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  • 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – 17 February 2017

    9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – 17 February 2017

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    Front Page / NATIONAL [1]. Talaq case may go to Constitution Bench [2]. Set up mechanism to delete sex determination ads: SC [3]. India, Afghanistan take a hard line on Taliban at Moscow conference [4]. Potent malaria vaccine on the anvil Editorial/OPINION [1]. The bumps ahead ECONOMY [1]. ‘Low solar tariff viability depends on cost…

  • 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – 9 February

    9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – 9 February

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    Front Page / NATIONAL [1]. In a first, SC issues contempt notice against HC Judge Karnan [2]. Centre to install 150 quake sensors in Uttarakhand Editorial/OPINION [1]. Growing insecurity in Afghanistan [2]. Getting back home, safely  ECONOMY [1]. RBI opts for flexibility to ‘move in either direction’ [2]. Credit Policy: Is it a hit, miss…

  • China’s increasing engagement with Afghanistan

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    “Almost every great power in history, when they were rising, was deeply involved in Afghanistan, and China will not be an exception.”-  Prof Wang Lian. China  launched  a new official forum in Kabul, the ‘China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Strategic Dialogue’.  This triangular engagement is likely to emerge as a major force shaping India’s north western frontiers. What was the outcome…