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The increase in surveillance capabilities over LAC in Ladakh and other areas on the Chinese border with the use of new Heron drones leased from Israel. The improvement in defense capabilities with purchases using a new 500 crore emergency financial fund for the Indian armed forces in the confrontation with China.

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After a sudden surge in the beginning of May the coronavirus wave in India, its second wave, is decreasing. It is 186,000 new coronavirus cases on May 27, down from over 350,000 at the peak. In India's largest state Uttar Pradesh with a population of 210 million the coronavirus cases have dropped sharply to 4000 a day. New coronavirus cases in Delhi and Bombay are around 1000 a day. The Indian government has moved quickly to tackle this wave with decisive action to meet the sudden surge in May 2021. For the rest of 2021 and into 2022 the most important action by the Indian government has been to create a government sponsored effort of India's entire pharmaceutical company sector to reunite in production of over 2 billion vaccine doses by December 2021. After independence in 1947 one of the steps taken by India with great foresight was to create a strong pharmaceutical sector with fair and transparent pricing of basic drugs and vaccines. Something that does not exist in this manner and scale anywhere else in the world. Today this is giving India a tremendous asset in the fight against coronavirus. India is already the largest producer of vaccines in the world, the new effort will make give it a decisive advantage in meeting not only India's but the world's need for new vaccines. ...

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The bill to bring girls marriageable age to 21, in parity with the boys marriageable age of 21 that exists today, was introduced in the Indian parliament by Smriti Irani. This is seen as a crucial bill to amend the Prohibition of Child Marraige Act 2006. Child marraige was a sign of the weakness in Indian society and practices that were being reformed in the nineteenth century/ twentieth century beginning with Ram Mohan Roy's efforts in 1800. Roy was the first Indian to put forward ideas for modernization that were later put forward effectively by Swami Vivekananda, putting Indian religious thought back on its original foundations of the Upanishads including the Bhagavad Gita, free of the deterioration over the centuries since the Middle ages. And in doing so extend even the ideas of the French and Indian Revolutions to the idea of women's rights. The efforts of Gandhi and the framers of the Indian constitution, begun under Roy and then Vivekananda during the British period, have inspired renewed efforts under Mr. Modi to build a strong nation under a framework of these values- values of the French and American Revolutions and the values that support gender equality. In real life this means, as Mr. Modi has reminded the public, that young girls can now use these crucial years to continue their education and pursue their dreams for a better life in the same way as young boys can. It is as if Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers in America in 1776, would have said- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." It is this pursuit of happiness, pursuit of one's own dreams to be a scientist, educator, civil servant, to be active in law or medicine, or science, the humanities, the same for boys or girls, that is now being put forward in the New India of the 21st century. In India this has happened not with the stroke of a pen through the tumult of a revolution but with deep roots through the efforts of Roy, Vivekananda, Gandhi and the framers of the Indian Constitution, and now with the tireless efforts of today's leaders. ...

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Sony's response to the tsunami and earthquake in Japan. Sony has manufacturing facilities in the northeastern region of Japan.

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A neuroscientist writes about the effects of fear. When the fear system of the brain is active, exploratory active and risk-taking are turned off, which is what happens to companies and leaders in business also as fear of collapse makes banks and financial institutions unwilling to lend, and freezes up the credit markets . The same thing occurs as the market for corporate bonds dries up for lack of buyers who also huddle up and try to wait things out. This effect may also acccount for the need for a determined and informed government backed by research and think tanks, like the new Obama transition team, to take the initiative, as the government has the resources to break this logjam and craft new solutions in exploratory and risktaking investment activity and national policymaking.

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The Indian Air Force reaches a new milestone with 1000 heavy lift sorties in the fight against the coronavirus surge in India in May 2021. This does not include the medium lift sorties. Planes include the C17 Globemaster and the Ilyushin 76. About 131 of these long flights were done from overseas.

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Indian scientists say that the breakup of the Chamoli glacier in winter is the result of shrinking glaciers in the Himalayan region, and the effect of warming temperatures, and less precipitation. Global changes in temperatures are affecting the Himalayan mountains, as they are affecting other parts of the world. The breakup of the glacier has caused extensive damage and loss of life in Uttarkhand state, India, in Joshimath area.

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According to Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center, 6.1 million Hispanic children lived in poverty in 2010. The poverty line is defined as a family of four living on $22,314. Of the total poor children in 2010, 37.3% were Hispanic, 30.5% white, and 26.6% black. Hispanics were hit hard by the 2008-2009 recession because many are employed in construction and the hospitality industries or blue collar jobs. A majority of the Hispanic children were born in the U.S. 4.1 million have immigrant parents and 2.0 million have U.S. born parents. Of the total U.S. population Latinos are 16%, yet they comprise 23% of all the children in the country. With a quarter of America's children being Latino -and with these numbers expected to grow in coming years because of higher birth rates- the fact that many of these children are less likely to get a college education or acquire technical skills because of poverty levels, has serious implications for America's future competitiveness.

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For senior executives of financial firms investing in August 2011- following weeks of extreme volatility in the U.S. stock market- is all about capital preservation. Executives interviewed here have moved all their money to high grade bonds and cash. This is happening even as the advisors of financial firms are telling the public to stay in the stock market for the long term, and even as many middle class investors have seen their savings shrink from the crash of 2008. It is the crash of 2008 that has made the executives interviewed here turn highly cautious.

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The modernization of the Indian Air Force proceeds with the phase out in 2 years of all MiG 21's to be replaced with Rafale jets from France and new Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft AMCA which will be made in India with advanced technologies for the Air Force and the Indian Navy.

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Proposed ban on investors in housing market proposed by DJT to improve affordability in housing is facing resistance in  the US Congress. Speculative investments in the housing market drive up prices in the housing market at a time of severe housing affordability crisis.

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China is using inspections, extra bureaucratic hurdles that increase U.S. companies costs. This is closely correlated to the trade war with the U.S.

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SCOTUS decision on Voting Rights Act by knocking down gerrymandered district in Louisiana April 2026. US Supreme Court says it is time to decide on this and leans in favor of the Constitution and limits tampering with a election map to create districts on the basis of race or gender.

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It took 110 days to reach 100,000 cases in India. It took only 39 days to reach 500,000 cases. Medical experts say it is the increase in testing. It is also the speed with which this virus has spread and the reason it remains a great danger.

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FBI's Kash Patel enjoying himself at US Olympic mens hockey finals in Milan as US get Olympic gold in overtime 2-1 against Canda, first win in 46 years. He makes time for the exciting game in a busy schedule. Patel plays ice hockey and is an ardent hockey fan.