Cultural fallout of India-China border standoff: Events to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations put on hold
The events to be held in 2020-21 in both the countries were agreed upon during the second informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Chennai in October 2019.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The series of cultural events planned by India and China to celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries is unlikely to take place because of the ongoing military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
QUETTA, Pakistan Residents of Gwadar, a city of 90,000 in Balochistan province of Pakistan, are up in arms over barbed wire fencing that’s keeping them out of the area around the city’s new port.
The government is fencing off 24 square kilometers (9.3. square miles) to protect the Chinese-built deep seaport from insurgents. The resource-rich province of Balochistan, which is central to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, has been plagued by sectarian violence, attacks by Islamist militants, and a separatist insurgency that has left thousands of casualties since 2004.,
“Barbed wires are being installed now, but the psychological fencing of Gwadar city had been done years ago by placing check posts and barriers,” said Javed Maula Bakhsh, a local student.
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Govt will expose every social media account spreading misinformation against Pakistan: Murad Saeed
Pakistan
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
Federal Minister for Communications and Federal Minister for Postal Services Murad Saeed addressing an event in Islamabad, on December 17, 2020. YouTube/Hum News Live
The government aims to expose every social media account used to spread misinformation against Pakistan, Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed said Thursday.
Addressing an event in Islamabad, Saeed said: We (Pakistan) have exposed India on all forums, and now it is running a campaign to hide its failures. An Indian network was working since 15 years and spreading propaganda against Pakistan.
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In the run up to the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the global ‘Climate Action Summit’ on Saturday (December 12), parliamentarians and climate change experts from India and the Europe came together on a common platform to discuss the mutual cooperation.
India and Europe have decided to fight climate change together. To this end, lawmakers and experts from both regions have begun discussing solutions for the climate crisis.
In the run up to the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the global ‘Climate Action Summit’ on Saturday (December 12), parliamentarians and climate change experts from India and the Europe came together on a common platform to discuss the mutual cooperation and brainstorm on avenues for working together to tackle climate change this week in a webinar organised by UK based think tank Europe Asia Foundation Limited (EAFL).