INDIA-PAKISTAN: Muddle Management May 25, 2021: Pakistan is burdened with a lot more problems than neighboring India, most being self-inflicted. Pakistani military support and use of Islamic terrorism to gain more control of Pakistan has worked, but it also created a lot of unwelcome side effects. Trying to keep this Islamic terror tactic a secret eventually failed and now Pakistan is openly accused of behavior that justifies economic sanctions and sharp cuts in foreign aid from countries that believed or pretended to believe the lies for a long time. The Pakistani military adopted this policy over 40 years ago. By the 1990s it was widely known and acknowledged privately by most foreign intelligence agencies. Then came September 11, 2001 and Pakistan promised to change its Islamic terrorism policy. That was a lie, but one that worked for nearly a decade. Anti-military sentiment grew inside Pakistan, to the point where the military quie
The recent and protracted delay in approval in getting assignment visas has clearly not been to India’s liking
NEW DELHI: Following differences with Pakistan over assignment visas, India has withdrawn a few of its staff members from the high commission in Islamabad, ToI has learnt. Pakistan s reluctance to issue assignment visas to Indian diplomats and other staff members despite repeated requests by India is said to have led to the recall.
Islamabad has not issued visas for the past 2 years to Indian officials, except on a few occasions, it s again learnt. Pakistan had approved the appointment of Indian charge d affaires Suresh Kumar last year but only after it denied visa to Jayant Khobragade, India s original pick for the job. Islamabad had rejected Khobragade s appointment saying he was too senior to head the mission when ties had been downgraded.
NEW DELHI: Indian Army has augmented the number of oxygen-enabled beds in its Military Hospitals and Command Hospitals combinedly from 1,800 to 4,000 and equipped its 93 per cent hospitals with own oxygen generation plants in the last six weeks, informed Army chief General MM Naravane. We have done a lot of infrastructural augmentation in the last six months. We have increased the number of oxygen-enabled beds to 4,000 from 1,800 in our Military Hospitals and Command Hospitals combinedly, Naravane told ANI. We have also augmented the number of oxygen storage plants from 24 to 42 in them. 93 per cent of the hospitals now have their own oxygen generation plants also, Naravane added.