President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has presented the 'President's Standard' to the 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron of the Indian Navy, which is also known as the Killer Squadron at the ceremonial parade held at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Pune is going to host a multilateral and multi-agency exercise named "PANEX-21" for the member countries of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation).
The Lowy Institute Asia Power Index 2021, Indian has been ranked as the 4th most powerful country in the Asia-Pacific region for comprehensive power out of 26 countries.
The Biden administration has announced that US officials will not attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing after China took an unspecified "retaliation" against any such diplomatic boycott.