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Oct12020 by News DeskNo Comments

UK – MP Writes to the Chairman About Conservative Group for Kashmir and its Impact on Indian Diaspora

Bob Blackman, the vice-chairman of the conservative friends of India and the chairman and vice-chairman of number of All-Party Parliamentary groups related to India, wrote to the Chairman of the party raising concerns about a group that backs the Kashmir issue. Belonging to the Ruling Conservative Party, he has written to chairman raising concerns against a group being announced in the party as 'Conservative Friends of Kashmir' which may have long term implication, especially on the large Indian diaspora. In the letter, he asked the party to make it clear officially that the group is "not an officially recognised body and has no links to the party" and therefore cannot use party logo or branding. Highlighting the impact to the party, Bob in his letter to the Chairman of Conservati...

Oct12020 by News DeskNo Comments

Iran Denies Rumours of Sending Arms to Armenia, Reassures Stance to Azerbaijan

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On Wednesday, Mahmoud Vaezi, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff, told Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister, Shahin Mustafayev, that Iran recognises Azerbaijan's territorial integrity as it reiterated calls to peacefully resolve the deadly clash with Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region through talks. “The stance of the Islamic Republic on Azerbaijan has always been clear and transparent as it has always recognised the neighbouring country’s territorial integrity and respected it,” Mahmoud Vaezi told Shahin Mustafayev over a phone call. “We believe the end of occupation will bring stability to the region,” Mahmoud Vaezi said, as quoted by the government’s website. Separately, over a phone call on Wednesday, Iranian President Rouhani urged Armenia ...

Sep302020 by News DeskNo Comments

India is not Giving the Right Count on Covid Deaths, Says Donald Trump

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

During the presidential debate on Tuesday night between him and Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden, they both sparred on the extent of the deaths caused by the pandemic. Biden said that the 200,000 people who died of the coronavirus in the US were 20 per cent of the global death toll of 1 million while the US population is only 4 per cent of the world. Trump shot back, “When you talk about numbers you know how many people died in China? You know how many people died in Russia? You don’t know how many people died in India. They don’t give you a straight count.” Trump said that the pandemic was China’s fault, but Biden tried to deflect China’s role wanting to pin the blame for its ravages on Trump. The first debate held in Cleveland was about domestic issues and th...

Sep302020 by News DeskNo Comments

Myanmar Students Face Jail over Anti-Government and Anti-Military Pamphlet Protest

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On Tuesday, Myanmar student representatives reported 14 students being detained and charged with offences of up to two years in jail for giving out anti-government and anti-military pamphlets. The campaign criticising the government and the military began early September. Pamphlets containing slogans such as “dictatorship must fail” and “oppose murderous fascism” were handed out by students in towns and cities across Myanmar. Student protests also demanded authorities to restore internet in the western state of Rakhine, where access to the internet has been curbed as Myanmar soldiers fight ethnic insurgents who want greater autonomy. Police, on the other hand, stated that they did not have details of any arrests. No government official comments came in after as well. All Burm...

Sep302020 by News DeskNo Comments

Israel Provoking People of Lebanon against Shi’ite Movement, Claims Hezbollah

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On Tuesday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session via a pre-recorded video, claimed that Iran-backed Lebanon’s Hezbollah stored weapons near a gas company in the residential Beirut neighbourhood of Jnah, but Hezbollah denied the allegations. Netanyahu warned that the Jnah neighbourhood's depot was “where the next explosion could take place”, referring to the August blast at Beirut port that killed nearly 200 people. The blast pushed Lebanon back into a deep economic crisis, which has led to a large number of people leaving the country over growing hopelessness. Government officials had stated the reason for the massive blast to be highly explosive ammonium nitrate which detonated after being kept in poor storag...

Sep292020 by News DeskNo Comments

Turkish F-16 Shoots Down Armenia Jet in Armenian Airspace

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Turkish air force F-16s have been deployed against Armenia and shot down an Armenian military aircraft amid the Azeri attack on Artsakh, the Armenian military said. “Today, starting from 10:30, Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets took off from the Gyanja airport in Azerbaijan and were ensuring the Azerbaijani SU-25 and Turkish-made Bayraktar UAV bombings from the Azerbaijani Dalyar airport at the Armenian settlements and Armed Forces land divisions positioned in the Vardenis, Mets Masrik and Sotk regions of the Vardenis region in Armenia. In the abovementioned period our air force was providing air support to the Armenian Armed Forces Air Defense units. During their mission and aerial battles, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down an on-duty SU-25 jet of the Armenian Air ...

Sep292020 by News DeskNo Comments

China Takes 1959 line on Perception of LAC

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

China has said it abides by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as proposed by Premier Zhou Enlai to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in a letter dated November 7, 1959— the first time in decades that it has clearly spelled out its stand on the national Sino-India boundary by reiterating a position that New Delhi has consistently rejected since it was first made 61 years ago. In the statement in Mandarin, the Chinese foreign ministry, while blaming the Indian Army for the ongoing tension since May and for the June 15 clash in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan valley, said the clash was an “unfortunate” event. “Firstly, China-India border LAC is very clear, that is the LAC on November 7, 1959. China announced it in 1950s, and the international community including India are also clear about it,” th...

Sep292020 by News DeskNo Comments

Nagorno-Karabakh Battle Rages for 2nd Day in Azerbaijan.

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After the recent uprising in Azerbaijan, 26 more separatists lost their lives to the clashes with the troops and Nagorno-Karabakh region rebels according to the defence ministry, where the military death toll reached to 84. According to the reports the fresh number is of civilian killings mounted to 11, nine from Azerbaijan and two from Armenina on Tuesday, bringing total death toll to 95. The Nagorno-Karabakh leader said “This is a life-and-death war.” All leaders across the globe have requested to stop the fightings as this has been one of the worst escalation since 2016 raised the spectre of a fresh war between the ex-Soviet rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan. The UN Security Council decide to hold an emergency talks behind the closed door after France and Germany led a push for...

Sep282020 by News DeskNo Comments

Azerbaijan and Armenia’s Conflict Turn Ugly over Disputed Regions of Nagorno – Karabakh

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Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting an ethnic and territorial conflict that stretches between Nagorno – Karabakh and seven surrounding districts that are de – facto controlled by the self – declared Republic of Artsakh, but are internationally recognized as partial part of Azerbaijan. The conflict has re-erupted again and caused some of the heaviest clashes in years, leaving 23 dead. On Sunday, two ex- Soviet republics battled over the disputed regions just before the sirens of danger waged on both ends. President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev said that, he was confident of regaining control over the region. Martial law was declared in Azerbaijan amid protests and violence in parts of the region were reported. The unresolved issue that has been on going for almost three decad...

Sep272020 by News DeskNo Comments

“We are at the Edge of an Abyss”: Israelis Protest against PM Netanyahu

INTERNATIONAL

Israelis have come out to protest in masses against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for over three months now. The protesters demand Netanyahu's resignation over the poor handling of COVID-19, use of lockdown measures to stop demonstrations against him being charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, which many say is the reason for Netanyahu to not be serving as a prime minister in the first place. On Saturday, according to Israel’s N12 News, thousands of people protested outside Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem. A day after the government tightened COVID-19 restrictions, protesters formalised demonstrations as long lines of cars drove along the main highway to Jerusalem in a protest convoy and groups gathered on bridges and junctions in other cities. According t...