China threat sparks alarm: Taiwan launches biggest reserve military overhaul in decades

What’s behind Taiwan’s military overhaul? China threat drives 14-day reserve training plan Taiwan is overhauling its military reserve system by extending mandatory reserve training from up to seven days to 14 days, introducing drone operations and US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (Himars), as it seeks to tackle worsening troop shortages amid a declining birth…

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‘May next 250 years bring greater peace & progress’: PM Modi congratulates Trump on US Independence Day | India News

PM Modi congratulates Donald Trump on America’s 250 years of independence NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated US President Donald Trump and the American people on the 250th anniversary of the United States’ Independence. He described the India-US relationship as a force for global good rooted in shared democratic values.In a post…

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Watch: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi welcomes Jofra Archer with a stunning six on India debut | Cricket News

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image: Cricbuzz/X) Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scripted history on Saturday as he became the youngest player to represent India in men’s T20Is during the second T20I against England at Old Trafford, Manchester.The 15-year-old surpassed the previous record held by Sachin Tendulkar to mark a memorable milestone in Indian cricket. While his stay at…

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‘How long will govt ignore our voices’: Dipke writes to PM Modi as protest enters Day 15 | India News

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke writes to PM Modi as Jantar Mantar protest enters Day 15 NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to break his silence over education activist Sonam Wangchuk’s indefinite hunger strike and demanding the resignation of union education minister Dharmendra…

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‘Sought by MPs across party lines’: Speaker Om Birla says report on Justice Yashwant Varma to be tabled in Monsoon Session | India News

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said the probe committee’s report on Justice Yashwant Varma will be tabled in the Lok Sabha during the upcoming Monsoon Session as it was sought by MPs cutting across party lines .“The report will be tabled during the Monsoon Session. The future course of action will…

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Sri Lanka 373/5 in 91.2 Overs

WI vs SL 2nd Test Day 2 Live: Sri Lanka ended the opening day of the second Test in complete control, reaching 338/5 at stumps against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Looking to bounce back after a disappointing defeat in the series opener, the visitors produced a dominant batting…

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‘Academic jihad’: BJP seeks ban on J&K textbook ‘glorifying terrorists’; LG suspends 8 | India News

NEW DELHI: The row over a controversial book in Jammu and Kashmir’s government school libraries escalated on Saturday after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha suspended eight School Education Department officials, removed a contractual employee, and ordered a departmental inquiry into the selection and procurement of two library books found to contain “inappropriate content”.The LG also blacklisted…

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