Army's lone blind officer gets PMO invite for Republic Day function
Sunday, 21 January 2024 According to JP Nautiyal, chairperson of the para shooting sports technical committee of the Paralympic Committee of India, Lt Col Dwarakesh and another civilian woman are the only two blind para shooters in the country. They have imported special equipment from Switzerland to support their shooting endeavors. "I have lost my eyesight, not my vision for life. I have found a new identity in sports," Dwarakesh had said after winning the gold in November 2023.
In an unprecedented move, the United States is preparing to enact sanctions against an army unit of its steadfast ally, Israel's Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). As reported by Axios, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is anticipated to declare sanctions targeting the Israel Defense Forces' "Netzah Yehuda" battalion in the near future. Allegations of human rights violations within the Israeli-held West Bank have prompted this action against the Netzah Yehuda battalion.
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Ukraineβs president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kiev has credible intelligence that Russia plans to disrupt the Global Peace Summit to be held in Switzerland in June.
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Sunday, 21 January 2024
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