Joint counter-terrorism exercises must continue to be held in order to forestall sabotages by terrorist, separatist and extremist forces exploiting the pandemic, Li said. Over the years, the SCO has developed counter terrorism force called Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) which was regarded as one of the organisation’s main strengths. China is concerned about the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan as it apprehend regrouping of the Uighur militants under separatist East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an al-Qaeda affiliated outfit active in China’s volatile Muslim-majority Xinjiang province which shares borders with countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan. We will also cooperate…
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Wisconsin finished a recount of its presidential results on Sunday, confirming Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state. Trump vowed to challenge the outcome in court even before the recount concluded. Dane County was the second and last county to finish its recount, reporting a 45-vote gain for Trump. Milwaukee County, the state’s other big and overwhelmingly liberal county targeted in a recount that Trump paid $3 million for, reported its results Friday, a 132-vote gain for Biden. Taken together, the two counties barely budged Biden’s winning margin of about 20,600 votes, giving the…
China on Monday refused to Australia, after a Chinese diplomat posted a graphic image depicting an Australian soldier with a bloodied knife next to an Afghan child, a post described by Prime Minister Scott Morrison as “repugnant” and “false”. The controversial post comes in the backdrop of an ongoing police investigation into a recent disclosure by Australia’s defence establishment that said the country’s soldiers had committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Recently, an inquiry report claimed to have learnt that from 2009-2013, about 25 Australian soldiers had been involved in the killings of 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners. “Shocked by the…
Voting in the second phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections and byelections for panch and sarpanchs in Jammu and Kashmir has begun from 7 am. In DDC elections, voting is taking place in 43 constituencies — 25 in Kashmir Division and 18 in Jammu — and it will continue till 2 pm today (Tuesday). There are a total of 321 candidates in the electoral fray — 196 from the Kashmir Division and 125 from Jammu. Out of 7,95,118 voters, 3,88,273 are from Jammu Division and 4,06,845 are from Kashmir. Kashmir Division has 2,12,024 male voters and 1,94,821 women,…
The Centre on Monday night invited agitating farmer unions for talks on December 1, two days ahead of a scheduled meeting, as their stir against the new agri-marketing laws appeared to intensify despite a strong defence of the legislation by the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi who accused the opposition of “playing tricks” on farmers again through misinformation. The development came a day after the protesting farmers rejected the Centre’s offer to start talks as soon as they move to Burari and continued to stay put Singhu and Tikri borders of the national capital. “Keeping in view the cold…
Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the Border Security Force, which guards the country’s international border, on its raising day and said India is proud of it. The BSF has distinguished itself as a valorous force, unwavering in its commitment to protecting the nation and assisting citizens during natural calamities, he said in a tweet. The BSF was raised on this day in 1965 with a purpose to guard India’s international border with Pakistan and later with Bangladesh too when it became an independent country in 1971. BSF personnel have also been deployed in the past to deal with internal challenges,…
Keeping in mind the convenience and demand of passengers, the operation of four trains passing through South East Central Railway has been expanded. This will provide relief to the passengers. Passengers were also confused about the possibility that the train facility should be shut down. But now their troubles have gone away. Among the trains that have been expanded, the 09205/09206 Porbandar – Howrah – Porbandar bi-weekly Puja special train will run till January 2. The special train will leave from Porbandar every Wednesday and Thursday and 09206 Howrah – Porbandar bi-weekly Pooja special train from Howrah every Friday and Saturday. Similarly, 02905/02906 Okha…
Senior IAS officer Amitabh Jain will be the new Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh. The government has issued an order on his appointment on Monday. IAS Jain will be the 12th Chief Secretary of the state and will replace the IAS RP Mandal. The IAS board has retired on November 30 itself. Presently IAS Jain had ACS Finance Department and ACS Water Resources Department additional charge. IAS Amitabh Jain of 1989 batch is the only officer who has long experience of working in different departments. He has also worked in many large portfolios such as Home, Jail, Transport, Water Resources and Commercial Taxes, with a long…
The mega campaign of paddy procurement at support price from farmers in Chhattisgarh would begin from December 1. State Government has completed all the preparation for this. Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel has directed officials concerned to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to the farmers during the procurement process. In the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister on November 28, it was decided that paddy procurement at support price would be done from December 1 to January 31, 2021 and corn procurement should be done from December 1 to May 31, 2021. Paddy would be purchased at 2305 paddy…
If you are eyeing some products on US shopping sites, the Black Friday Sale, which started on Friday, 29 November, and Cyber Monday are the days to get the best deals. The Monday after Black Friday is known as Cyber Monday, when retailers and sites offer the biggest discounts on electronics and subscriptions. Most of these deals won’t directly ship across so you’ll need to rely on a friend or a relative, or use a third-party shipping service. There are chances that you’ll find many retailers who don’t ship the products. In that scenario, you can always make use of…