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The growing South-South cooperation and the changing paradigm of development cooperation, in which India is playing a leading role, will be in focus at a major global conference in New Delhi, starting March 10.
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In a significant development and a gift to women on International Women’s day, India’s Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha announced that the nation will see its first batch of female fighter pilots by June 2016. India is finally set to welcome its first batch of female fighter pilots.
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India’s national capital was put on high alert after intelligence agencies reported that ten terrorists have sneaked into Gujarat, and might stage attack ahead of Maha Shivratri festival. Delhi Police has beefed up security around temples, iconic buildings, malls and markets, and military installations in Delhi.
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Telecom visionary, innovator and entrepreneur. Sam Pitroda, widely considered the father of India’s telecom revolution, wears many hats. India’s telecom revolution began with an organisation called Centre for Development of Telematics (C Dot) established in 1984. He has been deeply involved with India’s several telecom and digital policy initiatives.
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The UN has given a clean chit to Indian peacekeepers, who were accused of sexual abuses in 2015. Overall, there were 69 cases of abuse by peacekeepers reported in 2015, which cut across nationalities.
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Amid persisting differences over the price of 36 Rafale fighter jets India has agreed to buy from France, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has underlined that he will try to extract the best deal and save money for the nation.
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Calling for immediate action to be taken against Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), by the al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee, India has expressed hope that name of JeM’s chief would be included in the UN list of designated terrorists by 1267 Committee.
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Amid aggressive face-off between the government and the opposition in Parliament, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj rejected Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s charge that even the Foreign Minister was unaware of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s impromptu visit to Pakistan in December 2015.
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Amid growing concerns over China’s assertive postures in the maritime domain, the US has renewed the pitch to revive the quadrilateral security dialogue, which is envisaged to include the US, India, Japan and Australia, the four leading democracies in the extended Asia-Pacific region.
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Taking a firm stand, India once again reiterated that action against terror groups by Pakistan is a bigger priority than resuming bilateral dialogue between the two countries.
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