Author: Gandharbika.Ghosh

Around seven battalions of the Assam rifles who are deployed in Southern Manipur have not been able to receive fresh ration for the past 18 days due to a supply blockade by people in Meitei areas, preventing the stocks from reaching the camps. The Assam rifles are the longest-serving paramilitary force in the state of Manipur. The Meiteis have accused the Assam rifles of sitting in favour of the Kukis in the ongoing conflict in the region.  The Assam rifles have been accused by the Meitei people of allowing and supporting illegal poppy cultivation in the Kuki majority hills and…

On June 16, A nuclear-powered submarine called USS Michigan was deployed by the United States to South Korea, which has the capacity of holding about 150 Tomahawk missiles. It is one of the most significant submarines in the world. This move was made a day after North Korea restarted its missile test in response to the US, and South Korea live fire drills. The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine features a range of about 2500 km and can launch special forces missiles. According to South Korean officials, the arrival of USS Michigan in South Korea for the first time in six years…

A draft resolution piloted by India proposing the establishment of a memorial wall to honour the memory of the fallen peacekeepers in the United Nations headquarters has been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The draft resolution which was titled ‘Memorial wall for fallen United Nations peacekeepers’ was presented by Ruchira Kamboj, the permanent representative of India to the UN Ambassador, in the United Nations General Assembly hall on Wednesday. Almost 190 United Nations member states co-sponsored the resolution. The resolution was adopted by consensus. The initiative of the UN member states to allocate a suitable and prominent place…

On Wednesday, a fishing boat overcrowded with migrants trying to reach Europe sank off the coast of southern Greece. The authorities have stated that at least 78 are dead and hundreds missing. Some of the survivors have informed that as many as 750 people may have been on board, with reportedly a hundred children in the hold. Greece has called it one of the biggest-ever migrant tragedies and has announced three days of mourning. Offers of aid were refused, however, they are facing claims of not doing enough to help, the authorities said.  The Greek coastguard reported that the boat…

According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, China and Cuba have reached a secret deal whereby an electronic eavesdropping facility will be installed on the island which is about 160 km from Florida. However, the US and Cuban governments are skeptical of the report. The newspaper stated that such establishment of a spy machinery, would enable China to access electronic communications from the south-eastern US, which holds a number of US military bases, and also allow monitoring of ship traffic. It cited US officials who are familiar with classified intelligence. It was reported that the…

Three districts of Jammu region i.e., Poonch, Rajouri and Jammu – in comparison to the strikes in the valley, have witnessed a lesser number, but more hostile, bloody and high-visibility terror attacks since 2021. Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch are constituents of the greater Jammu region and are located to the south and west of the Pir Panjal mountain range which separates them from the valley. According to the data assessed between January 2021 and May 30, 2024, 75 civilians and 24 security personnel were killed on both sides of the Pir Panjal mountain range located in the union territory of…

A boat carrying 180 Rohingyas sank in the black sea south of Bangladesh. The Rohingyas are a community who have been persecuted for years and are wanted by nobody resulting in them being stateless. This Muslim minority in Myanmar have suffered years of persecution in their homeland which has a Buddhist majority and are perceived as interlopers.  Around one million people have fled the country and crossed the border to seek refuge in Bangladesh. There they have been living in hardship in camps and have also been detained by migration policies with no way out. Under such circumstances, in order…

Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal‘s visit to India which was described by him as ‘very successful’ has received criticism from the opposition parties who have unitedly accused him of a total sell-out to India. The opposition parties in Nepal consist of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), Nepal Mazdoor Kisan Party, Rashtriya Swatantra Party, and Rashtriya Prajatantra Party. On Sunday when the House of Representatives was adjourned for the day and would meet again on Monday, the speaker, Devraj Ghimire was asked by the opposition to halt the scheduled business and to summon the Prime Minister to…

The agenda of the bilateral talks between the two countries include cooperation on advanced and critical defence technologies like jet engines and more US ship dockings in India for repair and maintenance work.  US Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin will be arriving in India today to hold talks with defence minister Rajnath Singh on a number of bilateral issues. The issues range from greater cooperation on the development of advanced technologies to joint manufacture of various defence types of equipment like ships and jet engines for fighter aircraft. This visit will be Lloyd Austin’s second visit to India. The last…

The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) ministers of foreign affairs and international relations meeting took place in Cape Town, South Africa on June 1. It is assumed that the agenda for the 15th BRICS summit will be finalized which is to be held in August in South Africa, which is the host country for this year.  According to a Bloomberg report, because of the war crimes arrest warrant issued against the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, by the ICC (international criminal Court) South Africa was considering moving the venue to Mozambique or China. The ministers collectively denounced…