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An IAF aircraft flies in Ladakh region amid India-China stand off, in Leh on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
We are ready to take conciliatory steps ... The most important thing is to avoid new violations of the obligations on the border ... Troops and equipment should be withdrawn from the Line of Actual Control,” he added. Jaishankar met Wang
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KARNATAKA 7,067 DEATHS 4,40,411 CASES
Foreign ministers of both countries, who met in Moscow, proposed a new set of confidence building measures to maintain peace along disputed boundary
security officials ... Yesterday, I had a long conversation with my Indian counterpart (Jaishankar),” Sputnik quoted Wang as saying. “Indian partners expressed commitment to cooperation and dialogue for de-escalating tensions at the border.
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Ready for de-escalatory steps at LAC, says China Moscow: China is ready to take “conciliatory steps” in order to avoid new violations of the obligations on India-Chinese border, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday, a day after holding a crucial meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over the current standoff in Ladakh. Speaking during a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Wang said troops and equipment should be withdrawn from the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “As for relations between China and India, the whole world follows developments. BRICS member states are in contact on the matter, I discuss it all the time with Minister Jaishankar and India’s
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on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ meet in Moscow on Thursday. According to a joint press statement about the meeting, the two leaders had a “frank and constructive discussion Turn to P6
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Industrial production declines 10.4 pc in July 1 New Delhi: Industrial production declined by 10.4 per cent in July, mainly due to lower output of manufacturing, mining and power generation, as per the government data released on Friday. According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data, manufacturing sector production registered a decline of 11.1 per cent, while the output of mining and power fell 13 per cent and 2.5 per cent, respectively. “In view of the preventive measures and announcement of nationwide lockdown by the Government to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of the industrial sector establishments were not operating from the end of March 2020 onwards. “This has had an impact on the items being produced by the establishments during the period of lockdown. Turn to P6
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Start drive to benefit street vendors: Gehlot Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has directed officials to identify those living in the lower economic strata of the society and earning their daily bread as a road side vendor and to provide them benefit of various government schemes being run for such individuals. “An officer’s priority should always be to help the poor and needy so that they don’t have to run around for meagre amount of money,” Gehlot said while addressing a review meeting of Local Self Government department through video conferencing from CMR on Friday. “The street vendors need small amounts of money to run their venture, which is their bread earner. Hence a drive should be started so that these vendors could be given benefit of schemes like Pradhan Mantri Swanidhi Yojna. Under this
ASHOK GEHLOT @ASHOKGEHLOT51 My heartfelt condolences at the passing away of senior Congress leader and former Minister, Dr Hari Singh ji. May his family members & supporters find strength in this difficult time. May his soul rest in peace. scheme, those operating a vending cart or running it from roadside are provided a loan of upto Rs 10,000 on minimal interest rates,” Gehlot said. The Chief Minister also directed officials to give priority to develop toilets and public facilities in markets under the Swachch Bharat
Mission. “Women who go to markets for making purchased have to face difficulties in absence of these facilities. Officials should also focus on the quality of food being provided through the Indira Rasoi Yojna and to find opportunities for it’s extension as well,” he said. Turn to P6