Tuesday 21 May 2024

What The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Cost

 

What The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Cost

With the supply of missiles being in the news as of late, we breakdown the price of those that pack the magazines of U.S. Navy warships.

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'We will not allow anyone to harm India's security': Sri Lankan Foreign Minister

 


Eyeing China, Sri Lanka Says 

"Won't Allow Anyone To Harm 

India's Security"

The Minister also addressed India's concerns regarding the visits of Chinese research vessels to the island nation, saying that they would like to work with other countries in a transparent manner but not at the cost of others.

  World News May 21, 2024
 NDTV



Colombo: 

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry affirmed his country's commitment to safeguarding India's national security interests on Monday, stating that Colombo, as a responsible neighbour, will not allow anyone to harm India's security.

The Minister also addressed India's concerns regarding the visits of Chinese research vessels to the island nation, saying that they would like to work with other countries in a transparent manner but not at the cost of others.

"We have very clearly stated that we would like to work with all countries, but any reasonable concerns regarding Indian security will be taken into note, and we will not allow anyone to harm that. Subject to that, of course, in a very transparent manner, we would like to work with all countries," the Minister said in an interview with ANI.


"I just got to know that recently China has become India's biggest trading partner. So similarly, like you work with that. We would also like to work with everyone, but that should not come at anyone else, third parties cost. So therefore, let me reiterate, as a responsible neighbour and a civilizational partner we will not undertake anything that would harm the legitimate security concerns of India," he added.

When asked about the ongoing elections in India, the Minister said that the exercise is a celebration of democracy and asserted that Sri Lanka would work with India irrespective of its election outcome.

"It's a celebration of democracy, the largest democracy in the world. Indian people are educated. Indian people will know what is good for them. I think when it comes to elections, it is domestic matter. It is the public who must decide and others only should watch. We see this celebration is taking place of a democracy. We want a peaceful conclusion of this and we will work with any outcome with the indian public decide," he said.

Last year, India had expressed its security concerns over the docking of the vessel at the Sri Lankan port as it was shown as a research vessel with the capability of mapping the ocean bed, which is critical to anti-submarine operations of the Chinese Navy. The Chinese research ship had docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar while commenting on Chinese spy vessel Yuan Wang-5 which had docked in Sri Lanka, said that any developments that have a bearing on India's security are "obviously of an interest to us"⍐.


Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com"What happens in our neighbourhood, any developments which have a bearing on our security, obviously are of an interest to us," Jaishankar said at a joint press conference after the 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting⍐.

7 மலையக மாவட்டங்களுக்கு மண்சரிவு அபாய எச்சரிக்கை!


9 மாவட்டங்களுக்கு மண்சரிவு அபாய எச்சரிக்கை!

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கடும் மழை காரணமாக 9 மாவட்டங்களுக்கு தேசிய கட்டிட ஆராய்ச்சி நிறுவனம் மண்சரிவு அபாய எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளது.

பதுளை, கொழும்பு, காலி, கம்பஹா, களுத்துறை, கண்டி, கேகாலை, குருநாகல் மற்றும் இரத்தினபுரி ஆகிய மாவட்டங்களுக்கே இந்த மண்சரிவு அபாய எச்சரிக்கை விடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது . 

இந்த எச்சரிக்கை நாளை (21) நண்பகல் 12.00 மணி வரை அமுலில் இருக்கும் என தேசிய கட்டிட ஆராய்ச்சி நிறுவனம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. 

கொழும்பு மாவட்டத்தின் சீதாவக்க மற்றும் களுத்துறை மாவட்டத்தின் மத்துகம பிரதேச செயலகத்துக்கு உட்பட்ட பகுதிகளில் மண்சரிவு எச்சரிக்கை அறிவிப்புகள் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

இந்த மாவட்டங்களில் மழை தொடர்ந்து பெய்தால் மண்சரிவு ஏற்படும்  எனத் தேசிய கட்டிட ஆராய்ச்சி நிறுவனம் வெளியிட்டுள்ள அறிவிப்பில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது. 

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, dies in helicopter crash




Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, dies in helicopter crash aged 63

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country in poor weather.

The 63-year-old, a figure representing conservative and hardline factions in Iranian politics, was president for nearly three years and appeared on track to run for re-election next year.

A former chief justice, Raisi was touted as a potential successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the 85-year-old supreme leader of Iran.

Raisi was born in Mashhad in northeastern Iran, a religious hub for Shia Muslims. He underwent religious education and was trained at the seminary in Qom, studying under prominent scholars, including Khamenei.

Also like the supreme leader, he wore a black turban, which signified that he was a sayyid – a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, a status with particular significance among Twelver Shia Muslims.

Raisi racked up experience as a prosecutor in multiple jurisdictions before coming to Tehran in 1985. It was in the capital city that, according to human rights organisations, he was part of a committee of judges who oversaw executions of political prisoners.

The late president was a longtime member of the Assembly of Experts, the body that is tasked with choosing a replacement for the supreme leader in the event of his death.

He became attorney general in 2014 for two years, when he was appointed by Khamenei to lead the Astan Quds Razavi. The colossal bonyad, or charitable trust, has billions of dollars in assets and is the custodian of the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia imam.

Raisi initially ran for president in 2017, unsuccessfully challenging the re-election of former President Hassan Rouhani, who represented the centrist and moderate camps.

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