1. The tax department on Thursday vowed complete confidentiality of information filed under the new black money law as it unveiled the second set of clarifications on a range of queries.
2. Over half of the people in Asia-Pacific countries (51%) hold favourable views of India, although only about 39% have expressed faith that Narendra Modi can be counted on to "do the right thing" in international affairs.
3. China on Thursday tried to stun the world's military establishment by displaying missiles that travel 10 times faster than the speed of sound, and the firepower that is loaded on its aircraft carrier. Chinese authorities displayed a range of sophisticated killing machines at a military parade in Beijing on Thursday.
2. Over half of the people in Asia-Pacific countries (51%) hold favourable views of India, although only about 39% have expressed faith that Narendra Modi can be counted on to "do the right thing" in international affairs.
3. China on Thursday tried to stun the world's military establishment by displaying missiles that travel 10 times faster than the speed of sound, and the firepower that is loaded on its aircraft carrier. Chinese authorities displayed a range of sophisticated killing machines at a military parade in Beijing on Thursday.
4. Faced with increasing calls to take in more migrants fleeing war-torn countries, prime minister David Cameron today said he was "deeply moved" by the images of a dead Syrian toddler washed ashore on a Turkish beach and promised that Britain would filfil its "moral responsibility".
