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Border standoff, demand for constitutional safeguards kept Ladakh in news in 2020
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Last Updated: Jan 02, 2021, 04:44 PM IST
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The demand for the constitutional safeguard gained momentum with the holding of election to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, which incidentally was the first democratic exercise in the union territory after being carved out of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kahmir in August 2019.
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India and China have held several rounds of diplomatic and military talks in the last few months to resolve the standoff.
LEH: A year after getting the status of union territory, Ladakh remained in the news throughout 2020 for varied reasons - from the over seven-month-long India-China border standoff to the growing demand for constitutional safeguards to preserve the unique culture and identity of the region.
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It s been a little over a month since Micromax made a come back with a locally made In mobile series and now, another former popular indigenous handset brand Lava International Ltd has announced to bring its own Made -in-India phone next week.
Lava took to Twitter to reveal the new smartphone teaser with jingoistic hashtags #AbDuniyaDekhegi #ProudlyIndian. It is scheduled to make the debut on January 7.
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On December 18, 2020, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS) announced the designation of 60
additional Chinese companies to its Entity List, including SMIC,
China s largest semiconductor manufacturer; over 25 affiliates
of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC); and several other
companies in a range of sectors (the Designations ). As
of that date, a license is now required for any export, re-export
or transfer of technology, goods or software of items subject to US
export controls for which any of the targeted entities is a party
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