Author: Ishika Raj

The USA and South Korea are ramping up their military exercises amid increased tension of allies with North Korea. US Army Apache attack helicopters stationed in South Korea are conducting live-fire training with rockets and guns for the first time since 2019. The Rodriguez Live Fire Complex near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the border saw training restart after being suspended in previous years due to complaints from locals about noise and safety issues. Video and pictures made public by the US army throughout the last week revealed AH-64E Apache helicopters participating in certification training. Crews are practicing with the…

Foreign policy with China is starting to emerge as a crucial topic in the fiercely contested leadership campaign, and Beijing has urged candidates contending to be the next prime minister of Britain to avoid hyping up, what they term, a so-called ‘China threat.’ Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister, and Liz Truss, a rival competing for the top job, have both used aggressive words, presenting the United Kingdom as having to defend its values against “Chinese encroachment”. In response to a question regarding Sunak’s remarks, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian stated that: Making reckless remarks about China, particularly hyping up…

Today, in a press brief WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus declared monkeypox a global emergency. Two days back, World Health Organization’s emergency committee met on to discuss whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis. Some scientists predicted that any coordinated response would be difficult due to the stark differences between the outbreaks in Africa and developed nations. According to African experts, the outbreak on their continent is already being treated as an emergency. However, other specialists claim that even if the virus cannot be halted, a declaration of an emergency is not necessarily due to the weak form of monkeypox that…

The government of India has rejected India’s rank of 101 amongst 116 countries in the recently released Global Hunger Index. According to the index hunger level in India is “serious”. In response to a question By Biju Janta Dal (BJD) MP Mahesh Sahoo in Lok Sabha, the Ministry of women and child development said the index does not reflect the true state of hunger in the country and is flawed. Only one of the four indicators i.e., undernourishment, is directly linked to hunger, the other factors like child mortality, child wasting, and child stunting do not hold any significance. Also,…

A shocking video from China’s Henan Province went viral on Wednesday. The video has shown the tanks being lined up on China’s streets to prevent its citizens from withdrawing money from crisis-hit banks. Widespread demonstrations are being staged by the bank depositors in the province, demanding the release of their frozen funds. The issue of Chinese banks facing losses came forward in April this year when an article from the South China Morning Post claimed that residents of Henan and Anhui provinces were unable to access their bank accounts due to, what they termed, a “system upgrade.” History to repeat…

Marking the first international meeting outside the borders of the former Soviet Union since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Tehran on Tuesday. During the meeting with Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, Putin said, “I am extremely happy to be on the friendly Iranian soil…We can boast about record figures in terms of trade growth. We are enhancing our cooperation on matters of global security, a significant step towards resolution of the Syrian problem.” Raisi too praised strong security cooperation between the two countries, noting their “good experience” in counterterrorism efforts. Highlights of the meeting. An agreement…

A statement from Border Security Force (BSF) confirmed the arrest of a Pakistani national from Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar. He was trying to enter India illegally with an alleged motive of killing suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her remarks on Prophet Mohammad. Interrogation is being carried out by the Intelligence Bureau and other agencies. Trespassing of border. The intruder is identified as Rizwan Ashraf, a resident of Pakistan’s Punjab province. According to a senior Border Security Force (BSF) official, the invader was detained on July 16 at about 11 p.m. from a location close to the Hindumalkot border outpost. A…

In a tragic incident, an officer of DSP rank, on Tuesday, was mowed down by a mining mafia in Haryana’s Nuh district. The officer was crushed to death and his body was thrown in a dumpster. Cause of murder. The deceased officer is identified as Surender Kumar Bishnoi. Mr. Bishnoi received a tip about illegal mining being carried out in Nuh. When he arrived at the site for investigation and asked the dumper driver to come down, an eyewitness said the driver didn’t stop and allegedly crushed him under the truck. The driver escaped the site after the murder and a…

In the early hours of Sunday, an accidental blast occurred in West Bengal’s Malda district. Reportedly, two persons identified as Farjan SK and Safikul Islam died and one other was severely injured due to a crude Bomb Blast. According to Police, the deceased were making bombs in a field near Jesarathtala Balutola, close to the Manikchak police station, when the explosion happened. Around 2:30 AM, locals told us they heard a huge explosion. When our officers arrived on the scene, we found that 3 persons were injured. The victims were soon transferred to Malda Medical College and Hospital where the…

The last 48 hours witnessed emergency landings from three international airlines at various locations in India. The reasons stated behind all the emergency landings were technical issues. A statement from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the landings were made in Calicut, Kolkata, & Chennai and all three planes made a safe landing. In the first incident, an aircraft operated by Air Arabia developed some hydraulic issues while operating flight G9-426 from Sharjah to Cochin and required an emergency landing. The second incident happened on July 16 when a pressurization issue forced an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis…