halt all weapons sales to Taiwan, ministry spokesman … Read more

Pompeo says Indo-Pacific cooperation against China now more critical than ever

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TOKYO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said it was more critical now than ever for the regional allies in Indo-Pacific to collaborate against what he called Chinese Communist Party’s “exploitation, coercion and corruption.” Speaking at the start of a Quad meeting, a gathering of the foreign ministers of United States, Australia, India and Japan, … Read more

Beijing using militarised outposts in South China Sea as platforms of coercion: US

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WASHINGTON: China is using its militarised outposts in the South China Sea as platforms of coercion to assert control over waters it has no lawful claim over, the United States has said, demanding President Xi Jinping to honour his commitment that these maritime constructions “would not target or impact any country”. Beijing claims almost all … Read more