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Taiwan condemns China's joint military drill around island, puts forces on high alert

Taiwan condemns China's joint military drill around island, puts forces on high alert

The development comes days after the United States approved a huge arms package worth more than $10 billion for Taiwan. Beijing retaliated by asking the US to "immediately cease its dangerous act of arming Taiwan", where China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that the move "severely undermines China's sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity". Dec 29, 2025
India's youth must lead age of artificial intelligence: Gautam Adani

India's youth must lead age of artificial intelligence: Gautam Adani

"India's enduring strength lies in its ability to align people, institutions, and long-term vision. That same clarity must now guide how young Indians approach artificial intelligence (AI), not as passive users, but as builders and leaders of capability," Gautam Adani said in his address at the inauguration of Vidya Pratishthan's Sharad Pawar Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CoE-AI) in Maharashtra's Baramati. Dec 29, 2025
Delhi chokes under 'severe' air quality, thick layer of smog engulfs city

Delhi chokes under 'severe' air quality, thick layer of smog engulfs city

The national capital was blanketed in thick smog on Monday morning, with the overall AQI recorded at 402 at 7 a.m., placing it firmly in the 'severe' category. Pollution levels crossed 400 at more than half of Delhi's air quality monitoring stations, highlighting extremely hazardous conditions across large parts of the city. Dec 29, 2025
Trump policies straining India-US ties: Top Democrat Congressman

US media calls Trump tariffs a disaster for economy

The editorial, written by the SCNG Editorial Board, opened with a pointed question: "If President Donald Trump's tariffs and trade wars are so great for the American economy, then why does he have to shell out, as he did this month, $12 billion to farmers adversely affected by tariffs and trade wars?" Dec 29, 2025
Trump says he is arranging meeting between Zelensky, Putin; trilaterals will follow

Zelensky, Trump signal near deal on ending Ukraine war

Trump also introduced a note of caution about the prospects of peace that has eluded his diplomacy, telling reporters before their meeting at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, "It's possible it doesn't happen (and) in a few weeks, we'll know one way or another". Dec 29, 2025
Nothing to learn from RSS, it is an

Nothing to learn from RSS, it is an "organisation of hatred", says Cong MP Manickam Tagore

Drawing a sharp comparison, the Congress MP added, "In the way al-Qaeda operates through bloodshed, the RSS too does the same work inside the country—spreading hatred." Tagore went on to underline the Congress party's mass connect, saying, "Congress is a people's party, a grounded party. From village to village, people are connected with our party. Congress does not need to learn anything from the RSS." Dec 28, 2025
IMF ignores its own report to okay $1.29 bn loan for Pakistan

IMF ignores its own report to okay $1.29 bn loan for Pakistan

"The timing is striking: the diagnostic was published just before the Board meeting that approved the latest disbursement. In effect, the IMF has acknowledged that Pakistan's governance vulnerabilities are systemic, yet continues to lend without dismantling the ecosystem of capture that perpetuates the crisis," according to an article by Dr Sakariya Kareem in the UK-based Asian Lite newspaper. Dec 28, 2025
Under house arrest, say ex-CM Mehbooba Mufti, NC MP Mehdi ahead of protest over reservation policy

Under house arrest, say ex-CM Mehbooba Mufti, NC MP Mehdi ahead of protest over reservation policy

Iltija Mufti, PDP leader and daughter of Mehbooba Mufti, said on X on Sunday, "Like many others Ive also been placed under house arrest at Srinagar today. The insecurity & paranoia of the security agencies knows no bounds. This is the 'normalcy' in Naya Kashmir. An entire contingent of female police personnel is deputed at the gate to physically stop me. Care to explain under what grounds @JmuKmrPolice?". Dec 28, 2025
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