‘If the Dalai Lama wished to visit Taiwan to teach Buddhism, we will certainly welcome him’. said a statement issued by the Taiwan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Joanne Ou. If Dalai Lama requests for a visit the ministry will decide as per protocol, she clarified. Dalai Lama had visited Taiwan in 2009.
Iran has decided to remove India from the Chabahar railway project. The reason for the cancellation of the project is that India was delaying the funding for the project for the last 4 years.
The Pakistani citizens here marched to the Chinese Embassy and protested the expansionism of China. They sang ‘Vande Mataram’ in support of India. The people exhibited hoardings against Xi Jinping and made a demand to contain his imperialist policies.
Upset Hindus are urging Coffee Shop of Horrors located in Greater Orlando (Florida) to withdraw its “Blood of Kali” Chai Black Tea; calling it highly inappropriate.
Prime Minister of Nepal K.P. Sharma Oli making a ‘Chinese invention’ said that Ayodhya based in India is fake. He said that Shriram is not Indian, but a Nepali.
After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol, and scrapping the apostasy law and public flogging.
Pakistan had blocked the accounts of Lashkar – e – Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind, Hafiz Saeed, and 4 other terrorists.
At the Saidpur village near Margalla Hills, an ancient Ram Mandir is situated. Hindus are prohibited from performing ‘Puja’ and other sacred rituals in the temple.
The Turkish Government has taken a controversial decision to turn Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia back to a mosque. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s declaration on 10th July came after a Turkish high court stripped the sixth-century Byzantine site’s museum status, paving the way for it to be converted into a mosque.
Former United States National Security Advisor John Bolton has said that if the China-India border tensions escalate, there is no guarantee that US President Donald Trump will back India against China. Bolton was United States National Security Advisor from April 2018 to September 2019.