Germany backs India's strikes

NEW DELHI: Germany on Wednesday openly declared its support for India in its fight against terrorism .

  Answering a question on the  recent Indian surgical strikes on  terror camps across the line of  control, Martin Ney, the German  ambassador said, "it is absolutely  clear that there are two norms in  international law governing this  issue (cross-border terrorism).      The first clear norm is that every  state under legal occupation should ensure that no terrorism is emanating from its territory.

"Secondly, there is a clear international law that any state has the right to defend its territory from any form of global terrorism ," Ney said.

In addition, he said "When it comes to counterterrorism, Germany stands side by side with it its strategic partner (India). And these (statements) are not empty words. It is quite clear in the political declaration signed by Prime Minister Modi and Chancellor Merkel," he said.

"I can assure you standing with India side by side against terrorism are not empty political words but backed with concrete projects," Ney said.

India Makes Effort

India Makes Effort to Get Captured Soldier Released From Pakistan

Indian Army Soldier 

India has shown its eagerness to secure the early release of one of its soldiers, who was captured by Pakistani troops within the disputed region of Kashmir, where Delhi claims that it conducted surgical strikes on Thursday night.

Rajnath Singh, India’s Minister of Home Affairs, says, “All attempts are being made. The government will take up the matter with Islamabad for his early release.” However, it is not clear whether the captured soldier was involved in the airstrikes.

Indian Army sources had said “one soldier from 37 RR with weapon has inadvertently crossed over to the other side of the Line of Control. Pakistan has been informed by the DGMO on the hotline.”

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Dr. Maleeha Lodhi confirmed to Al Jazeera that Pakistan’s Army had captured an Indian soldier who was trying to enter Pakistani territory. The matter of the soldier’s release had dominated the Friday’s high-level security meeting in Delhi, which was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, officials from the defense ministry, para-military forces and home ministry officials.

Pakistan Army Denies Capturing any Indian Soldier along the LoC

Pakistan Army denied on Thursday reports that it had captured an Indian army soldier alongside the Line of Control (LoC) near the disputed Kashmir valley.

The military’s media wing, ISPR, when contacted, denied that an Indian soldier was in Pakistan Army’s custody.

18 March 2016 Current Affairs

‘Iron fist’ at Pokhran

Indian Air Force (IAF) put up its greatest ever show of air power. The event was witnessed by the President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cabinet ministers and political leaders, and the entire military brass. Also present were the air attachés of various countries. The attachés of China and Pakistan were not invited as these countries do not invite their Indian counterparts for similar exercises. The event earlier called ‘Vayu Shakti’ got its current name ‘Iron-Fist’ when last held in 2013.

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SC allows photos of CMs, Governors in Govt Ads

The Supreme Court has allowed publication of photographs of Governors, Chief Ministers and the Ministers of the department concerned in government advertisements. Ruling in this regard was on 18 March given by a SC bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi on pleas by Union Government and states which had sought review of the Supreme Court judgement. This ruling of Supreme Court has modified its earlier 2015 order which only had permitted photographs of President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India (CJI) in the government advertisements.

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Astronomers Discovered Largest Sample of 9 monster Stars

British astronomers have discovered largest sample cluster of nine monster stars named as R136 using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The cluster is the largest group of very massive stars ever identified. The R136 cluster of monster stars have masses over 100 times and are 30 million times brighter than of our Sun in the star cluster located about 170,000 light-years away. It is located in the Tarantula Nebula within the Large Magellanic Cloud – a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. The young cluster hosts many extremely massive, hot and luminous stars whose energy is mostly radiated in the ultraviolet (UV).

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भारत पाकिस्तानच्या सैन्य ताकदीची तुलना

नवी दिल्ली : उरी हल्ल्यानंतर भारत आणि पाकिस्तान यांच्यात तणावाचे वातावरण निर्माण झाले आहे. त्यामुळे आता पाकिस्तानावर थेट हल्ला करावा अशी मागणी भारतातून केली जात आहे. सित

भारताकडून पाकिस्तानची अनेक स्तरावर कोंडी करण्याचा प्रयत्न होत आहे. तर पाकिस्तान आपले कटकारस्थान अजून आखत आहेत.

भारत पाकिस्तानच्या सैन्य ताकदीची तुलना

या पार्श्वभूमीवर भारत आणि पाकिस्तानच्या सैन्य ताकदीचा घेतलेला हा आढावा

देश	भारत	पाकिस्तान
ग्लोबल फायर पॉवर क्र.	३	१३
संरक्षण बजेट	४ हजार कोटी डॉलर	७००  कोटी डॉलर
सैन्य दल	२ कोटी २९ लाख सैनिक	४३ लाख ४५ हजार
सक्रीय सैनिक	१३ लाख २५ हजार सैनिक	६ लाख २० हजार
सक्रीय सैनिक रिझर्व	२१ लाख ४३	५ लाख १५ हजार
सर्व प्रकारची सैनिकी विमाने	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४६	९२३ (३९४ लढाऊ, ३०४ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक २६१, सर्व्हिस विमाने १५१
हेलीकॉप्टर	६४६(१९ हल्ला करणारे)	३०६ ( ५२ हल्ला करणारे )
टँक	६४६४	२९२४
तोफा	७४१४	३२७८

मिसाईल	२९२	१३४
युद्ध नौका	२९५	१९७
विमान वाहतूक जहाज	२	०
पाणबुडी	१४	५
सर्व प्रकारची सैनिकी विमाने	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४६	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४

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