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The Kashmir Valley is on edge, with undetected infiltration bids going up over last two months. The latest assessments reaching Delhi indicates that Pakistan is trying to push in maximum number of terrorists, taking advantage of the last of the good weather before the harsh winter settles in.  The infiltration — via LoC from Lolab and Bandipora sectors – is especially high in north Kashmir. Data available with the Union Home Ministry suggests that in October and November so far, a maximum number of infiltration bids have taken place along this border. That is why  a maximum number of cordon and search operations  are being conducted by security forces around this axis. On Tuesday, after… Read More »Infiltration At An All-Time High In Kashmir Ahead Of Winter

The Kashmir Valley is on edge, with undetected infiltration bids going up over last two months. The latest assessments reaching Delhi indicates that Pakistan is trying to push in maximum number of terrorists, taking advantage of the last of the good weather before the harsh winter settles in.  The infiltration — via LoC from Lolab and Bandipora sectors – is especially high in north Kashmir. Data available with the Union Home Ministry suggests that in October and November so far, a maximum number of infiltration bids have taken place along this border. That is why  a maximum number of cordon and search operations  are being conducted by security forces around this axis. On Tuesday, after… Read More »Infiltration At An All-Time High In Kashmir Ahead Of Winter

The UK will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 81 percent on 1990 levels by 2035, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, as his government ramps up its ambitions on climate change. The previous government in London committed in 2021 to curb such emissions by 78 percent over the same period compared to 1990. Starmer unveiled the new target as he attended the beginning of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he is one of the only G20 leaders to show up. The summit’s start has been overshadowed by the re-election in the US of longtime climate change sceptic Donald Trump, as well as new warnings that 2024 is on track to… Read More »UK Vows To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 81% On 1990 Levels By 2035

China’s second fifth-generation stealth fighter jet is making a debut at its largest air show, taking centre stage at the event and becoming the second nation in the world after the US to have more than one fifth-generation fighter jet. The Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter is a twin-engine, single-seater supersonic jet developed for multirole missions. J-35 is the second fifth-generation fighter China has developed after the J-20.  J-35’s design is similar to the US Lockheed Martin F-35, the only difference is that the former is twin-engine and the latter has one engine. China is known for copying the design of several aircraft – The J-20 and the US F-22 Raptor are similar in design except… Read More »China Unveils Its Second 5th-Gen Fighter, Looks Exactly Like This US Jet

Several civil society groups and student organisations of the Kuki tribes have condemned what they call “barbaric actions” of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a day after 10 men from the Kuki tribes were killed in Manipur’s Jiribam district. Three children including two babies, one of them a two-year-old, and three women from the Meitei community are also missing from Jiribam since yesterday. The police in the ethnic violence-hit state had in a statement said a CRPF post and a police station came under attack from “armed militants” in Jiribam, neighbouring Assam. After a gunfight that lasted 45 minutes, 10 bodies and several weapons including AK and INSAS assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade… Read More »Kuki Groups Allege “Barbaric Actions” By CRPF After 10 Killed In Manipur