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Thirty one Rohingya Muslims are stuck in no-man's land, holed up behind the barbed wire fencing along the Bangladesh border in Tripura since Friday, while a blame-game is on between the border guards of the two countries over their refuge. The Border Security Force (BSF) officials said six men, nine women and 16 children were detained by the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) and are behind the fencing at Rayermura in West Tripura district, about 15 km from Agartala. While the BGB asserted that the Rohingyas came from India, the BSF denied the claim. Both the sides have met twice since Saturday but failed to make any headway to resolve the issue. "They are stranded between the international border and the barbed wire fencing for last 48 hours. They tried to enter Indian territory from Bangladesh side and we stopped them," BSF Deputy Inspector General CL Belwa told PTI Sunday. The barbed wire fencing has been erected 300 feet into the Indian side from the international border....

It is rather unusual to wish your countrymen (and your neighbours) with a war cry. It is what Chinese President Xi Jinping, also the Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), did on January 4, during a meeting. He ordered the Chinese armed forces to enhance their combat readiness and be prepared for a war. He urged the armed forces to resolutely safeguard China’s national sovereignty and withstand complex situations and severe struggles: “The world is facing a period of major changes never seen in a century,” he asserted. The Chinese armed forces are expected to speed up their preparation in view of a series of landmark anniversaries in 2019, particularly the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic; the 1989 massacre of Tiananmen Square will, of course, be omitted from the ‘celebrations’. Four days later, the state-owned Global Times reported that some units of the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) stationed in Tibet have been equipped with a ...

A riot gear for women police personnel and paramilitary officers, taking into account their different bodily measurements have been designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the country’s agency tasked with the military’s research and development. The suit, dubbed to be the “first of its kind”, was displayed in Jalandhar at an exhibition organised on the sidelines of 106th Indian Science Congress, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jalandhar, Punjab, on Saturday. “Till now women have been using the same riot gear designed for men that do not fit them well,” said Indrajeet Singh, technical officer, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS). “The new suit has been designed based on anthropogenic measurements of women from different parts of the country,” he said. The gear, made using a novel fire and acid resistant material that DRDO is in the process of patenting, comes in three sizes--small, medium and large.  The new suit also ...

As many as 40 units of laser fence system developed by the Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC) have been used along the Indo-Pakistan border for safeguarding vulnerable areas to check intrusions. These units were on display on the opening day of the five-day exhibition organised by the Indian Science Congress at the Lovely Professional University. Scientists of LASTEC, a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, shared that more such units that could record images and videos during the day as well as night were being developed and put across the border. They said short pillars with a height of about 3 metres, which form an invisible laser wall, were also being used in the river area along the belt. The laser fence system is installed at those sites along river beds on cemented pedestals near vegetation areas which are more vulnerable points. An official said, “We have electric fencing along the border but the enemies are too smart. They have developed ch...

The past year was full of events that inevitably split the global geopolitical space into two camps: those who still support using US currency as a universal financial tool, and those who are turning their back on the greenback. Global tensions caused by economic sanctions and trade conflicts triggered by Washington have forced targeted countries to take a fresh look at alternative payment systems currently dominated by the US dollar. RT has taken a deeper look into the recent phenomena of de-dollarization, summing up which countries have taken steps towards eliminating their reliance on the greenback, and the reasons behind their decision. 1. China The ongoing trade conflict between the United States and China, as well as sanctions against Beijing’s biggest trading partners have forced China to take steps towards relieving the dollar dependence of the world’s second-largest economy. In Beijing’s signature soft-power style, the government hasn’t made any loud announcements on the issue...