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104 truckers stranded in Bangladesh return home

Amid the turmoil in the neighbouring country, around 104 truck drivers who were stranded at various places beyond the borders of Bangladesh returned to their homeland today.

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IAF AOC-in-C reviews operational preparedness on northern borders

Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha lauded the strong counter-infiltration grid along the Line of Control with a remark that the synergised approach will be the way ahead to address the dynamic requirements of modern day warfare.

Securing borders

The Vibrant Villages programme announced by the government in this year’s Union Budget to re-populate border villages and promote reverse migration to them in the states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh has been a widely lauded initiative.

Aus could face flu epidemic as borders reopen: Expert

The report by Sheena Sullivan from the University of Melbourne, which was published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA), showed that strict public health measures targeting Covid-19 have effectively eliminated all local transmission of influenza strains in Australia over the last 19 months.

Post BRICS summit India, China agree to hold another meeting on border issue

21st round of India-China border talks, led by Special Representatives (SR) National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, were held at Chengdu in China in November last year.