Bharat Rakshak

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Well gents, I bid adieu, this forum has become really cloistered in its viewpoint, even mods get in with the name calling, discussing things even minutely out of the prescribed thinking riles certain people emotionally which is an odd reaction for an online forum and there are many instances of shou...

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Indeed, objectivity is needed, when fluffing up a country that is desperately trying to stay relevant beyond Expo2020 (which went south due to Corona) and oil shocks in the neighbourhood. As per those who used to run the middle-east, now streaming back to India, their pockets are deep. Infact they ...

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https://theconversation.com/uae-mars-mission-extraordinary-feat-shows-how-space-exploration-can-benefit-small-nations-143038 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its Mars mission dubbed “Al Amal”, or “Hope”, from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan on July 20. This is the...

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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-53656328 ebanon's Prime Minsiter Hassan Diab has said it is "unacceptable" that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were being stored in a warehouse. "I will not rest until we find the person responsible for what happened so we can hold th...

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https://warontherocks.com/2020/07/people-win-wars-the-pla-enlisted-force-and-other-related-matters/ In the late 1990s, China’s senior military leadership decided to build a professional noncommissioned officer (NCO) corps. Yet, 40 years after the Chinese military began its long-term modernization p...

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https://www.axios.com/us-sanctions-china-paramilitary-xinjiang-xpcc-41e29c92-9649-4e47-9e91-a7f78330d4d8.html The Trump administration has announced it will sanction the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a paramilitary organization operating in Xinjiang, Background: Little known ou...

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^If the image is on the site that you are posting from, open it in a new tab and paste the url within the img tags here. If you want to post an image from your hard drive, upload it to some image hosting site such as imgbb, once uploaded, copy the url and paste here. Some portions need to be trimmed...

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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53409521#:~:text=The%20world%20is%20ill%2Dprepared,the%20end%20of%20the%20century. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/168BB/production/_113374329_projected_population640-nc.png Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking population...

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The psyche of the west can be much clearly understood if one assumes human history to be ~450 years old, as is prevalent in the west. From this assumption, you have the following chronology: 1) Slavery existed with the europeans as masters and the sub-saharans as slaves; besides this, slavery never ...

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There is not much discourse on the eu's decision for the federal bond and its implications for the future. Primarily, Huntington's clash may yet come to pass but these earlier theorists' assumption that the civil structure of their nations would remain unchanged may have been the most egregious assu...

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On Tuesday 28 July 2020, we will celebrate the Start of Machine Assembly at ITER in the virtual presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and government leaders from the seven ITER Members.

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http://archive.is/ntNgm Francis Fukuyama’s central contention still rings true: There is no conceivable ideological rival to liberal democracy. “The end of history will be a very sad time,” he wrote, “I have the most ambivalent feelings” about it. He lamented the passing of the heroic age of mankin...

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https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/chinas-bhutan-gambit/ Since early June, China has laid claim to the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary, which covers an area of 650 sq km and lies in Bhutan’s eastern district of Trashigang. The Sakteng sanctuary adjoins West Kameng district and Tawang disticts in India’s Ar...

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Just another day in america.. https://i.4cdn.org/pol/1595756875295.png https://www.themix.net/2020/07/three-federal-officers-blinded-by-lasers-used-by-portland-riots/?utm_campaign=SU07242020&utm_source=newsletter_email_07242020&utm_medium=email&source=SUCI https://twitter.com/xpdinero/st...

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https://twitter.com/TruthAbtChina/status/1287184368486817793 CONFIRMED: The CCP put up posters in Beijing instructing people to go to underground bunkers if the alarm goes off signaling they are at war. The poster reads: "How to quickly enter the wartime civil air defense facility after you he...

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https://www.wionews.com/world/chinas-flood-crisis-deepens-as-several-dams-may-collapse-315235 China's Guang-Xi region's dam has collapsed. It was built in 1965 and could hold more than 195 thousand cubic meters of water which is good enough to fill 78 Olympic size swimming pools. However, the dam h...

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https://archive.is/H9nI0 Turkish resource surveys to the south and east of the Greek island of Kastellorizo will commence today and will occur until August 2, Attaleia (Ἀττάλεια, Turkish: Antalya) hydrographic service in Turkey announced, as already reported by Greek City Times. This has provoked...

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https://theconversation.com/uae-mars-mission-extraordinary-feat-shows-how-space-exploration-can-benefit-small-nations-143038 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its Mars mission dubbed “Al Amal”, or “Hope”, from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan on July 20. This is the...

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Not India related. https://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/the_big_engine_that_might_how_france_and_germany_can_build_a_geopolitical_e https://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/the_big_engine_that_might_how_france_and_germany.pdf ECFR sent invitations to complete the questionnaire by email to foreign ministries, ...

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Posting bean counting expert advice by us settled indian here as do not want to profane the military thread. This piece is either a masterful bait or it heralds a new beginning in outrage lolnarlism. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/4-reasons-why-india-couldnt-win-war-china-165053 Amit Gupta is ...

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https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/egypt-suez-canal-global-trade-iran-sea-route-competition.html https://cdni.rt.com/media/pics/2020.07/original/5f02eda642360446741c0dfd.jpg The Iranian Chabahar Free Trade Zone Organization announced July 5 that trade connections to Mumbai, Hamburg ...

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https://eurasianet.org/fighting-between-armenia-and-azerbaijan-widens Fierce fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued for a third day, with a reported 11 soldiers on both sides killed. Both sides also reported the other attacking civilian settlements in what appears to be a widening confli...

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https://archive.is/deZZF The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that much of eastern Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation, a decision that could reshape the criminal-justice system by preventing state authorities from prosecuting offenses there that involve Native Americans. “The State’s abilit...

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A bit dated, feb 2020 https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/viral-alarm-when-fury-overcomes-fear n July 2018, the Tsinghua University professor Xu Zhangrun published an unsparing critique of the Chinese Communist Party and its Chairman of Everything, Xi Jinping. Xu warned of the dang...

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https://i.4cdn.org/pol/1593738733188.jpg https://smallcaps.com.au/china-counterfeit-gold-scandal-wuhan-kingold-jewelry-fake-bars-loans/ One of China’s largest gold jewellery manufacturers, Wuhan-based and NASDAQ-listed Kingold Jewelry, is being accused of depositing fake gold bars as collateral to ...

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https://www.rt.com/russia/493482-russia-vote-constitution-preliminary-results/ Exit polls after the Russian constitutional vote show 71 percent of the country supported the proposed amendments while just over 28 percent were opposed. The changes are major updates to Russia's most important legal do...

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The act in question
https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1412/1/195421.pdf

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https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/06/29/us-could-buy-turkeys-russia-made-s-400-under-senate-proposal/ The U.S. would be able to buy Turkey’s Russian-made S-400 air defense system under legislation proposed in the Senate last week. The proposal is one powerful lawmaker’s attempt to alleviate...

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I can assure you sir, there have been more than a few of such databases. There has to be more than mere jealousy to explain the fact of their expulsion from 108 nations to date; read the protocols of the elders of Zion, it is a good starting point to understand what plagues the world today.

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3 us flags one embassy

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Stats from 2018

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^But it is not our war solely, everyone is out to get everyone else, whether for something tangible or for the heck of it. My 2 paise, only the subcontinent is of interest to india civilizationally, the definition of what this subcontinent means may differ, and the only area where the country will a...

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https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/06/03/sp060320-remarks-to-world-economic-forum-the-great-reset Remarks to World Economic Forum Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF So, what would it take for historians to look back at this crisis as the moment of a Great Reset? From the perspectiv...

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https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/06/gulf-state-gcc-exodus-saudi-arabia-wokers-uae-kuwait.html Now, as the outflow of educated professionals also begins, their exodus carries risks for Middle Eastern economies, as many lucrative economic sectors could virtually collapse. Having few lo...

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Admins, can we have a separate china watch thread for discussion of news from that country?, this thread's mandate is not broad enough. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-china-satellite/china-puts-final-satellite-into-orbit-to-try-to-rival-gps-network-idUSKBN23U08P China on Tuesda...

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https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/06/23/putins_new_nuclear_doctrine_115405.html In June 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an edict on “On the foundations of state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence.”[1] This is a first because the previous versions of this document w...

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/egypt-el-sisi-orders-army-ready-missions-200620153149555.html Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission inside or outside the country to protect its national security amid tensions over Turkey's intervent...

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