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Is China building a military base in Cambodia? Last week, redevelopment work funded by a grant aid from China began at Cambodia’s Ream naval base on the South China Sea. During a groundbreaking ceremony, Beijing’s Cambodia envoy, Wang Wentian, said that Chinese-Cambodian military cooperation was a “strong pillar” of an “ironclad partnership.” For several years, analysts and US government officials have sounded the alarm about a possible Chinese military presence at the Ream naval base, which juts out into the Gulf of Thailand from southern Cambodia. Use of the base could give the Chinese navy expanded access to hotly contested South China Sea, as well as escalate US-China rivalries in the region.

F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter has distinct advantages over Rafale-M, Says Boeing official. India is also negotiating the purchase of additional Chinook(heavy lift helicopters and Apache attack helicoptors. Indegenious carrier Vikrant set to be commissioned in August. Go through their features.

☄️China's Statement On Nupur sharma row: It is important to abandon arrogance prejudice and it is important to deepan recognition and understanding of one's own civilisation. Chinas believes that different civilisations and respect each other and co exist on an equal footing. Many Islamic countries, including chinas all weather ally pakistan groups such as the Organisation of Islamic cooperation(OIC) and the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) member countries that have close trading relations with Beijing, have remained largely silent on the Xingjiang issue over the time.

Question: What is more important , purchasing/developing more missiles or purchasing/developing more equipments for troops?

👉Govt issues new guidelines to curb misleading ads; bans surrogate ads while imposing strict norms for those advertisements that seek to lure consumers offering discounts and fee. 👉Extra pressure complaints': Consumer Affairs Ministry to take class of edtech firms Recently, the secretary had a meeting with restaurants and hotel representatives over service charge issues, as well as with ride-hailing apps over unfair trade practices.

☄️What is NATGRID? The NATGRID, first conceptualized in 2009, will be the one-stop destination for security and intelligence agencies to access database related to immigration entry and exit, banking and telephone details of a suspect on a “secured platform.” Initially on a slow burner, the project was revived in 2016 and was given further impetus in 2019.  NATGRID solution will be available to 11 Central agencies such as the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and police of all States. The project will act as a link between intelligence and investigation agencies.

Scientists condemn project to study ‘racial purity’ of Indian population Over a 100 leading biologists, historians, anthropologists and intellectuals have written a joint letter to the Ministry of Culture protesting its purported plans to fund a project to study “genetic similarities and differences in the DNA (genetic) profiles of Indian population groups.” Last month media reports surfaced of a plan involving the Anthropological Survey of India, some scientists at the Lucknow-based Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleo sciences (BSIP) and prominent archaeologist, Vasant Shinde former director of the Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute. The plan, the report, said was to procure the latest DNA sequencing equipment to “establishing the genetic history and trace the purity of races in India”.

China's Defence Minister👇 “Taiwan is China’s Taiwan... Using Taiwan to contain China will never prevail”, says China’s Defence Minister Beijing will "not hesitate to start a war" if Taiwan declares independence, China's Defence Minister warned his U.S. counterpart on Friday in the pair's first face-to-face talks, officials said.

Massive protests broke out in several States on Friday over the recent controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma and the now-expelled Delhi media unit chief Naveen Kumar Jindal.

☄️The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Arindam Bagchi In a strongly worded response, said the OIC should stop its "communal approach" and said "it is regrettable that the OIC Secretariat has yet again chosen to make motivated, misleading and mischievous comments. This only exposes its divisive agenda being pursued at the behest of vested interests." Earlier the General Secretariat of the OIC "strongly condemned" the derogatory remarks and connected them with other internal developments in India. "These abuses come in the context of the escalation of hatred and abuse of Islam in India and in the context of the systematic practices against Muslims and restrictions on them," the OIC had said in its statement. You should observe the language use by official spokespersons of the Governement, you can easily quote sentences by them in your answers to be safer side. @InterviewMasters

☄️Recent observations by the Delhi High Court that religious conversion, unless forced, is not prohibited raise a question if proselytism is also protected under the right to religious freedom in the Constitution. A few days ago, the High Court, hearing a petition by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay to frame laws to prohibit religious conversions by force or deception, observed that “first and foremost, conversion is not prohibited. It is a right of an individual to profess any religion, religion of his birth, or religion that he chooses to profess. That is the freedom our Constitution grants”. @InterviewMasters

The government on Sunday faced a growing diplomatic storm over comments made by the suspended BJP leaders, as countries in the Gulf region summoned Ambassadors and conveyed their concerns about growing “extremism and hatred” the comments signified. Qatar and Kuwait summoned India’s ambassadors in Doha and Kuwait City respectively and demanded a “public apology” from New Delhi for the comments that were considered “Islamophobic”.

☄️Indian Embassy Statement On protests by Islamic countries over Islamophobic Comments “In line with our civilisational heritage and strong cultural traditions of unity in diversity, Government of India accords the highest respect to all religions,” read the statement, adding that “Strong action has already been taken against those who made the derogatory remarks.” “A statement has also been issued by concerned quarters emphasizing respect for all religions, denouncing insult to any religious personality or demeaning any religion or sect,” it said, referring to the statement issued by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. A similiar statement was issued by the Indian Embassy in Kuwait after Ambassador Sibi George was summoned. @Interviewmasters

Myanmar's junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country's first judicial executions since 1990, a spokesman told AFP on Friday.

☄️7 countries that changed their names — and why ? Türkiye The rebranding may be related to Erdogan's apparent annoyance over the country's unflattering association with the bird. As the country's geopolitical role grows, Turkey has reportedly become more image-conscious, and Erdogan's sensitivity about how the country is perceived also likely ties into his nationalist tendencies. The Netherlands The Dutch government also overhauled its image by ditching the name Holland. The name change is reportedly part of a push to get away from the country's association with recreational drug use and legal prostitution, a potent pull factor for foreigners to the Dutch capital Amsterdam, which lies in the province of North Holland. North Macedonia In 2019, the Republic of Macedonia (though recognized as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) officially became the Republic of North Macedonia North Macedonia sought to improve relations with Greece, with its sights on joining NATO and the EU. Greece had long disputed use of the name Macedonia for the neighboring country, as that is also the name of a geographical region in Greece. Eswatini In April 2018, King Mswati III renamed Swaziland to Eswatini, underscoring the ruler's bid to break free from the country’s colonial past.It is said that the king was also unhappy with how Swaziland was confused by some for Switzerland.  Czechia Again it's marketing that is behind the name change of the central European country, Czech Republic. In 2016, the Czech government officially changed its name to Czechia Cabo Verde This island nation, located in the Atlantic Ocean about 700 kilometers (440 miles) off the coast of Senegal, lodged its official request for a name change in 2013.  Sri Lanka Like Eswatini, Sri Lanka changed its name to break from colonial associations. Although the official name change was made in 1972 when it became independent from British rule, it was not until 2011 that Sri Lanka officially wiped the old colonial name Ceylon from government use. @InterviewMasters

Turkey rebrands as 'Türkiye,' changing name at the United Nations @InterviewMasters

☄️Evidence of deglobalization taking place During recent election campaigns in the US and Germany, climate change – an inescapably international issue - was discussed as a national challenge with mitigation and adaptation efforts characterized as national opportunities. In China, globalized infrastructure such as the internet is heavily restricted and recast as a tool heavily controlled by the national government, with ‘the great firewall’ turning the free flow of information into an incredibly effective method of political control. A surge in populist politics in Europe and the US has ridden a wave of opposition to globalized economies and international institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and NATO. Leaving the European Union (EU) is written into the constitutions of populist parties in countries such as Poland and Hungary. The United Nations (UN) is widely viewed as weak and deadlocked, and populist movements tend to ridicule the notion of belonging to an international community of nations. @InterviewMaster

☄️What is deglobalization? Deglobalization is a movement towards a less connected world, characterized by powerful nation states, local solutions, and border controls rather than global institutions, treaties, and free movement. @InterviewMaster