Few venture out as lockdown eases in India
June 10, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Many shops and restaurants are still deserted as India begins emerging from lockdown this week.
Radha Dhongre, an economist, described going out for...
China’s high-security compound at Gwadar: Should India wor...
June 9, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Recent reports indicate that China is building several new high-security complexes at the Gwadar Deep Sea Port (at western-end of Pakistan’s c...
Nepali climbers and support staff destitute after Everest...
June 7, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Nepali climbers who earn a living supporting international mountaineering expeditions to summit Everest have been pushed into destitution by the cance...
Ukraine wins tender for repair of the Il-78 refueling airc...
June 6, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Ukrainian company Ukrspetsexport has won the multi-million-dollar tender for the repair of the Il-78 refueling aircraft of Pakistan Air Force.
The Uk...
Indian Air Force inducts second Tejas Mk1 squadron
June 5, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has commissioned its second Tejas Mk1 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) squadron – No.18 Squadron ‘Flying Bullets&r...
PLA Tibet military command holds nighttime high-altitude d...
June 3, 2020
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By: SAM Report
China’s infantry fighting vehicles
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command recently sent troops to a high-altitud...
Second Pakistan Navy Corvette PNS Tabuk to be mission read...
June 3, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Damen Shipyard Group will soon deliver the Second Multipurpose Offshore Patrol vessel PNS Tabuk to the Pakistan Navy. The second PNS Tabuk corvette (F...
Why does India reject US mediation in China-India border s...
June 3, 2020
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By: SAM Report
US President Donald Trump's statement of "mediation and arbitration" of the China-India border dispute was met with unanimous rejection by both sides...
Controversial citizenship act affects India’s Int’l positi...
June 3, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, passed into law by India’s federal parliament in December 2019, proved to be a highly controversial move. In a...
Indian Army to get 156 additional BMP-2 ICVs
June 2, 2020
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By: SAM Report
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the procurement of 156 additional licence-built BMP-2 ‘Sarath’ infantry combat vehicl...
Pakistan to buy Chinese attack helicopters if Turkey and U...
June 1, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Pakistan will procure the Chinese-built Z-10 attack helicopter if Turkey and the United States fail to deliver on their orders of the T-129 and AH-1Z...
In India, how many people does a Covid-19 patient infect o...
May 31, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Between May 16 and May 25, the number of people infected by one Covid-19 patient on average –known as the effective reproduction rate or R of th...
While India and its neigbours spar over Bay of Bengal bord...
May 31, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar have agreed on their borders in the Bay of Bengal, but neither fish nor fishers are bound by the lines on the Exclusive...
How is India altering demographic dynamics in Kashmir?
May 22, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed the Organisation of Islamic Conference’s (OIC) rejection of a new domicile law imposed by India in occupied Jammu...
How is BJP’s govt weaponizing COVID-19 against Muslims in...
May 21, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India is skillfully using the COVID-19 outbreak as a tool to crackdown against democratic dissent.&n...
Pakistan’s tactical nukes will render India’s conventional...
May 21, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Due to Kashmir and multiple other issues, the two rivals from birth, Pakistan and India can go to war. Despite facing oversized enemy, the Pakistani a...
Why India wants to ‘impose’ a military partnership on Bang...
May 19, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Bangladesh is one of the largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping missions across the world
The Coronavirus pandemic may have frustrated, what...
Is Pakistan receiving 100 Chinese main battle tanks?
May 19, 2020
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By: SAM Report
China has reportedly started delivering VT4 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) to Pakistan.
In 2019, the Pakistan Army Armoured Corps selected the Chinese VT4 t...
Islamophobia puts India’s democracy under stress
May 18, 2020
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By: SAM Report
India has become an epicenter of Islamophobia in Asia, with reports of oppression committed against the large Muslim population pouring every day amid...
Tejas to beat Rafale, F-21? IAF switching to LCA, says Bip...
May 18, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The Indian Air Force's long-delayed plan to buy over 100 foreign-designed fighters has made little progress in the past two decades. The latest iterat...
4 dangerous weapons Pakistan would use against India if wa...
May 16, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Pakistan developed animosity with larger, stronger India as soon as sub-continent was partitioned in 1947.
Pakistan has invested in nuclear weapons a...
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