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As a part of the ongoing rescue measures taking place in flood affected areas of Rajasthan, the army has evacuated two pregnant women and a mother with a two-month-old baby from flood-hit Shivpura in Kota. Defense Spokesperson Lt Colonel Manish Ojha told DH, "In addition to other relief and rescue work army evacuated three ladies, two of them pregnant and one with two months old baby from Shivpura village Sanchor. As of now, Army has evacuated 880 people from flood affected areas of the state." On Monday Lt General P S Rajeshwar, GOC of Konark Corps, which handling the relief and rescue work in flood affected areas of Rajasthan reviewed the progress of ongoing operations in flood affected districts. He also interacted with State and District administration officials at Bhainswara, Ahore, District Jalore. Veterinarians of state government as well as of the Indian Army have been deployed to take care of bovines hit by rain water. The state has been badly affected ...

There's a bit of China in every Indian's life. From smartphones to heavy electric equipment, China feeds Indian consumption in a big way. Two weeks ago, speaking at St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out a fact so obvious yet so much ignored: "It is true that we have a border dispute with  China . But in the last 40 years, not a single bullet has been fired due to it."  PM Modi's observation remains true even as the standoff between  India  and China in Sikkim on the Bhutan-India-China border lingers on. Despite its bullying and belligerent ways, China is not likely to fire a single bullet at India, more so in the current situation when India-China relations have grown from just 15 years ago when China meant only one thing for India—a possible war.  Today, it has come to mean trade and investment too. The phrase 'Chindia' gained currency 10 years ago when the world began seeing two Asian cou...

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