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After Russia and China, will bauxite giant Guinea also trouble India?
Russian aluminium major Rusal -- one of the world's largest producers of aluminium -- that owns three bauxite mines in Guinea, has already indicated that it may have to recall its employees in case the political situation deteriorates. According to news organisation, the Bell, Russia particularly enjoyed good relations with Guinea under Conde.
With self-made SLBMs, is Seoul telling US it's ready to fight own battles?
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles in contravention of UN resolutions. The Japanese Defence Ministry confirmed that the North Korean missiles landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) somewhere between Japan and Korea. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga condemned the North Korean launch as "outrageous" and its ally--the US, said it posed a threat to the region and to the world.
Is Xi Jinping playing Don Quixote in Tibet
Some contradictions are quite difficult to understand, especially when they reflect deep rooted fears in the conduct of powerful governments and their almighty leaders. The schizophrenic reactions of President Xi and his all-invasive communist security apparatus merely at the sight of the Dalai Lama's photo in the hands of their Tibetan subjects is one such glaring example.
Finally, the Taliban are on the receiving end
At least five missiles were said to have landed near the Kabul power plant which shows that the objective of the strike was to throw the capital city into darkness by disrupting the power and electricity supply. Now the Taliban have ordered Afghans living in an abandoned military compound to leave their houses and make way for the group's fighters to move in. There are 2,500 families that are feared to be evicted in the coming days. However, after protests the Taliban are said to have abandoned the plans temporarily.
Tibetans will never accept CCP's fake Panchen Lama
The people have led the freedom struggle and are still fighting diligently for the cause of Tibet. The illegal annexation is an issue that undoubtedly saddens the Tibetans immensely, but there is yet another issue that has had no status update since it happened. This specific matter is that of the abduction of the Eleventh Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, in 1995 when he was just six years old by the Chinese Communist authorities.
With help from Korea, can India become a global semi-condutor hub?
After solely depending on imports until now, India has now embarked on an aggressive drive to position itself as a global chip manufacturing hub. Semi conductor or a chip, as it is commonly known, is the most critical component required in any modern electronic gadget. With the supply chain getting severely impacted since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, the Centre is now incentivising global manufacturers to set up their units here.
Can Taliban handle a new generation of Afghans who have breathed the air of freedom?
Foreign policy watchers told India Narrative that the young Afghans – typically those who are in their 20s and 30s-- are now used to a different life which has been free, democratic and open. "For the Taliban, the biggest challenge is to gain acceptability of the people of Afghanistan, who are now used to their freedom and are quite conscious of their rights—men and women both," one of them said, adding that it may not be easy for the hardline government to manage them even in the medium term.
India rises to feed China
Sample this. According to the All India Rice Exporters' Association, in 2018-19 India exported 951 tonnes but the figure shot up in 2020-21 to touch 33,1571 tonnes. Heavy floods in China have affected foodgrain production. Large parts of crops were damaged due to heavy rains and flooding last year as well as this year.
Is Pakistan really the winner in Afghanistan?
Politics apart, Pakistan is clear that it wants a hand in the till on all aspects of Afghanistan's future course. Thus, while the ISI watched the government formation in Afghanistan with a keen eye to ensure its chosen nominees are in the right positions, the Imran Khan government has announced its economic plans for Afghanistan.
After initial euphoria, is Russia changing its mind on the Taliban?
Russia's glee at the dastardly, if, crafty, US exit cannot of course be faulted. The graveyard of empires which dealt the death blow to the once mighty Soviet Union has done the same to the very United States which had facilitated this death. Observers and commentators have repeatedly pointed out how disciplined, even graceful, the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan had been in comparison to withdrawal of the US.
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