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Not possible for India to remain truly non-aligned with China sitting on its frontiers: Tharoor​

Tharoor held that the one thing India wanted after Independence was not to be tied down to any other country’s perspective on the world and that it wanted the right to decide for itself on the merits of every issue.​

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JANUARY 27, 2024 / 10:25 PM IST

He said that while relations with Maldives at present are not good, that with Sri Lanka was not too bad, while that with Bangladesh is pretty good.​

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said that with China sitting on India’s frontiers, it is not possible for India to remain “truly non-aligned”.

He said that the world being in disorder has shaken some of the assumptions of India’s foreign policy.

“We are still non-aligned and a member of the non-aligned movement. But what does that mean anymore is not very clear, because the two superpowers are no longer the US and the (erstwhile) Soviet Union. They are the US and increasingly China,” he said.

In that situation, Delhi cannot be truly non-aligned with a hostile China “sitting at India’s frontiers”, Tharoor said while speaking at a talk show at the Kolkata International Book Fair.
He said that if China were to take a “more directly belligerent posture, there is every likelihood that hard choices will have to be made by India”. Tharoor said that though India is not in a treaty like NATO, it has partnered with the US, Australia and Japan in the QUAD.

“We do have a partnership that counts, similarly we are in a situation in which we are seen by the Chinese as more aligned with their enemies or with those countries trying to contain them,” Tharoor said.


The Lok Sabha MP from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram said that India is also a member of a new grouping I2U2 comprising India, Israel, United States and the United Arab Emirates. “I don’t know what the future of I2U2 is in the aftermath of the Gaza conflict,” he said.

The noted writer and a former diplomat said that India has become much closer to Israel than it was in the past. He said that strong bilateral relations exist between the two countries with Narendra Modi being the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel and his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu coming to this country twice.

Stating that India is also going through a state of flux in view of the international developments, he said that Modi is trying to position India as the voice of the global south. “That is an updated version of the non-aligned movement,” the Congress leader said. He said that every government in India, starting from Independence, has been wedded to the idea of strategic autonomy.


Tharoor held that the one thing India wanted after Independence was not to be tied down to any other country’s perspective on the world and that it wanted the right to decide for itself on the merits of every issue.

“When we signed the 20-year treaty on peace, friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union, the world perceived us of having tilted to it, and similarly, with a lot of agreements signed now give to the world the perception that we are tilting towards the US, even if we profess to be non-aligned,” Tharoor said.

He said that it is not India’s fault that relations are not as good with Maldives under its present ruling dispensation as was during the previous government in the island nation and one has to see it in the context of that country’s policies.

“Gratitude doesn’t go very far in international affairs,” he said, adding that India has done a lot for the Maldives, from putting down a coup against their government, supplying plane-loads of water to it, but that does not go a long way in deciding such relationships.

He said that while relations with Maldives at present are not good, that with Sri Lanka was not too bad, while that with Bangladesh is pretty good. “Relations with Pakistan are in bad shape, Nepal is more and more subject to Chinese influence and Chinese influence is also increasing in Bhutan,” he said about India’s position vis-a-vis smaller countries in the periphery.

“On the whole, we are not doing very well in the border areas, but not all of it is India’s fault,” he said that it is important that India’s foreign policy takes into account its national interest first.

Not possible for India to remain truly non-aligned with China sitting on its frontiers: Tharoor

Tharoor held that the one thing India wanted after Independence was not to be tied down to any other country’s perspective on the world and that it wanted the right to decide for itself on the merits of every issue.

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[Beijingwalker]

Amidst China Conflict, India’s Pledges $75B For Defense In 2024-25 Fiscal; 10 Times Lower Than Beijing​

By NC Bipindra
-February 2, 2024

India will spend nearly US$75 billion (INR 6.21 trillion) on its military, including a modernization budget of US$20 billion (INR 1.72 trillion). The modernization money will go towards purchasing fighter aircraft, warships, submarines, and mechanized fighting vehicles. In contrast, the rest of the money will go towards sustaining existing weapons and taking care of the pay and pensions of personnel.

The US$ 75 billion Indian military budget is estimated to be ten times lower than China’s unofficial spending of US$700 billion, as assessed by the American think-tank, The Heritage Foundation, in its September 2023 study. The United States spends upwards of US$800 billion on defense.

According to the Indian Ministry of Defense, the budget allocation, as presented by India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, would cater to “the current geopolitical scenario” and meet the “twin objectives of promoting self-reliance and (arms) exports.”

This was the final budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second tenure, and hence was also colloquially known as “interim budget” or officially as “vote on account.” The total budget for the financial year 2024-25, which would start in April, would be presented in the Monsoon Session of the Indian Parliament in July after the April-May parliamentary elections to elect a new national government for India.

The 2024-25 interim defense budget is working out to 13.04% of the total budget of the Government of India, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “The Ministry of Defense (MoD) continues to receive the highest allocation among the Ministries. The budgetary allocation to Defense for FY24-25 is higher by approximately (INR) one lakh crore (INR 1 trillion) or 18.35% over the allocation for FY 2022-23 and 4.72% more than the allocation of FY23-24.”

Of this, a significant share of 27.67% would go to capital expenditure for buying new weapons and military systems, 14.82% for revenue expenditure on sustenance and operational preparedness of arms and ammunition, 30.68% for pay and allowances to defense personnel, 22.72% for pensions of retired personnel, and 4.11% for civil organizations under MoD.

Upward Trend In Defense Capital Spend For Self-Reliance​

The budgetary allocation of US20 billion for FY2024-25 for capital acquisitions is 20.33% higher than the actual expenditure of FY22-23 and 9.40% over the Revised Allocation for the present fiscal year 2023-24. “The allocation aligns with the Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP) of the three Services aimed to fill the critical capability gaps through modernization of the Armed Forces by materializing some big-ticket acquisitions in FY2024-25,” the ministry said.

The enhanced budgetary allocation will facilitate equipping the Armed Forces with state-of-the-art, niche technology lethal weapons, fighter aircraft, ships, drones, and specialist vehicles, apart from missile systems, ISR capabilities, and countermeasures for enemy capabilities. The current big-ticket purchases in the next year could include six conventional submarines with Air Independent Propulsion systems on board, 4.5 generation combat jets, Predator drone variants for the three armed forces, and warships.

Other projects could include the planned modernization of the existing Su-30 fleet, additional aircraft procurement, acquisition of advanced engines for existing MiG-29, and acquisition of transport aircraft C-295 and missile systems, which will be funded from the allocated budget.


Apart from this, to further take the ‘Make in India’ initiative, the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Mk1 IOC/FOC configuration will be additionally funded to ensure state-of-the-art technology in domestic production. The Indian Navy projects, such as the acquisition of deck-based fighter aircraft, submarines, and next-generation survey vessels, will all materialize through this allocation.

“The sizeable allocation under capital expenditure is centered around promoting ‘Aatmanirbharta’ (self-reliance) in the defense sector. A large portion of the allocation will be utilized for procurement through domestic sources to provide domestically manufactured next-generation weapon systems to the country, which will have a multiplier effect on the Gross Domestic Product, create employment, ensure capital formation, and provide a stimulus to the domestic economy,” the ministry said.

New Measures In Defense Budget​

The Economic Survey of India 2023 has projected that in the ship-building sector, the investment multiplier is around 1.82, which means that an infusion of approximately INR 1.5 lakh crore (INR 1.5 trillion) in naval ship-building projects would accrue a circulation of INR 2.73 lakh crore (INR 2.73 trillion) in the ship-building sector due to the multiplier effect.

This year, the government of India has made a conscious call to foster jointness among the services by consolidating the demand of the three armed forces into similar items of expenditure such as land, aircraft and aero-engines, and heavy and medium vehicles. This will bring flexibility in financial management by enabling the MoD to reappropriate the funds among the armed forces, considering inter-services priority. This mechanism will also expedite decision-making and ensure better utilization of the capital budget.

To enhance the sustenance funding for the operational readiness of the armed forces, the Indian government has allocated INR 920.88 billion (INR 92,088 crore) for revenue expenditure, which is 48% higher than the budgetary allocation for FY2022-23. During the mid-year review, the allocation on this head was increased by 82% over the fiscal allocation of FY 22-23, crossing the figure of INR 1 trillion for the first time.

“This aims to provide the best maintenance facilities and support system to all platforms, including aircraft and ships. It also facilitates procuring ammunition, mobility of resources, and movement of personnel, catering to the day-to-day expenditure of the armed forces in strengthening the deployment in forward areas and keeping the forces always ready to take care of any eventuality. The continued higher allocation since FY2023-24 in this (budgetary) head has resolved the troops’ grievance and improved their sustenance and operational readiness,” the ministry said.

Border Infrastructure, Coast Guard & Defense R&D​

In light of the continued threat perception faced at the Sino-Indian de factor border, a jump in the Capital Budget allocation to the Border Roads Organisation continued in the next year’s budget. Since May 2020, the armed forces of the two nations have been in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, with the Galwan clashes being the worst ever in 40 years and the first direct clash between troopers, claiming 20 Indian military personnel’s lives and unverified claims of around 40 personnel on the Chinese side.

The allocation for FY2024-25 to boost border infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and military facilities is INR 6,500 crore (INR 65 billion), which is 30% higher than the allocation for FY2023-24 and 160% higher over the allocation of FY2021-22. “This indicates the commitment of the Indian government to improve border infrastructure.”

Besides promoting strategic infrastructural development in the border areas, the financial provision made during the budget next year will boost socio-economic development and encourage tourism. Projects such as the development of Nyoma airfield in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 13,700 feet, permanent bridge connectivity to the southernmost Panchayat of India in Andaman and Nicobar island, 4.1 km strategically important Shinku La tunnel in Himachal Pradesh, Nechiphu tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh and many other projects will be funded out of this allocation.

The allocation to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) for FY 2024-25 is INR 7,651.80 crore (INR 76.51 billion), which is 6.31% higher than the allocation for FY2023-24. Of this, INR 3,500 crore (INR 35 billion) is to be incurred only on capital expenditure, adding teeth to the arsenal of the ICG to address the emerging challenges posed in water and provide humanitarian assistance to other nations.

The allocation will facilitate the acquisition of fast-moving patrolling vehicles/interceptors, advanced electronic surveillance systems, and weapons.

Enhanced PINAKA rocket, developed by the Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, in Odisha on November 04, 2020.

The budgetary allocation to the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) increased to INR 23,855 crore (INR 238.55 billion) in FY2024-25 from INR 23,263.89 crore (INR 232.63 billion) in FY 2023-24. A significant share of INR 13,208 crore (INR 132.08 billion) is allocated for capital expenditure.

“This will financially strengthen the DRDO in developing new technology with a particular focus on fundamental research and hand-holding the private parties through Development-cum-production partners. Allocation to the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme stands out as INR 60 crore (INR 60 million), which is specially designed for new start-ups, MSMEs, and academia, attracting bright young minds interested in innovation and developing niche technology in the field of defense in collaboration with the DRDO. The announcement regarding an INR one lakh crore (INR 1 trillion) corpus for Deep Tech for long-term loans to tech-savvy youth/companies and the start-ups’ tax advantage will further impetus to innovation in the defense sector.

In a post on the social media platform ‘X,’ India’s Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh congratulated Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a positive and encouraging ‘Interim Budget,’ which “outlines the vision for a confident, strong and self-reliant ‘Viksit Bharat’ (Developed India).” The Budget gives a glimpse of India’s rapid economic transformation, inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India a developed nation by 2047, he said.

The defense minister added that there is a significant push for infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, housing, and technology development in this Budget. “During the COVID-19, when the world was faltering, India emerged as the beacon of hope. This Budget is perfectly aligned with PM’s ‘Panchamrit Goals,’ it also paves the way for the next five years of unprecedented growth,” he said. Rajnath Singh described the increase in capital expenditure outlay as a massive push, which will significantly boost India’s $5 trillion economy by 2027.

 

[HAIDER]

India releases pigeon accused of spying for China after 8 months​

AFP Published February 2, 2024 Updated about 12 hours ago




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A pigeon that spent eight months in Indian police custody has been released after it was finally cleared of being a suspected Chinese spy.
The bird was caught at a port in the financial capital Mumbai with “messages written in a Chinese-like script” on its wings, the Times of India newspaper reported.
“Initially, the police had registered a case of spying against the bird, but after completing their inquiry, they dropped the charge,” the report added.
The unnamed bird was held under lock and key at a city hospital while police carried out an investigation.
That probe took an “astonishing eight months”, the India office of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said in a statement on Thursday.
PETA India said police had granted “formal permission for the hospital to release the pigeon” on Wednesday.
Local media reports said the bird fluttered away in good health.
The pigeon is the latest of several detained by Indian authorities on suspicion of espionage.
Border security officers took a pigeon into custody in 2016 after it was found carrying a threatening message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi close to India’s border with arch-rival Pakistan.
Another pigeon was held under armed guard in 2010 after it was found in the same region with a ring around its foot and a Pakistani phone number and address stamped on its body in red ink.
Officials, in that case, directed that no one should be allowed to visit the pigeon, which police said may have been on a “special mission of spying”.

 

[Saif]

The only reason India's relationship with Bangladesh is good is because Sheikh Hasina has literally sold our national interest to India. The only way you can forge good relation with India is by selling your national interest and this is precisely what Sheikh Hasina has done.

 

[Lulldapull]

Look at this bukvaas drama. In other words, this was all just fraudulent drama no?

 

[Old School]

Qataris wanted something that the Indians initially didn't want to give. Now it is settled- quid pro quo. Bargain drama. Qataris are trading people without ideological fever.

 

[Lulldapull]

Qataris wanted something that the Indians initially didn't want to give. Now it is settled- quid pro quo. Bargain drama. Qataris are trading people without ideological fever.

Yaar Al-Odeid houses 25k US/ Nato troops with possibly hundreds of Mossad/ Raw agents running the show everywhere. Qatar run by the US basically. And these shaikh chilli created this fake drama of Indians spying? vo bhee do takkay key soopurr quiet Italian submarine which will operate in 50 meters of Persian Gulf depths?

 

[Old School]

An employee of the Indian embassy in Moscow, arrested recently in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly spying for Pakistan's ISI, was honey-trapped by a woman who befriended him on social media, the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad said. Satendra Siwal, a resident of Shahmahiuddinpur village in Hapur, shared secret documents related to weapon systems of the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy, including warplanes and submarines, said Rajeev Tyagi, ATS inspector in Meerut.

 

[Old School]

India on Thursday said it will replace its military personnel in Maldives with civilian technical staff who will operate three aircraft from India that provide humanitarian services. The decision comes after new Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu demanded that the Indian military personnel be withdrawn by March 15. At least 75 Indian military personnel are believed to be in Maldives, and their known activities include transporting patients from remote islands and rescuing people at sea. India earlier gave Maldives a Dornier airplane and two helicopters. Tensions between India and Maldives have grown since Muizzu came to power last year and adopted a pro-China stance.

 

[Old School]

And guess who those "civilian technical staff" are going to be.

 

[TheNewb77]

How much can we trust an Indian source on these subjects?

 

[Old School]

How much can we trust an Indian source on these subjects?

It shows the low level of confidence of the Indian media in their government employees. The extent of our infiltration into the Indian government is much larger than they can acknowledge to our credit. However, as you like, here are other Non-Indian sources. You can find more if you google:
Indian Embassy Employee in Moscow Arrested for Spying for Pakistan - Bloomberg
India arrests Moscow embassy security employee for spying for Pakistan | intelNews.org
‘Pakistan spy’ working at Indian embassy in Moscow arrested | The Independent
Indian embassy employee in Russia arrested for spying for Pakistan (alarabiya.net)

 

[TheNewb77]

It shows the low level of confidence of the Indian media in their government employees. The extent of our infiltration into the Indian government is much larger than they can acknowledge to our credit. However, as you like, here are other Non-Indian sources. You can find more if you google:
Indian Embassy Employee in Moscow Arrested for Spying for Pakistan - Bloomberg
India arrests Moscow embassy security employee for spying for Pakistan | intelNews.org
‘Pakistan spy’ working at Indian embassy in Moscow arrested | The Independent
Indian embassy employee in Russia arrested for spying for Pakistan (alarabiya.net)

My question was just in regard to the Indian outlets, not the source issue. Indian outlets always do tend to have an anti Pakistani narrative in general, but I understand your point.

 

[Old School]

My question was just in regard to the Indian outlets, not the source issue. Indian outlets always do tend to have an anti Pakistani narrative in general, but I understand your point.

Indians are creating panic for themselves, which is funny. It is important to show how our opponents think how good we are.

 

[Old School]

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Tuesday said that India was willing to share wide-spectrum capabilities in defense manufacturing, including the most sophisticated technologies, with Bangladesh. He described SIDE 2024 as a reflection of the Indian defense industry's interest in partnering with Bangladesh and taking India-Bangladesh defense cooperation forward to the next level, including by utilizing the Defence Line of Credit of $500 million extended by the government of India to the government of Bangladesh. Several premier defense manufacturing companies from India's public and private sectors participated in the event. They made presentations showcasing a range of defense equipment, technology, and platforms constructed in India. Representatives from Bangladesh Armed Forces and paramilitary and police forces attended the seminar.
Envoy: India wants to elevate defense ties with Bangladesh (dhakatribune.com)
India keen to share its most sophisticated defense technologies with Bangladesh (daily-sun.com)

 

[Old School]

My observation
Indian government wants to prop up its private defense industries, and there can be no better candidate for this experiment than Bangladesh. Several defense manufacturing companies from India's public and private sectors participated in this event, signaling the degree of influence Indian private businesses exercise over its government. On the other hand, for Bangladeshi ruling elites, helping these BJP-friendly companies also means returning the favor to the ruling BJP for all the support it received during the last pseudo-election held on January 7, 2024.

 

[Old School]

Maldives officials said on Tuesday they have ordered Indian troops to leave the archipelago and signed a "military assistance" deal with China.
The Maldives Minister of Defense and a senior Chinese military official "signed an agreement on China's provision of military assistance gratis to the Republic of Maldives, fostering stronger bilateral ties," according to a statement from the Ministry of Defense on X, formerly Twitter.

 

[Old School]

Despite news of the first Indian being killed in a missile strike, desperate construction workers are applying for jobs via Israeli recruitment agencies as opportunities at home are scarce. Israel, which has been at war with Hamas since October 7, is set to revoke the work permits of 90,000 Palestinians and replace them with Indian labor. In May 2023, India and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding which covered civil engineering.
According to the independent Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, India’s unemployment rate increased to 8% in February from 6.8% in January.
Under that, in December, recruiters targeted 10,000 workers in the agrarian state of Haryana (where 52,000 applications were distributed and facilitated by the state government) and 7,000 in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP). For eight days from February 28, a second round of recruitment took in UP's state capital, Lucknow. It ended on Thursday, with a total 6920 applicants in the fields of plastering, tile work, frame-work and bar bending. A total 4121 were selected. However, according to data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey released by the National Sample Survey Office, India’s unemployment rate for people aged 15 and above was at a six-year low of 3.2% during July 2022-June 2023.

 

[Lulldapull]

Utthay ja k toilet saaf karann gay…

 

[Azad Kashmir]

uttay israeli na tui saaf karsen.

 

[Lulldapull]

uttay israeli na tui saaf karsen.

ina de shaklaan vekheen......lol.....ae saaray loborer/ maali/ chowkidaar/ night shelf restocking at Tesco/ Aldi/ road & municipal workers hain gay. $5/ hr waali jobain milni hain in saaron ko, which is a dream come true for these guys.

 

[Azad Kashmir]

ina de shaklaan vekheen......lol.....ae saaray loborer/ maali/ chowkidaar/ night shelf restocking at Tesco/ Aldi/ road & municipal workers hain gay. $5/ hr waali jobain milni hain in saaron ko, which is a dream come true for these guys.

yh it great right until you read the talmud see wat it says about ppl as cattle animal slave goyim. biggest slaves are our military tatoos.

 

[Lulldapull]

Yeah hate and despise the khaki haramkhore shaitans now.

Every time now I hear a news about them being "shaheed" I say, good, should have sent more of them to the afterlife.

A bunch of haramkhore traitors.

Have you been reading what the Indians are commenting on the Gaza war?......they are more Israeli than the Israeli themselves......lol. They are providing unconditional support to Israel. The Indians just want all the muslims dead and buried. They are not ashamed to say it either. Our haramkhor jharrnail are already on their hands n knees and they have defacto accepted Indian hegemony. Utthe MBS aur MBZ Israel de goad ich betthay hain, aur Iran/ turkey not interested in our region.......you know where this is headed. We're not goin be around for long........Banye wont rest sir G.......they will revert our people. Its so easy now......if matlabi Iran don't intervene now, cuz turkey too far away, along cultural/ historical lines, wes not goin make it. We are surrounded! We're under siege......Can't you tell?.....baghertay Iran/ turkey.......they can't leave us now can they?

 

[4MikeEcho]

This is out of economic desperation by the lowest class laborers vs. some political doctrine or admiration by the educated.

The laborers have been lured into Russian military as well.
The economic drivers and the plight of the poor is not unique to India. But what is unique to India is the stupid lethargy of the Govt and always operates after the horse has left the barn.

It took the the first deaths in both countries for th Govt to wake up To this

India seeks return of citizens lured to Russian front line​

JOHN REED AND JYOTSNA SINGH NEW DELHI POLINA IVANOVA — BERLIN

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India is working to bring back about 20 of its citizens who ended up on the Russian side of the front line in Ukraine after their families said they were lured there under false pretences.​

The men’s plight has made national headlines in India, discomfiting a government that has good relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin but says it has “strongly taken up” the issue of the men unwittingly conscripted into Moscow’s army.
“We have got some of them out and are working on getting the rest out now,” the ministry of external affairs told the Financial Times. In a statement last week, the ministry said it was “actively pursuing” all the relevant cases involving Indian nationals for an early discharge from the Russian army.
In interviews, relatives of some of the men said they had been lured to Russia by promises of work with the army away from the war’s front line and of permanent residence in Russia on the borders of the EU, which is a coveted destination for job-seeking Indians.
In September, a social media influencer started posting about jobs in Russia on his Hindi-language YouTube channel Baba’s Vlogs. In one video, he posted about demand for food delivery boys in Russia; in another, he spoke about jobs for “helpers” for the Russian army. Strolling on the streets of St Petersburg, the YouTuber spoke of the prospects of a Rs100,000 ($1,206) a month job with the Russian army, and free food and accommodation after three months of training.
Mohammed Imran, from Hyderabad in south India, said his 30-year-old brother Mohammed Asfan “got trapped” after watching a Baba’s Vlogs video that claimed he would be able to work for the Russian army in Moscow and become eligible for permanent Russian residency in less than a year.
The missing man’s brother said he planned to travel to Russia this week to search for him. “The boy became trapped,” said Imran. He said his brother reached Moscow in November and was given an agreement to sign in Russian, then taken to the front line in Ukraine in December, after which he lost track of him.
Imran said that in January, one of his brother’s colleagues told him that Asfan had been injured by bullets in the leg.
Separately, a group of young men from India’s northern Punjab and Haryana states who went to Russia around the new year sent a video to relatives on Sunday appealing to authorities for urgent help. In the video, one of the men claimed they were misled by a man who offered to show them around and that they ended up in Belarus, where they were “handed to the Russian army” for entering the country without a visa.

 

[Deleted due to Error (Muji Iqbal)]

Thing is that India gets military equipment and military aid from Israel. lol.

 

[Lulldapull]

Thing is that India gets military equipment and military aid from Israel. lol.

Iran's instigated this whole Gaza chutiyapa for its own strategic agenda. I hope you understand and realize this fact. They got money to spare no? create Muzlim vs Al-Yahuda/ Hillbilly dramatic lower caste drama no?.......lol......Do you think our ghareeb country could possibly operate at that level? where Iran operates at? Yous understand what I'm sayin no?

 

[Deleted due to Error (Muji Iqbal)]

If Saudi Arabia recognizes Israel, Pakistan should do the same.

 

[Lulldapull]

If Saudi Arabia recognizes Israel, Pakistan should do the same.

Sawdi judea already has no? defacto no?........same as UAE/ Bahrain no?.....Qatar/ Kuwait/ Oman just a buncha pushovers bhai.

 

[Old School]

Demonstrators gather in support of Khalistan during a Sikh rally outside the Consulate General of India, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 25, 2023. © Cole BURSTON / AFP
Canadian broadcaster CBC has received emails from YouTube and X saying New Delhi had directed them to take down the video.
New Delhi has reportedly ordered at least two online platforms to block a Canadian documentary in India, on the killing of a Sikh separatist. The development comes amid a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.
The video report, part of Canadian state broadcaster CBC's ‘The Fifth Estate’ series, sought to investigate the fatal shooting of prominent Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last June. Nijjar vocally supported the creation of an independent Khalistan state – a homeland for India's minority Sikhs. New Delhi sees pro-Khalistan sentiment as a threat to its internal security, and designated Nijjar a “terrorist” in 2020.
Last September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked the assassination to India, triggering a feud. New Delhi has vehemently denied the allegations and called them “absurd.”

 

[Old School]

China Slams The U.S. For Interfering In Arunachal Pradesh Border Dispute With India​

• Beijing said the United States has nothing to do with the India-China border dispute in response to Washington’s recognition of Arunachal Pradesh as a part of Indian territory.
• The U.S. State Department said it recognizes the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as a part of Indian territory and “strongly opposes any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims”.
• The statement from the United States comes amid growing tensions between nuclear-armed India and China this month.

 

[Old School]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi often draws crowds of supporters from the Indian diaspora on his foreign visits. But back home, his administration has been revoking visas and residency permits of foreign nationals of Indian origin as well as spouses of Indian citizens. For those denied access or kicked out of India, the experience can be traumatic.
They are part of the Modi administration’s broader crackdown on Indian citizenship laws, which have snowballed in various forms. But the intent of the “ever-expanding arsenal of laws and policies” is singular: to “target and punish dissenting voices”, said Amnesty International in a statement noting the international human rights contraventions that have increased during Modi’s 10 years in power.

With the upcoming 2024 elections widely predicted to propel Modi into his next decade in power, experts warn that India’s secular democracy is being reshaped as a Hindu-first majoritarian nation intolerant to dissent and minority religious communities.

Citizenship lies at the heart of the reshaping, with the government pushing through laws and regulations on myriad fronts, upending lives and plunging dissenters into an omnipresent state of dread.

 

[Old School]

A high-altitude tunnel is latest flashpoint in India-China border tensions​

Construction crews work at the Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh in 2021.
EyePress News/Reuters

A tunnel constructed high in the mountains of northeastern India has become the latest flashpoint in a simmering border dispute between New Delhi and Beijing.

The Sela Tunnel, inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month, has been hailed in India as a feat of engineering – blasted through the Himalayas at an elevation of some 13,000 feet (3,900 meters) – and a boon for the military, enabling faster, “all-weather” access to a tense de facto border with China.

That’s caught the attention of Beijing, whose long-running dispute with New Delhi over their contested 2,100-mile (3,379-kilometer) border has seen the two nuclear-armed powers clash in recent years.

That includes in 2020 when hand-to-hand fighting between the two sides resulted in the deaths of at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers in Aksai Chin-Ladakh in the western stretches of the border.

And, decades ago, the dispute led to war.
Sela Tunnel: A high-altitude tunnel is latest flashpoint in India-China border tensions | CNN

 

[Old School]

India summons German diplomat over ‘blatant interference’​

New Delhi has lodged formal protest with Berlin after comments on the arrest of opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal.
New Delhi on Saturday lodged a strong protest against Berlin over “blatant interference” in India’s internal affairs, delivering a rebuke to a senior German diplomat. The deputy head of the German Embassy, Georg Enzweiler was summoned to the Indian foreign ministry a day after the EU state commented on Thursday’s arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi and a vocal critic of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“We see such remarks as interfering in our judicial process and undermining the independence of our judiciary,” India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on Saturday. “India is a vibrant and robust democracy with rule of law. As in all legal cases in the country, and elsewhere in the democratic world, law will take its own course in the instant matter,” it added.

The German Foreign Ministry on Friday said it had taken note of Kejriwal’s arrest and expected that standards relating to “independence of judiciary and basic democratic principles” would be applied to his case. “Mr Kejriwal is entitled to a fair and impartial trial, this includes [that] he can make use of all available legal avenues, without restrictions,” Berlin asserted.

Reacting to the statement, New Delhi noted that “biased assumptions made on this account are most unwarranted.”
India summons German diplomat over ‘blatant interference’ — RT India

 

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India supports Philippines’ sovereignty, says Jaishankar, sparking response from China​

External Affairs Minister’s Manila visit comes as tensions between the Philippines and Chinese navies rose to new levels; China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says maritime disputes are issues between countries concerned and third parties have no right to interfere
India supports the Philippines’ sovereignty, said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Manila, in comments that sparked a response from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which called on “third countries” not to “interfere”. Mr. Jaishankar’s visit to Manila on Tuesday, where he met Philippines President Bongbong Marcos and Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo, is part of a three-nation five-day tour to Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia.
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar: India supports Philippines in upholding its national sovereignty - The Hindu

 

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[H1]India rescuing citizens forced into cyber fraud schemes in Cambodia[/H1]

The Indian government said it was rescuing its citizens who were lured into employment in Cambodia and were being forced to participate in cyber fraud schemes.
The Indian embassy in Cambodia is working with Cambodian authorities and has rescued and repatriated about 250 Indians, including 75 in the last three months, India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement on Saturday.

Jaiswal was responding to Indian news reports that stated more than 5,000 Indians are trapped in Cambodia and being forced to carry out cyber frauds on people back home.
"We are also working with Cambodian authorities and with agencies in India to crack down on those responsible for these fraudulent schemes," Jaiswal said.
The Indian government and its embassy in Cambodia have issued several advisories informing them about such scams, the spokesperson said.
The Cambodian embassy in India did not respond immediately to a request for comment on Sunday.

 

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[H1]U.S. NSA Sullivan postpones visit to India again[/H1]
Sullivan was to be accompanied by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Campbell and discuss iCET, Indo-Pacific cooperation and Quad Summit delays; for the second time this year, he has cancelled New Delhi trip.
As tensions between Israel and Iran grew, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan cancelled his plan to travel to Delhi for talks, officials announced on Tuesday.

Mr. Sullivan, who was going to lead a delegation to hold an annual review of the India-U.S. initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET), was also expected to be accompanied by the U.S.'s second-most senior diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, and was due to land in Delhi on Tuesday ahead of talks with NSA Ajit Doval and other officials including External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday. The talks were expected to closely follow Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra's visit to Washington on April 10-12, and would have been the highest level visit since the U.S. filed charges in the alleged assassination plot against Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun last November, which implicate Indian security officials.


As Iran-Israel ramp up tensions, U.S. NSA Sullivan puts off visit to India - The Hindu