| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
In the mid-19th century everything changed when the Meiji Restoration took place in Japan in 1868, meaning the emperor's power was restored and the old feudal system ended.
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2026-07-01 |
Under the Sakoku policy Japan was completely closed to foreign nationals, trade was very strictly controlled, and Japan conducted limited trade with only a few select countries.
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2026-07-01 |
At the beginning of the 18th century, Japan cut itself off almost completely from the outside world, under a policy called the Sakoku policy.
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2026-07-01 |
For many centuries China had a very strong influence on Japan — Chinese culture, script, and system of governance deeply shaped Japan.
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2026-07-01 |
Japan is today the world's fourth-largest economy.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
India-Japan relations are considered very good, there has been a long-standing friendship, and since PM Modi came to power India's closeness with Japan has increased even further.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
India and Japan will discuss key issues including making the chip supply chain more secure and robust, increasing cooperation in AI, and expanding partnership in critical minerals.
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2026-07-01 |
This is her first visit to India since becoming Prime Minister, and she will meet Prime Minister Modi on July 2.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in India today on a three-day visit to participate in the India-Japan annual summit.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi arrived in India today on a three-day visit for the India-Japan annual summit, her first as PM; she will meet PM Modi on 2 July to discuss semiconductor supply chains, AI cooperation and critical-minerals partnership.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Shortly after Trump's crypto company World Liberty Financial signed a letter of intent with the Pakistan Crypto Council, Pakistan received an IMF loan, and a few months later the US signed a critical-minerals deal with Pakistan brought personally by Pakistan's PM and army chief to the White House.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Trump and his family launched the crypto platform World Liberty Financial in September 2024, a Trump-branded crypto coin was launched on 17 January 2025, and just three days later on 20 January Trump was sworn in as US president — the basis of conflict-of-interest allegations.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Per his own disclosure, Donald Trump earned about ₹13,300 crore from crypto business last year, and per a Reuters investigation his family earned about ₹21,850 crore from crypto since he became president through April this year; roughly 69% of his income now comes from crypto versus 25% from golf and resorts.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
In the Pune Ketan Agarwal murder case it is almost clear the accused Chetan pushed Ketan off Lohagad fort on 18 June; police today recreated the crime scene with Chetan for about 2.5 hours, throwing a dummy of Ketan's weight into the 300-400 feet gorge and conducting gait analysis.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
It is possible that Ram Mandir devotees are actually donating as much as at other temples but the difference was being stolen; this should be investigated.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Ram Mandir got about 7 crore devotees annually but only ₹153 crore in offerings (₹20-30 per devotee), far below Tirupati (₹1,600 crore from 2.5 crore devotees), Vaishno Devi (₹231 crore from 95 lakh) and Shirdi (₹660 crore from 3 crore).
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The Ram Mandir's donation-counting system — broken no-pocket dress rules, CCTV blind spots, cash diverted before bank deposit, unsupervised outsourced staff, and lax frisking — was effectively helping the thieves rather than preventing theft.
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2026-07-01 |
The Ram Mandir has 40 donation boxes, receives on average 75,000 to 1 lakh devotees daily, and in 2024-25 received ₹153 crore in donations.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The UP government extended by 15 days the term of the SIT (formed 13 June) probing the Ram Mandir offering theft; eight people have been arrested and about 400 private security guards are now under investigation.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
In the Ram Mandir donation-theft case, UP Police told the court it has recovered about ₹78 lakh from seven accused, including about ₹20 lakh, 1,100 US dollars, 11 grams of gold and 159 grams of silver from accused Avinash Shukla.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Before 2014, a 'big brother' narrative told majority Hindus to forgive every fault of minority Muslims, and this appeasement politics mirrored India's forgiving posture toward Pakistan.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The Indian government's stand is that Operation Sindoor is not over and still ongoing; if Pakistan attacks India again, Operation Sindoor will resume.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
In April last year, Pakistani terrorists in Pahalgam killed 26 tourists after asking them their religion.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
After the January 2016 Pathankot airbase terror attack India stopped all dialogue with Pakistan, and that freeze has now lasted about 10 years.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
In 2002, as Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi wrote several letters to the central government saying India was not using its full share under the Indus Waters Treaty and suggesting diverting western-river water toward eastern rivers for dry states like Gujarat.
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