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On 21^st October 2024, the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) commenced the 12^th edition of the Joint Military Training (JMT) exercise at Air Force Station Kalaikunda, West Bengal.

The bilateral phase of the exercise will be conducted from 13 to 21 November 2024 and is expected to generate intense collaboration between the two forces, as they engage in advanced air combat simulations, joint mission planning and debriefing sessions. The bilateral phase aims to enhance interoperability, sharpen combat readiness and promote the exchange of knowledge between the two Air Forces.

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India and China have reached a deal on patrolling the Himalayan frontier, aiming to resolve a four-year military stand-off, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday.

The two nuclear-armed neighbours have had tense relations since their troops clashed in 2020. Here are some areas affected by India’s strained ties with China since then:

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At least 10 nuclear reactors are being installed in the country while two reactors in Gujarat’s Kakrapar have started generating power commercially, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology was informed on Monday.

According to sources, the new nuclear reactors coming up in states like Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana are of 700 MW capacity and will start operating in the next few years.

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Innovation in the manufacturing sector is critical to achieve exponential growth as India moves towards the goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047, Bharat Forge Chairman and MD Baba Kalyani said on Monday.

Speaking at the NDTV World Summit, he also stressed on the need to develop technologies locally to give fillip to the manufacturing sector.

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Eighty-five Indian nationals have been discharged from the Russian military so far and efforts are on to secure the release of 20 more Indians, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday.

The Indian side is expected to take up the issue of discharge of the remaining Indians when Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday on the margins of the BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan, people familiar with the matter said.

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Five Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Monday, police said.

The gunfight, in which commandos of the C-60 specialised combat unit of the Gadchiroli police played a leading role, took place in a forest in Bhamragadh taluka in the eastern Maharashtra district and comes just one month ahead of the state assembly polls.

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Gurmeet Singh, who was among seven persons killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal, was speaking to his wife on the phone when he was hit by a bullet, his father said on Monday.

A doctor from Kashmir and six non-local labourers were killed while five people sustained injuries in the terror attack at an under-construction tunnel at Gund on Sunday. Gurmeet Singh, 45, hailed from village Sakhowal in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district and had been working in a company as a construction worker.

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In a coordinated effort, troops of the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Manipur Police, and other security forces deployed in Manipur successfully recovered 12 weapons, ammunition, and warlike stores, according to a press release from the Indian Army.

According to an official release, the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Manipur Police, and other security forces have been relentlessly carrying out intelligence-based joint operations in both the hill and valley regions in Manipur.

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External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday termed the India-China agreement on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh as a “positive development” and a product of very “patient and persevering diplomacy”.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced Monday afternoon that both countries, after discussions that have taken place over past several weeks, arrived at an agreement on patrolling arrangements along the LAC leading to disengagement and eventually a resolution of the issues that had arisen in the region 2020 following the violent Galwan Valley face-off in June 2020.

SOURCE: ANI

In a significant development, India and China have reached an agreement on the patrolling arrangements along Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The agreement was reached ahead of the BRICS Summit which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, who addressed a special media briefing ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Russia for the BRICS Summit, said as a result of the discussions with the Chinese interlocuters an agreement has been arrived at on patroling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border areas.

He said this is leading to dis-engagement and eventually a resolution of the issues that arose after action by Chinese military in eastern Ladakh in 2020. “We have been in discussion with Chinese interlocuters through WMCC as was mentioned earlier and at the military level as well through meetings of the military commanders at various levels.

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Recalled Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, alleged that Khalistani extremists and terrorists are “deep assets” of Canada Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).

In an interview to Canada-based CTV News, Ambassador Verma, accused the Canadian government of “encouraging” Khalistani extremists.” “Khalistani extremists are being encouraged all the time. This is my allegation, I also know that some of these Khalistani extremists and terrorists are deep assets of CSIS, again I’m not giving any evidence,” the Ambassador said.

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Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, leader of the separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), has once again issued a serious threat targeting Air India on social media platforms. Pannun cautioned passengers to avoid flying with the airline between November 1 and 19, citing the 40th anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, which he refers to as the “Sikh genocide.” This latest threat has raised concerns over the safety of travellers and added to the security challenges faced by Indian aviation authorities.

The founder of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), who holds dual citizenship in Canada and the US, had issued a similar threat around the same time last year.

SOURCE: PTI

Delhi Police probing a possible Khalistani link in the blast near a CRPF school here on Monday wrote to messaging app Telegram to know the details of a group that claimed responsibility of the explosion, police sources said on Monday.

A strong blast ripped through a wall of the CRPF school in Rohini’s Prashant Vihar area on Sunday morning. No one was hurt in the blast but a signboard, hoardings of nearby shops and window panes of vehicles parked near the spot were damaged in the incident.

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The US indictment linking a former Indian agent to a foiled bid to assassinate Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun paints a “compelling and detailed portrait” of “a single plot” emanating from Delhi to kill multiple targets across North America, especially in Canada and the US, Canada’s most recent envoy to India Cameron MacKay has alleged.

In an interview to CBC News, MacKay, who left India in August, said both Canada and the US are probing the matter, adding it was “a fiasco on the part of the Indian government” to think that it could carry out crimes in Canada and the US and get away with it.

SOURCE: PTI

Russia’s top diplomat has said that his country believes that India, Brazil and African countries should be represented in the UN Security Council on a permanent basis to ensure the representativeness of the global majority, state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday.

“Countries such as India, Brazil, as well as representatives of Africa should have been on a permanent basis in the Security Council for a long time. This is necessary to ensure representativeness, representation of the global majority,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told aif.ru. in an interview, TASS reported.