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Chinese Galwan casualties far higher than officially claimed: Australian media
The Chinese suffered much higher casualties in the June 2020 Galwan Valley clash than earlier reported. Several of the Chinese soldiers drowned while crossing the fast-flowing Galwan rover, as per an investigative report by Australia’s The Klaxon. This report is titled “Galwan Decoded” and is one of the cited sources for this piece by The Klaxon.
Fifth submarine of Indian Navy's Project 75 begins sea trials
The submarine, launched in November 2020 from the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL), would be named Vagir, after commissioning. Despite the Covid pandemic, MDL has 'delivered' two submarines of the Project 75 in 2021 and the commencement of sea trials of the fifth submarine is a significant milestone. The submarine will now undergo intense trials of all its systems at sea, including propulsion systems, weapons and sensors.
Jaishankar slams Rahul over 'govt brought Pak, China together' remark
He also rejected Rahul Gandhi's allegation that "it is India's faulty foreign policy under the Narendra Modi-led government which made China and Pakistan join hands together against India, and convert into a front". Taking to Twitter to respond to the former Congress President's remarks, Jaishankar said: "Rahul Gandhi alleged in Lok Sabha that it is this Government which brought Pakistan and China together.
42 terror organisations banned under UAPA: Govt
Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to a question by Rajya Sabha member A. Vijayakumar, said that 42 terrorist organisations have been listed in the first schedule under the Act, while 31 individuals have been listed as terrorists under the fourth schedule.
India saved around 1L lives during third Covid wave in Dec-Jan
About 14,756 Covid-19 deaths have occurred in India during the third wave and the model projected about 93,000 deaths would have occurred without the vaccines. To understand the importance of vaccines, the report tested a two stage least square (2-SLS) panel model with 20-major states considering the daily data during the third wave, i.e, from December 28, 2021 to January 31, 2022.
Chinese PLA tortured Arunachal youth in its custody: MP Tapir Gao
Gao, who represents the Arunachal East constituency, said that the PLA had tortured Miram, and kept him blindfolded, tied his hands, gave electric shocks, adding the teenager was also subjected to other inhuman treatments. He said that the Indian authority must look into the matter and take appropriate action and resolve the border dispute with China.
Ratan Tata welcomes Air India passangers with special mesage | Listen here
Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons and Chairman of Tata Trusts, has welcomed the passengers flying Air India in an audio message. “The Tata Group welcomes Air India’s new customers and is excited to work together to make Air India the airliner choice in terms of passenger comfort and service”, he says in an audio clip posted by the airline’s official handle on Twitter.
Defence Budget 2022: Overall hike around 10%, around 13% increase in capital outlay, 25% R&D budget reserved for private companies
Union Budget 2022 has increased capital allocation for defence by 9.82 percent for the FY 2022-23. This increase in the budget outlay and the framework for defence allocations is crucial especially in the backdrop of heightened military tensions with China at the LAC and government’s push for indigenization of critical defence technology and manufacturing ecosystem. Here are the key takeaways for defence outlay from the Union Budget 2022.
Always irresponsible comments as criticism, I pity Congress: Sitharaman on Rahul
"A MP (Member of Parliament) who ran away from UP? I wish the leader of the oldest political party Shri Rahul Gandhi to please understand what was said. On every category he named, youth, farmers, and others, I have mentioned repeatedly where what benefits them, I pity people who come up with quick responses, quick understanding responses, I am ready to answer, but just because you want to put something on Twitter, it doesn't help," said Sitharaman when asked about her reaction to Gandhi's comment on the budget.
'Betrayal of middle and salaried class', Cong slams govt on Budget
Reacting to the Budget, Congress Chief Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said, "India's salaried class & middle class were hoping for relief in times of pandemic. All round pay cuts and back breaking inflation. FM & PM have again deeply disappointed them in Direct Tax measures. This is a betrayal of India's Salaried Class & Middle Class. #Budget2022"
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