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Analyzing China's defense budget

Feb 02, 2021

Hong Kong, February 2 : Early March, during the annual National People's Congress (NPC), is when China typically announces its defense budget for the coming year. As that time approaches for 2021, it is useful to analyze how well the official figures actually reflect reality, or whether they are deliberately deflated to hide the true extent of Chinese spending on its military.

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Rejection of BN (O) passports leaves ethnic minority communities stranded in HK

Feb 02, 2021

Hong Kong, February 2 : Thousands of members of ethnic minority communities in Hong Kong - Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese - who only have a British National Overseas BN (O) passport are facing fresh hurdle in going abroad after the government said it no longer recognised the document for travel, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
MQM leader Altaf Hussain

MQM founder Altaf Hussain in ICU after testing positive for Covid-19

Feb 02, 2021
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5.2-magnitude quake hits 110 km NNE of Lobujya, Nepal

Feb 02, 2021

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canadian PM calls Kamala Harris, raises issues of access to COVID-19 vaccines, protectionism

Feb 02, 2021

Toronto [Canada], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his first phone call with US Vice...
Indian Americans holding a vigil and demanding reinstallation of Gandhi's statue on February 1. (ANI)

Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna condemns vandalisation of Gandhi statue in California

Feb 02, 2021

Washington [US], February 2 : Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna on Tuesday condemned the vandalisation of the statue of...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

SA receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses from India, expects more to come

Feb 02, 2021

Johannesburg [South Africa], February 2 (ANI/Xinhua): South Africa has secured millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses from different suppliers...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Blinken says US should accept refugees fleeing Hong Kong amid draconian law

Feb 02, 2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Top US diplomat calls for China to step up and being transperent about COVID-19

Feb 02, 2021
White House press secretary Jen Psaki

White House condemns desecration of Gandhi statue in Davis

Feb 02, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

White House doesn't spend much time talking about Trump: Psaki

Feb 02, 2021
White House press secretary Jen Psaki

White House to move ahead with immigration executive actions on Tuesday

Feb 02, 2021
Bhavya Lal

NASA names Indian American Bhavya Lal as acting chief of staff

Feb 02, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaking at a p+ress briefing on Monday (Local Time)

US held intensive consultations with allies on Myanmar

Feb 02, 2021
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UK summons Myanmar Ambassador in London over military coup

Feb 02, 2021
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UK COVID-19 variant present in 82 countries, South African strain in 39: WHO

Feb 02, 2021
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Coronavirus can be controlled, WHO Chief says, pointing to decrease in number of new cases

Feb 02, 2021
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab

UK Foreign Secy Raab continues to express support for Belarusian Opposition

Feb 02, 2021
Alexey Navalny

Navalny's spokeswoman placed under house arrest

Feb 02, 2021