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‘Quad fills the gap in contemporary times’: Jaishankar

India’s External Affairs Minister said QUAD – Quadrilateral Security Dialogue has filled the gap that has emerged in contemporary times where there are global or regional requirements, reports Reena Bhardwaj External Affairs

May 29, 2021

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Biden pitches mammoth $6 trillion budget

The budget for the year starting October 1 earmarked USD 715 billion for the Defense Department, including USD 5.09 billion to enact an initiative to bolster deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region facing

May 29, 2021

-Top News·Defence·USA

US hands over key Kabul base to Afghan forces

Pentagon officials have said that the US has completed up to 25 per cent of the entire withdrawal process, reports Asian Lite News A key military US base called the New Kabul

May 29, 2021

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India monitoring PLA activities on border: Army Chief

Indian Army Chief said that Indian troops are on high alert and deployments have not thinned after the disengagement in Pangong Lake, reports Asian Lite News The chief of Indian Army, M.M.

May 29, 2021

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Jaishankar, Blinken, affirm strong India-US ties

In a tweet after meeting Jaishankar, Blinken tweeted that they discussed the “India-China border situation”, although Jaishankar and State Department Spokesperson Ned Price made no mention of that topic, reports Arul Louis

May 29, 2021

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UK approves single-dose J&J Covid vaccine

This is the fourth Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised by the UK’s independent regulator and is the first to be approved for protection against the Covid-19 with a single-dose, reports Asian Lite

May 29, 2021

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‘India remains greatest rising power despite Covid crisis’

The analytical danger is to look at India’s tragic problems of today, but not at the enduring changes lying beneath the surface that will continue to make it the “greatest rising power”

May 22, 2021

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Stranded Kerala nurses in UAE get job offers

The stranded nurses were offered jobs by the healthcare groups at Covid-19 vaccination and testing centres in the UAE, reports Asian Lite News Healthcare groups in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have

May 22, 2021

-Top News·Kerala·UAE News

Talks with Blinken very frank: Lavrov

During their discussion held on the sidelines of the Arctic Council meeting in Reykjavik, Lavrov and Blinken expressed willingness to cooperate but also admitted “serious differences” amid the two countries’ tense relations,

May 22, 2021

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Pentagon celebrates life of Indian-born audiologist Deepa Hariprasad

Lt. Col. Deepa Hariprasad is the first Indian-American director of the Audiology and Speech Center at Walter Reed, reports Asian Lite News Celebrating the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May,

May 22, 2021

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