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Is india is a factor after this?!

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  Russia, China sign roadmap for closer military cooperation By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV November 23, 2021 MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense chief on Tuesday signed a roadmap for closer military ties with China, pointing to increasingly frequent U.S. strategic bomber flights near both countries’ borders. During a video call, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe “expressed a shared interest in stepping up strategic military exercises and joint patrols by Russia and China,” according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “China and Russia have been strategic partners for many years,” Shoigu said. “Today, in conditions of increasing geopolitical turbulence and growing conflict potential in various parts of the world, the development of our interaction is especially relevant.” Shoigu pointed to increasingly intensive flights by the U.S. strategic bombers near Russian borders, saying that there were 30 such missions over the past month alone. “This month, during the U.S.
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  November 26, 2021 By  Amelia Nierenberg Writer, Briefings Good morning. We’re covering booster shots in France, Peng Shuai’s piercing accusations in China and the Pakistani madrasa that has educated many Taliban leaders. Approximately 19 million people in France are now eligible for booster shots. Stephane Mahe/Reuters A French rush for boosters Thousands rushed to book appointments for coronavirus booster shots on Thursday after the French government said that  health passes would soon no longer be valid  without them. Amid a surge in new cases and rising hospitalizations, the government made all adults eligible for booster shots starting this weekend. The health minister, Olivier Véran, said that over 400,000 vaccination appointments had been booked on Wednesday. Véran said the current wave would be “stronger and longer” than the one over the summer but that “no lockdown, no curfew, no store closures, no travel restrictions” would be enforced. Instead, Véran said, by focusing on va

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Videos Search Home News Democracy Investigation Cafe Young India Videos EYE ON RSS Subscribe Newspaper Follow Us E paper Contribute Login INDIA Farmers should float their own political party and contest polls: Devinder Sharma No matter what PM or his supporters say, the retreat is an outcome of the fear of not doing well in the upcoming assembly polls in India’s most politically crucial state- Uttar Pradesh, said Sharma The Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar (File Photo) Vishwadeepak Published: 20 Nov 2021, 7:20 PM Engagement: 249 Distinguished agriculture policy analyst Devinder Sharma who is credited for providing a strong ideological support to farmers’ protest feels, farmers should float their own political party and contest elections. ADVERTISING Talking to  National Herald  a day after PM Modi announced repealing of the three farm laws, Sharma who relentlessly defended the farm protest, asserted that farmers have always been ignored by the political class since independence. “This is