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☆ India is drawing lessons from Ukraine to counter China's military might
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

India is trying to modernize its military of 1.5 million people with lessons from Ukraine. AdvertisementAs India boosts defense spending amid tensions with China and Pakistan, it is closely studying the Ukraine conflict for clues to the future of warfare and how to thwart its neighbors. Some lessons that Indian experts have already drawn: India needs lots of artillery, drones and cyberwarfare capabilities. Drones have become the stars and workhorses of the air war, with both sides deploying — and losing — drones in the hundreds of thousands. AdvertisementThere are lessons here for Indian airpower, according to Arjun Subramaniam, a retired Indian Air Force air vice marshal who helped write the ORF report.

Persons: —, Amrita Jash, Wolfgang Schwan, Arjun Subramaniam, Subramaniam, Cyberwarfare, Shimona Mohan, Mohan, Michael Peck Organizations: NATO, Service, Artillery, Indian Army, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Observer Research Foundation, Getty, Russian, Indian Air Force, Air Force, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: India, Ukraine, Russia, China, Pakistan, Eastern, Western, Indian, Siversk, Donetsk Oblast, Anadolu, cyberwarfare, Forbes

☆ Global arms fairs from Russia to the UAE: Photographer’s take on bizarre world
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —An arms fair may contain all the trappings of war, but it is nothing like a battlefield. Nikita TeryoshinA shot of the reception at the 2016 MSPO expo, the biggest arms fair in Eastern Europe. “It was the only (arms fair I’d been to) where they were shooting real rockets over 20 kilometers (12 miles) maybe,” said Teroyshin. Fairgoers wait for a shuttle to a live demonstration site during the 2019 Army military expo held in Alabino, Russia. Forever.”) is paired with an image of three women in Islamic veils at an arms fair, one pretending to hold a rifle depicted in the poster in front of her.

Persons: ”, Nikita Teryoshin, “, ” Teryoshin, Nikita Teryoshin “, Teryoshin, Majid, Teroyshin, Lockheed Martin, Nikita Teryoshin Teroyshin, ‘, KAI, Nikita Teryoshin Saudi, Linda Åkerström, eyeshadow, Nikita Teryoshin Åkerström, ” Teroyshin, he’s, Åkerström, you’ll Organizations: CNN, Swedish Bofors, expos, Tiger, Kalashnikov, Lockheed, Manufacturing, ITT, Otis Defence, CTA, Elbit Systems, BAE Systems Locations: Russian, Swedish, Kielce, Poland, Lima , Peru, Belarus, France, Germany, South Korea, China, UAE, Peru, Russia, Vietnam, USA, South Africa, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, “, DEFEXPO, Eastern Europe, Mali, Alabino, Abu Dhabi, Paris, Dortmund, Seoul, IDEX, Central, Western Europe, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia, Ukraine

☆ Ladakh: Herders on the front line of India-China border dispute say they’re losing grazing land – and a way of life
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | Aishwarya S Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

For years, Lopzang Dadul herded his yaks, sheep and goats across the vast, vertiginous landscape near India’s contested border with China, following the seasons to find grazing land. All these areas are winter grazing areas of Chushul village. He says 60 of the 113 households in his village used to be nomadic; now only 10 are maintaining the tradition due to those factors and lost grazing lands. New Delhi says two sites remain contested along the Ladakh border after disengagement at other contested zones following the 2020 clash. Reduced patrolling led to an ultimate loss of control over such areas, where China grabs land “inch-by-inch,” the report said.

Persons: Lopzang Dadul, Dadul, ”, Mohd Arhaan Archer, Sushant Singh, Aksai Chin, Manoj Joshi, Singh, Rezeng, Stanzin, Phobrang, Sonam Dorje China, Sonam Wangchuk, Wangchuk, Sonam Dorje, India’s, won’t, “, Phunchok Stanzin, Namgail Phonchok, ” Phonchok, Narendra Modi –, Joshi, ‘, ’, China’s People’s, Modi’s, – Organizations: CNN, “, Getty, Policy Research, Observer Research Foundation, Gurung, Army, ” CNN, India’s Ministry of Defense, Mutual, Equal, China’s Defense Ministry, Protesters, Foreign Ministry, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, ‘, LAC, ”, Observers, ’ New, China’s People’s Liberation Army, PLA, Indian Army, Hindustan Times, Indian, Centre for Policy Research, Yale University Locations: China, Ladakh, India’s, India, Phobrang, AFP, Delhi, Ladakh’s Chushul, Chushul, Ladakh –, Leh, Jammu, Kashmir, Pakistan, New Delhi, Leh’s, Friends, Galwan, ” Beijing, Waseem

☆ Gulmarg: Snow has returned to Asia’s highest ski resort. Here’s what visitors going there now can expect
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Ramaa Reddy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —In early January, anyone who visited the ski resort village of Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir with hopes of actually skiing was out of luck. A severe snow shortage, blamed on dry weather, threatened to derail the entire winter season, leaving both travelers and tourism operators disappointed. Regardless of whether you’re a full-time athlete or someone who enjoys skiing and snowboarding for fun, Gulmarg offers a winter experience like no other. Today, travelers headed for Asia’s highest ski resort can enjoy over 1,330 vertical meters (4,363 feet) of skiable terrain, with lifts offering access to four separate skiing zones on Mount Apharwat. Many of those visitors don’t ski but just ride up the gondola to play in the snow and take in the views at the top.

Persons: Mukhtar Ahmad, Nanga Parbat, ”, Brian Newman, Newman, “, ” Mehmood Ahmad Lone, –, nans, Kababs, Rogan Josh, Kati, It’s, Mount Apharwat, Colonel Mirza Zahid Baig, Gulmarg, Javedh Ahmad Reshi Organizations: CNN, El, El Nino, Adventure, Hindustan Times, Newman’s, US Department of State, Warfare, USA Locations: Gulmarg, Kashmir, India, Mount Apharwat, British, Apharwat, Nanga, Colorado, Europe, North America, Pakistan, Khyber, Highland, Hilltop, Kashmir’s, Srinagar, Mount

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China. Unless you are a maritime power you can never aspire to be a global power,” Chawla said. India, already a regional power, is positioning itself “as a global player today, an upcoming global power,” he said. Though we don’t own it, but we are probably the most capable and responsible resident naval power,” Chawla said. Chawla said India doesn't have “strength to project power into the South China Sea right now” because of the vast Chinese maritime assets there.

Persons: Adm, Anil Kumar Chawla, “, ” Chawla, ”, Darshana, Chawla, it’s Organizations: Pakistan, Hamas, U.S, Carnegie Endowment, International, Ocean Initiative, NATO Locations: SRINAGAR, India, China, Yemen, Iran, Tehran, Red, Gaza, U.S, Visakhapatnam, Marshall, Gulf, Aden, Picardy, “ China, South China, Beijing, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Australia, Japan, Pacific, South, Asia, asia

☆ Indian, Chinese Troops Clashed Twice in 2022 Even as Peace Talks Were On
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

At least 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese troops were killed in clashes in the area two years previously, in mid-2020. Details of the new clashes emerged after the Indian Army awarded gallantry medals to some of its soldiers, who it said challenged Chinese troops trying to enter Indian territory in at least two incidents in 2022. During physical jostling, an Indian soldier wounded at least four Chinese troops and snatched their rifles, “forcing them to go back”, it said. In the second incident in November, 2022, Indian troops pushed back “a group of 40 to 50 soldiers of (PLA)” who were trying to enter Indian territory. A unit of Indian soldiers attacked and injured them, “thus foiling the enemy’s plan to capture the post”, another citation said.

Persons: Krishn Kaushik, ”, “, YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI, Indian Army, People’s Liberation Army, PLA, YP Locations: New Delhi, Beijing, India's Ladakh, Ladakh, India, China

☆ Modi's government and some of India's elites are battling for control of one of the country's most elite private clubs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Delhi Gymkhana Club is one of the oldest and most elite private clubs in India. AdvertisementAdvertisementMembers of the Delhi Gymkhana — one of the oldest private clubs in India — are trying to wrest back control after India's far-right government seized it in 2022. The club was first established by British colonists in 1913 as a sporting club called the Imperial Delhi Gymkhana, according to its website . Some of the club's members say that the government takeover is part of the BJP's broader agenda to control the country's social institutions. Ajai Shukla, a former army colonel, said the takeover reflects motivations to control "instruments of privilege and hand them out as favors."

Persons: —, Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party —, Ajai Shukla, Atul Dev, Dev Organizations: Delhi Gymkhana, Service, Imperial Delhi Gymkhana, Salute Magazine, Financial Times, Bharatiya Janata Party, Hindustan Times Locations: Delhi, India, Imperial

☆ India floods: Death toll from glacial lake burst in Himalayas climbs to 74, at least 100 still missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Reuters —The death toll from flash floods unleashed by a glacial lake bursting its banks in India’s Himalayas climbed to 74 on Monday with 101 people still missing days after the calamity struck, according to provincial officials. An analysis of the images shows more than 60% of the water held in the lake drained out after the extreme rainstorm triggered a glacial lake outburst. This phenomenon happens when a glacial lake rises too high or the surrounding land or ice gives way and the lake bursts, sending water and debris rushing down mountains. A woman holds a child inside a relief shelter after flash floods, caused by a lake burst in Singtam, Sikkim, India, October 8, 2023. Known as the rooftop of the world, the ecologically sensitive Himalayan region is prone to flash floods and landslides, and flooding is not unusual in Sikkim.

Persons: Sikkim’s, Vijay Bhushan Pathak, Prakash Adhikari, Shama, Francis Mascarenhas, Birat Rai, Mukesh Kumar, “, ”, Kumar, Baiju Sharma, ” Sharma Organizations: Reuters, Indian Army, Residents Locations: Sikkim, Lohnak, Gangtok, West Bengal, India, Jalpaiguri, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Singtam, Teesta, Kalimpong District, Rangpo

The flood began shortly after midnight Wednesday, when the waters of a glacial lake overflowed, cracking open the biggest hydroelectric dam in Sikkim state. Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesIt wasn’t clear what triggered the deadly flood in the mountainous Sikkim state, the latest to hit northeast India in a year of unusually heavy monsoon rains. The design and placement of the 6-year-old Teesta 3 dam, the largest in Sikkim state, were controversial from the time it was built. Disasters caused by landslides and floods are common in India’s Himalayan region during the June-September monsoon season. In February 2021, flash floods killed nearly 200 people and washed away houses in Uttarakhand state in northern India.

Persons: Prem Singh Tamang, Lhonak, Storm Daniel, ___ Hussain Organizations: Police, Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority, International Center, Integrated, Development Locations: GANGTOK, Sikkim, India, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Derna, Libya, Uttarakhand, Gauhati

☆ Why is India's Modi so worried about Sikh separatist calls for Khalistan?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Amplified calls for the creation of Khalistan date back to when India gained its independence in 1947. At the same time, some Sikh supporters of Khalistan have made comments perceived as anti-national and threatening toward India and its government. And in counterinsurgency operations, Indian security forces were accused of a multitude of human rights abuses. The first photos of the damaged Akal Takhat after the army stormed the sikh Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on June 9, 1984. “The larger [Sikh] community is standing by the statements from Trudeau and they want action upon this,” said Jasveer Singh, a British Sikh and senior press officer with the Sikh Press Association.

Persons: Justin Trudeau’s, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, “, Nijjar’s, –, Andre Durand, Guru Nanak, hasn’t, ”, Amandeep Sandhu, Amritpal Singh, India’s, Singh, Stringer, Modi, Suhasini Haidar, Sondeep Shankar, Indira Gandhi, Gandhi, Harsh Pant, Cole Burston, Pant, Nijjar, Justin Trudeau, Blair Gable, Trudeau, Jasveer Singh Organizations: CNN, Air India, Sikh, Canadian, Air, Air India Boeing, Getty, India, British, Keystone, Pew Research Center, Panjab, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Police, Khalistan, Observer Research Foundation, Protesters, Reuters, Sikh Press Association Locations: Montreal, New Delhi, Ireland, Indian, Punjab, Canada, Hardeep, India, Air India, Cork, AFP, Pakistan, Amritsar, British India, Ottawa, “ India, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Toronto, British

The Lhonak Lake in the mountainous northeastern state of Sikkim overflowed on Wednesday after a cloudburst triggered torrential rains and an apparent avalanche, causing major flooding in the Teesta river. Sikkim officials had put the death toll at 18 on Thursday evening. Officials in the neighbouring downstream state of West Bengal told Reuters that emergency teams recovered another 22 bodies that had been washed away. Relief teams are unable to reach the affected areas there," Tseten Bhutia, a state official, told Reuters by telephone. All bridges downstream of an NHPC (NHPC.NS) hydropower station Teesta-V have either been submerged or washed away, the Indian government said.

Persons: Bhutia, Pradeep Kumar Barma, Jatindra, Shivam Patel, YP Rajesh, Michael Perry Organizations: Indian Army, India Army, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Mobile, Private, Military, India Meteorological Department, YP, Thomson Locations: Sikkim, KOLKATA, DELHI, Asia's, West Bengal, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Siliguri, Bhubaneswar

CNN —A search and rescue operation has been launched for more than 100 missing people in India’s northeast after flash floods ripped through the Himalayan state of Sikkim Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and washing away roads and bridges, according to the state government. Known as the rooftop of the world, the ecologically-sensitive Himalayan region is prone to flash floods and landslides and flooding is not unusual in Sikkim. High water levels in the Teesta river in Sikkim, India, on October 4. Rising water levels of the Teesta river in Sikkim, India, after flash flooding indundated the region. About 2,000 people were evacuated after the flash floods in Sikkim.

Persons: Prem Singh Tamang, Narendra Modi, ” Organizations: CNN, Indian Army, of, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, ” ISRO, state’s Disaster Management Authority, Sikkim’s Department of Science, Technology, . Indian Army, India Meteorological Department, Indian, Indian Institute of Technology Locations: India’s, Sikkim, Lhonak, Sikkim’s, India, of Sikkim, Lhonak Lake, Pakyong, Gangtok, Pakistan, Peru, China, Government, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Uttarakhand

CNN —Five people have died and 23 Indian Army personnel are missing in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim after a cloudburst led to flash floods. The flooding happened in the Teesta River in Lachen valley, Sikkim, due to a “sudden cloudburst” over Lhonak Lake in the northern part of the state, the Indian Army said in a statement. Flood waters inundate buildings along the Teesta river in Sikkim, India, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Indian Army/APFive bodies have been recovered, according to a statement by the government of Sikkim. At least three bridges have collapsed and about 420 people from two districts have been moved to relief camps, according to the government of Sikkim.

Organizations: CNN, Indian Army, Army Locations: Sikkim, Lachen, India

☆ Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar and what just happened between Canada and India?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Blair Gable/ReutersIndia responded hours later by rejecting Trudeau’s allegations, accusing Canada of harboring terrorists and claiming its inaction against extremists had been a “long-standing” concern. Nijjar’s death in June shocked the Sikh community in Canada, one of the largest outside India with more than 770,000 members. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun told CNN that Nijjar was asked to be careful and avoid giving “big talks” or he would be targeted. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with the youngest son of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while attending a ceremonial reception at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on February 23, 2018. When Trudeau visited India in 2018, his calendar, which was light on diplomatic meetings, was seen by many as a “snub” from New Delhi.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Canada wasn’t, ”, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, cratering, Nijjar, Melanie Joly, Blair Gable, –, “, Hardeep Singh, India’s UAPA, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Pannun, Harsh Pant, Modi, Narendra Modi, Canada's, PRAKASH SINGH, ” Pant, Michael Kugelman, Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, Australia’s Anthony Albanese, Adrienne Watson, Penny Wong, I’m, ” Kugelman, would’ve “, Kugelman, Canada would’ve Organizations: CNN, Canadian, Canada, Reuters, Canada –, British Columbia Gurdwaras, India’s, Indian National Investigation Agency, Khalistan, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Justice, Observer Research Foundation, India's, AFP, Getty, Indian Army, South Asia Institute, Wilson Center, British, National Security, Australian Foreign Locations: India, New Delhi, United States, Canada, Ottawa, Indian, Reuters India, Canadian, British, Ontario, India’s Punjab, New York, AFP, Toronto, China, Australia, Britain, New Zealand

The tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was investigating “credible allegations” linking India to the June killing of Canadian citizen and prominent Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India’s foreign ministry on Tuesday responded in kind, saying it had expelled a senior Canadian diplomat based in India. “The concerned diplomat has been asked to leave India within the next five days,” it said in a statement. We have conveyed our concerns at senior levels to India,” a statement shared with CNN said. That operation caused huge anger within the Sikh community and Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in the aftermath.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Hardeep Singh, ” Trudeau, Mélanie Joly, ”, Trudeau, Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, “, ” Nijjar, Nijjar, Penny Wong, Narendra Modi, Modi, Guru Nanak, Indira Gandhi, Gandhi Organizations: CNN, Ottawa, British, Sikh Organization, India’s, Indian National Investigation Agency, Khalistan, Government of, Canadian Government, Reuters, Canadian, Relations, Analysts, Indian Army, of, Air Locations: India, New Delhi, Canada, Indian, Ottawa, Canadian, Surrey, British Columbia, Government of India, Canada’s, Toronto, of Canada, Punjab, Britain, Pakistan, Air India, Australia

☆ India is a rising force in Southeast Asia as region seeks to counter China's dominance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

(Photo credit RAVEENDRAN/AFP via Getty Images) Raveendran | Afp | Getty ImagesIndia is taking major strides to expand its influence in Southeast Asia, a move that will allow countries to counter China's dominance in the region. "India certainly is becoming more ambitious in Southeast Asia. "This is particularly salient to the maritime sphere, namely the South China Sea, where overlapping sovereignty disputes threaten regional stability and openness," he added. "It continues to maintain a very independent streak in its foreign policy, which suits a large number of Southeast Asian countries." While China remained the most influential and strategic power in Southeast Asia, its standing has diminished, the Southeast Asia survey from February showed.

Persons: Pant, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Narendra Modi's, Satoru Nagao, Nagao, Derek Grossman, Modi, Xi Jinping, Ted Aljibe, Enrique Manalo, Rand's Grossman, Joanne Lin, Lin, ISEAS's Lin Organizations: Indian, Getty, Afp, Observer Research Foundation, CNBC, Southeast, Hudson Institute, Vietnam Air Force, Rand Corporation, TED ALJIBE, Initiative, ASEAN Studies, Yusof Ishak Institute, Observers, Pant Observer Research, China -, Wilson Center, ASEAN Wonk, U.S, ASEAN Studies Centre, Yusof, Ukraine, U.S ., New Delhi's Observer Research Foundation Locations: New Delhi, AFP, Southeast Asia, India, China, Beijing, Vietnam, Tokyo, China —, Manila, Philippine, Delhi, The Hague, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, ISEAS, Singapore, Asia, Europe, China - U.S, U.S, New

☆ Rahul Gandhi rips into Indian PM Modi over Manipur violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Yp Rajesh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, arrives at the parliament after he was reinstated as a lawmaker, in New Delhi, India, August 7, 2023. "You have killed mother India in Manipur," Gandhi said as opposition lawmakers thumped their desks and their government counterparts booed him. New Delhi has rushed tens of thousands of additional security forces to the state of 3.2 million people but sporadic violence continues. "Our prime minister has not gone to Manipur because for him Manipur is not in India," Gandhi said. Modi was not present in parliament when Gandhi spoke but he is due to address it on Thursday before it is put to vote.

Persons: Rahul Gandhi, India's, Stringer, Modi, Manipur Modi, Narendra Modi's, Gandhi, YP Rajesh, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, MANIPUR Gandhi, YP, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, Manipur Gandhi, Manipur, DELHI, United States, MANIPUR, Kuki, Haryana, BJP

At least 125 people have been killed and more than 40,000 have fled their homes in Manipur since the violence erupted on May 3. HOW DID THE MANIPUR VIOLENCE BEGIN? The development imbalance favouring the valley over the hills has been a point of contention and rivalry between the ethnic groups. Manipur shares a nearly 400-km (250-mile) border with Myanmar and the coup there in 2021 pushed thousands of refugees into the Indian state. Kuki and Meitei groups also refused to join a peace panel formed by the federal government due to differences over names included in the panel.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Myanmar’s Chin, Meiteis, Pradip Phanjoubam, Kukis, Biren Singh, Singh, Krishn Kaushik, Alison Williams Organizations: Kuki, Court, REUTERS, Arts and, Indian Army, Bharatiya Janata Party, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Manipur, Myanmar, New Delhi, MANIPUR, Kuki, Naga, India, Imphal, Myanmar . New Delhi

☆ India and China are buying new tanks designed to fight on one of the world's highest battlefields
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Both countries are also investing in new light tanks designed for high altitudes and rough terrain. Consequently, India is planning to developing its own light tank to level the playing field. The Type 15A Type 15 tank on display at the Beijing Exhibition Center in October. NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty ImagesChina has coped with these issues by deploying its Type 15 light tank, one of the few modern light tanks produced in the 21st century. India has tried on and off since 1983 to develop a new light tank but has never settled on a model.

Persons: —, NOEL CELIS, Arjuna, Ajay Aggarwal, hasn't, Danish Ismail, Narendra Modi's, Toubro, Zorawar Singh Organizations: Service, US Army, Bilderwelt, Beijing Exhibition Center, Getty Images, Abrams, Getty, Hindustan Times, Indian Ministry of Defense, REUTERS, Danish, India's Ministry of Defense, Larsen, Rolls Royce Locations: India, Bologna, China, Japan, Ladakh, AFP, Getty Images China, Russia, Western, People's Republic of China, New Delhi, Pakistan, Indian, Belgian

☆ Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi visits restive Manipur after vehicle is initially stopped
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The embattled leader of India’s main opposition Congress party visited crisis-hit Manipur and met with its displaced residents on Thursday, after his convoy was initially stopped by police near the state capital. Rahul Gandhi’s visit comes as the northeastern state grapples with ongoing ethnic violence in which more than 100 people have been killed and tens of thousands more driven from their homes. Modi has yet to comment publicly on the situation and has not visited Manipur since the violence erupted in May. Manipur needs healing, and only together we can bring harmony.”Indian army soldiers patrol the streets of Manipur on June 7, 2023. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also claimed that Gandhi is using Manipur as a pawn for his own political gain.

Persons: India’s, Rahul Gandhi’s, Narendra Modi, Modi, Gandhi, “, ”, Sambit Patra, ” Patra, Rahul Gandhi, ” Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Christian Organizations: CNN, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Facebook, Indian Army, Reuters Locations: Manipur, Imphal, Myanmar, Kuki

☆ Pakistan army says two civilians killed by Indian forces
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ISLAMABAD, June 24 (Reuters) - Pakistan's army claimed on Saturday that two civilians were killed by Indian forces in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, the first such conflict since a ceasefire in 2021 between the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours. "The Indian Army, in a display of its usual inhumane approach towards innocent Kashmiris, opened indiscriminate fire onto a group of shepherds in Sattwal Sector," the statement said. The Indian army did not respond to a request for comment. Both India and Pakistan lay claim over the disputed territory, but each control half of it. Condemning the killings and ceasefire violation, the Pakistani foreign office summoned the Indian envoy to register a protest, the statement said.

Persons: Asif Shahzad, Diane Craft Organizations: Indian Army, Thomson Locations: ISLAMABAD, Kashmir, Sattwal, India, Pakistan, New Delhi

New Delhi CNN —Eleven people have been shot dead and 14 injured in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence that has gripped the northeast Indian state of Manipur. The current unrest has seen some of the worst violence in recent years and has sparked criticism of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which governs Manipur. If they are given this status, other ethnic groups – many of whom are Christian – say they fear they will not have a fair chance for jobs and other benefits. People wait at a temporary shelter in a military camp on May 7, after being evacuated by the Indian army, as they flee ethnic violence that has hit the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Metei community dominates positions within the state government, and have been privy to more economic and infrastructural advancement than the other ethnic groups.

Persons: JNIMS, Deben, Arun Sankar, Narendra Modi, Modi, Amit Shah’s, Christian Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Raj Medicity Hospital, CNN, Getty, Indian, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Union, Indian National Congress Locations: New Delhi, Manipur, state’s, Imphal, Indian, Arun, Myanmar, Kashmir, India, Kuki

Islamabad and New Delhi CNN —Tropical Cyclone Biparjoy has made landfall in India’s western Gujarat state, close to the Pakistan border, unleashing powerful gusts of wind that ripped up trees and toppled electricity poles. At landfall, Biparjoy was equivalent to a strong tropical storm with winds of 65 mph (100 kph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Heavy rainfall warnings are expected to remain in place for northwest India through Saturday. Akhtar Soomro/ReutersBefore the storm, both India and Pakistan implemented mass safety measures to ensure minimal damage and loss of life. A man rides a motorcycle through a waterlogged street in Mandvi before the arrival of cyclone Biparjoy in the western state of Gujarat, India, June 15, 2023.

Persons: Biparjoy, Akhtar Soomro, Francis Mascarenhas Organizations: New Delhi CNN —, Typhoon Warning, Reuters, Livestock, PIA, National Disaster Management Authority, Residents, Getty, Shenzhen Institute of Meteorological, Chinese University of Hong Locations: Islamabad, New Delhi, India’s, Gujarat, Pakistan, India, Sindh, floodwater, Mumbai, Karachi, Mandvi, Pakistan's Sindh, AFP, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Asia

More than 280 people were killed and over 1,100 injured in a three-way crash involving two passenger trains and a freight train in eastern Odisha state on Friday, officials said. BJP4India/TwitterThe cause of Friday’s crash remains unclear, but senior state railway officials told CNN that it is suspected to have been caused by a traffic signaling failure. Video footage and photographs from the crash site near Bahanaga Bazar rail station showed scenes of chaos and despair. An official overseas rescue efforts at the site of the train crash in Balasore. An aerial view of the derailed coaches in Balasore.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Ashwini Vaishnaw, ” Modi, “, “ It’s, Sudhanshu Sarangi, “ We’ve, Piyal Adhikary, Anshuman Purohit, ” Rohit Raj, Dibyangshu Sarkar, ”, Narendra Singh Bundela, ” Bundela, Stringer, Rafiq Maqbool, AP Modi, Shehbaz Sharif, Rishi Sunak, Ursula von der Leyen, Fumio Kishida Organizations: India CNN — Indian, Bharat, CNN, Chennai Coromandel, Passengers, NDTV, Getty, Response Force, Reuters, National Crime Records, Western, AP, Force, Rapid Action Force, Soro Block, “, British, EU, Japan’s Locations: Bhubaneswar, India, Odisha, Balasore, Shalimar, Chennai, Yesvantpur, Howrah, Bahanaga Bazar, AFP, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Mumbai, country’s Jammu, Kashmir, Soro

But rescuers expect the death toll to rise further, as many people are thought to be trapped under upturned carriages. A damaged train carriage, following the deadly collision in Balasore, India, on June 2. Video footage and photographs from Friday’s crash site show scenes of chaos and despair. Rescuers search for survivors at the site of the crash in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, on June 2. The latest crash comes as India carries out a major overhaul of its infrastructure, with the country investing millions to modernize transport links.

Persons: Sudhanshu Sarangi, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Narendra Singh Bundela, ” Bundela, ”, “, Narendra Modi, Modi Organizations: CNN, Rescuers, Fire Services, NDTV, Railway Minister, Response Force, Press Trust of, Force, Rapid Action Force, Soro Block, “, Bharatiya Janata Party, National Crime Records, Western Locations: India, Balasore, Odisha, Bahanaga, Balasore district, Press Trust of India, Soro, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Mumbai, country’s Jammu, Kashmir

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