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16Apr

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US Defence Highlights India’s Military Modernisation To Compete With China At Congress Hearing

Washington: Observing that India has showcased itself as a global leader, the top intelligence official from the US Department of Defense has told the Congress that in 2023, India took steps to modernise its military to compete with China and reduce its dependency on Russian origin-equipment. “During the past year, India has showcased itself as a global leader by hosting the Group of 20 economic summit and demonstrated a greater willingness to counter PRC (People’s Republic of China) activity throughout the Indo-Pacific region,” Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency told members of the House Armed Services Committee — the subcommittee on intelligence and special operations during a Congressional hearing on defence intelligence...

15Apr

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Politics

Advanced ‘DragonFire’ laser could transform Ukraine’s war strategy against Russia – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ukraine is poised to potentially receive prototypes of the United Kingdom's advanced "DragonFire" high-power laser weapon, which has been under development for over seven years and has just demonstrated its precision in recent tests. This development comes as Ukraine continues to defend against the ongoing Russian invasion, which began more than two years ago.The British Defense Ministry has highlighted the weapon's remarkable accuracy, capable of hitting a £1 coin from approximately one kilometer away.Although the full deployment of DragonFire is scheduled for 2027, there has been considerable pressure to expedite this timeline to assist Ukraine amidst its current conflict.Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko expressed his country's eagerness to deploy this technology on the bat...

19Oct

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Sports

Vladimir Putin accuses IOC of ‘ethnic discrimination’ against Russians – Times of India

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the International Olympic Committee of "ethnic discrimination" ahead of the 2024 Paris Games, from which Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from competing under their national flags.The IOC still has to make a final ruling on whether athletes from Russia and Belarus, a key ally for Moscow in its offensive on Ukraine, will be permitted to compete next summer."Thanks to some heads of the modern International Olympic Committee we found out that an invitation to the Games is not an unconditional right for the best athletes, but some kind of privilege and you can get it not on sports results but by some political gestures," Putin said at a sports forum in the Urals city of Perm."The Games themselves could be used as an instrument of po...

27Jul

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Ukraine fencer Olga Kharlan disqualified after refusing to shake hands with Russian opponent

Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan has been disqualified after refusing to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova at the World Championships in Milan on Thursday. Kharlan, a four-time Olympic medallist and world champion, won the individual sabre bout 15-7 and then refused to shake hands with her opponent, instead offering her sabre to tap blades. Smirnova remained on the piste for over half an hour after the incident, speaking with a number of officials before leaving. Ukrainian athletes in other sports – including tennis players Elina Svitolina and Marta Kostyuk – have also refused to shake hands with Russian and Belarusian opponents following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with Moscow using Belarus as a staging ground for what it calls a “special military operation”. In fencing’s rules, sh...

31May

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BWF could allow Russian shuttlers to return from ban | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has paved the way for Russian and Belarusian players to make a return to competition as neutrals, following their previous ban due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.With the Paris Olympics just a little over a year away, various sports federations are facing the challenge of deciding the fate of athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus.The BWF had initially banned Russian and Belarusian players in March last year, and later extended the ban in April, as the conflict between Moscow and Ukraine persisted.However, on Wednesday, the BWF announced that it has taken steps to create a "regulative and operational framework" that would enable athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports to compete as individual neutra...

4Apr

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Sports

Elina Svitolina criticises ‘useless’ WTA amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine | Tennis News – Times of India

PARIS: Ukrainian players do not get enough support from women's tennis governing body WTA amid Russia's invasion of their country, Elina Svitolina said on Tuesday.Svitolina, back on the tour at the Charleston Open after a maternity break, spoke to support fellow Ukrainian player Lesia Tsurenko, who said she withdrew from the Indian Wells tournament because of a panic attack brought on by a conversation the 33-year-old had days earlier with WTA chief executive Steve Simon about tennis's response to the Russian invasion."We are afraid, we feel empty. What is happening to Lesia is very sad. People who haven't experienced it can't really understand what it feels like to have no home, to feel safe nowhere, to have family in Ukraine, under the bombs, to know that Ukrainian cities are being de...

31Mar

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Ukraine says athletes not allowed to compete against Russians in Paris qualifiers

Ukrainian athletes will not be allowed to take part in qualifying events for the 2024 Paris Olympics if they have to compete against Russians, government minister Oleh Nemchinov said. Nemchinov, secretary of Ukraine’s cabinet ministers, said the government’s decision was adopted following a proposal by sports minister Vadym Huttsait and that national federations ignoring the ruling could be sanctioned. Huttsait is also president of Ukraine’s Olympic committee. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued recommendations Tuesday for the gradual return to international competition for Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals. Athletes from the two countries have been banned from most elite international sporting competitions since last March in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukra...

30Mar

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Sports

Governments’ criticism of Russia return to sport is deplorable: IOC | More sports News – Times of India

LAUSANNE (Switzerland): Criticism by some European governments of a plan to see a full return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sport is deplorable and cuts into the autonomy of sport, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Thursday.The IOC on Wednesday issued a set of recommendations for international sports federations that will allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return since their ban last year following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.This does not include the 2024 Olympics in Paris. A separate decision on that will be taken at a later date.But governments in Ukraine, Poland and the Czech Republic among others have been angered by the IOC's plan for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return, saying they have no place in world sport w...

28Mar

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IOC issues recommendations for Russian athletes’ return to competitions | More sports News – Times of India

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday issued recommendations for the gradual return to international competitions for Russian and Belarusian athletes, with president Thomas Bach saying their participation "works" despite the ongoing war in Ukraine.The IOC Executive Board's recommendations relate only for the return of those athletes in international competitions but not the 2024 Olympics where a separate decision will be taken at a later date, Bach said.The IOC had sanctioned Russia and Belarus after the February 2022 invasion but it is now eager to see athletes come back across all sports and have a chance to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics.It has set out a pathway for these competitors to earn Olympic slots through Asian qualifying and left it up to international federati...

23Mar

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Sports

IOC and Olympics cannot be referees in political disputes: Thomas Bach | More sports News – Times of India

ESSEN (Germany): The Olympic Games and its ruling body, the International Olympic Committee, cannot be referees in global political disputes, its president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday, defending the IOC's plans to includes Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Games.Speaking at a political forum, Bach said the Games should stay away from politics otherwise they would lose their uniting powers, citing examples of past boycotts in the 1970s and 1980s."If politics decides who can take part in a competition then sport and athletes become tools of politics. It is then impossible for sport to transfer its uniting powers," Bach said in his speech."We must be politically neutral but not apolitical. We know well that politics rules the world. We know well that our decisions have po...

20Feb

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Morning Digest | SIT on Morbi bridge tragedy finds lapses in repairs, maintenance; Chandrayaan-3 lander completes EMI-EMC test, and more

A cable suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi, Gujarat on October 31, 2022. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Navy plans for another Vikrant-size carrier before Vikramaditya retiresAs aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya gets ready to sail out of the dockyard after a long refit, the Indian Navy is finalising plans to repeat the order for an INS Vikrant-size Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC)-2, with some modifications, which, given the long timelines, may be close to the time INS Vikramaditya leaves service, effectively becoming its replacement.Chandrayaan-3 successfully completes crucial testThe Chandrayaan-3 lander has successfully completed the crucial EMI-EMC (Electro - Magnetic Interference/ Electro - Magnetic Compatibility) test at the U.R. Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru. ISRO on Sunday...

26Jan

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Sports

IOC’s move to reintegrate Russia into Olympics meets opposition | More sports News – Times of India

PARIS: The International Olympic Committee's efforts to find a "pathway" for Russians to take part in the 2024 Paris Games despite the invasion of Ukraine were strongly criticised by Britain on Thursday.Ignoring calls from Ukraine to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from next year's Olympics, the IOC said Wednesday that a way to allow competitors from those countries to take part should be "further explored".Russia and their allies Belarus have been sidelined from most Olympic sports since the invasion of Ukraine last February.But the IOC said "no athlete should be prevented from competing just because of their passport".Hot on the heels of that announcement, the Olympic Council of Asia on Thursday offered Russian and Belarusian athletes the chance to compete in the Asian Games.That ...

25Jan

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Russian athletes could participate in Asian competitions: IOC

Russian and Belarusian athletes could participate in Asian events with the International Olympic Committee looking at options for their return to international competitions. The IOC said on Wednesday the Olympic Council of Asia had offered Russian and Belarusian athletes the chance to compete in Asia. The IOC said in a statement it “welcomed and appreciated the offer from the Olympic Council of Asia to give these (Russian and Belarusian) athletes access to Asian competitions”. That could potentially also include Olympic qualifying events, with Russian and Belarusian athletes unable to compete in Europe due to various restrictions and bans as well as opposition caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The IOC is eager to include Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals at the Paris 202...