A perception that has irked Pakistan and China, is that India is becoming USA’s close strategic friend and ally, and this has become a reality over time. India’s military and foreign policy moves and exercises with Intelligence exchange , inter-operability with military purchases of over $ 12 bill and a technology transfer deal (DTTI) are glaring pointers. In the maritime domain India has established close co-operation in the region and with USA’s allies Australia and Japan, and brought in Japan to invest in Iran’s Chahbahar port, sealed with $ 500 mill for Chahbahar port development and connectivity to the Central Asian Republic (CAR) by PM Modi after USA lifted sanctions. PM Modi courageously signed a Joint Strategic Vision with President Obama for Asia Pacific which includes the South and East China Seas and Senkaku islands to ensure Freedom of Navigation as per UNCLOS 1982, though short of joint or coordinated patrols, that USA expects. 
By Nilanjana Chakraborty
Was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose living incognito as `K K Bhandari' in 1963 in Shalumari Ashram in north Bengal? A reading of one of the files on Netaji, declassified on May 27, would seem to suggest that the topmost levels of the government were discussing this possibility in 1963. One of the declassified files refers repeatedly to the contents of this Netaji-asBhandari file but the latter file itself is not there.
NETAJI NEVER LABELLED A WAR CRIMINAL
BY BRITISH: PMO FILES
Chandralekha Mukerji
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The Mahabharata narrdates the story
of Eklavya, a tribal with immense potential who aspired to study archery from
Dronacharya, the revered guru of the Kauravas and Pandavas. But, when he
approached Dronacharya, his request was turned down as the guru was appointed
to teach only royalty . Drona did not wish to accept a tribal boy as his
disciple. Heartbroken, Eklavya made a statue of Dronacharya and every day he
would seek guidance and support from the statue besides doing rigorous
self-taught practice in archery .In due course, Eklavya turned out to be so
magnificent an archer that he had the potential to defeat even the students
trained personally by Dronacharya.
Sachin Parashar
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New Delhi:
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Pankhuri Yadav
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New Delhi:
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Victim Had Plugged In Charger
Minutes Before His Death 
ABOLISH
PERSONAL LAWS
To the uninitiated, it would seem
that by some strange quirk of genetics or probably destiny , parents of Indians
living in the US develop some ailment that leaves them wheelchair-bound,
especially during summer when they are booked on an Air India flight to visit
their children. These days, on every AI flight from Mumbai or Delhi to the US,
one can find at least two dozen passengers who have opted for the wheelchair
facility . Sometimes, the number goes up to 35, which is about 10% of the total
seats onboard the B777-330 ER aircraft that usually makes these journeys.
Food is
whatever the five senses absorb. Sights and smell, sound, food and touch that
go in through the ears, eyes, nose, mouth and skin affect body and mind. Food
is important because it is visible and vibrant energy that influences us
physically , emotionally and spiritually .
Children wearing bags climb an
800-metrehigh bamboo ladder secured to a sheer cliff on their way home from
school in Zhaojue county, China. The ladder is the only access to the village
of Atuleer to which the children return every two weeks from the school at
which they board. The 72 families who live there are members of the Yi minority
group and subsist mainly by farming potatoes, walnuts and chili peppers.A news
release on Friday from the Liangshan prefectural government that oversees the
county said a set of stairs would be built as a stop-gap measure
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New Delhi : Being diagnosed with cancer at a prime age with flying dreams and a family to look after can be earth-shattering for most people. But when it comes to facing the stark reality, whom does one blame for the slow but certain decay of cells and tissues in your body.
WHY GANDHI OPTED FOR NEHRU AND NOTSARDAR PATEL FOR PM 
listen)) (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950) was an Indian barrister and
statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National
Congress and one of
the founding fathers of the Republic of India. He is known to be a social
leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country's struggle for
independence and
guided its integrationinto
a united, independent nation. In India and elsewhere, he was often addressed as Sardar, which means Chiefin
Hindi, Urdu, and Persian.
Four Hindu priests sat cross-legged on the floor in front of
silver trays of rice, flowers and vermillion powder, chanting in low baritones
that reverberated off the bare walls of the old brick temple.
