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Hope for India-China peace kindled in Russia as Rajnath meets Chinese defence minister

The meeting between Rajnath Singh and Wei Fenghe marks the first face-to-face talks between the Indian & Chinese political leaderships since tensions erupted in May.

Army Chief Naravane takes stock of preparedness along LAC, says situation tense with China

Army Chief General MM Naravane added that India has been continuously engaging with China both at the military and diplomatic level.

Indian troops are using ‘new rules of engagement’ along LAC to counter Chinese aggression

Specialised elements of Indian Army carried out 'tactical signalling' to dissuade China's People's Liberation Army from coming closer.

Indian Army’s new moves in Ladakh hope to push China to negotiate and step back

While China has sought a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in Russia now, Jaishankar is expected to meet Wang Yi at SCO meet in Moscow next week.

Don’t try any misadventure amid India’s tensions with China, CDS Rawat warns Pakistan

Gen. Rawat also backs the ‘Quad’, a grouping China has opposed, as a good mechanism to ensure freedom of navigation in Indo-Pacific.

Army now holding 30 dominating heights, earlier unoccupied, on southern bank of Pangong Tso

The heights include Rezang La and Reqin La, a series dominating Spanggur Gap covering Patrol Points 27 to 31, among others.

Indian Army ‘redeploys’ troops, reaches heights facing Finger 4 in Pangong Tso

The move by India, both in Southern and Northern banks of the Pangong Lake, comes after talks with China reached a stalemate with PLA refusing to budge from its positions.

China is set to join US & Russia as top nuclear weapons power, Pentagon warns

China’s progress in upgrading its strategic bombers to carry nuclear payloads puts it on the cusp of achieving a 'triad' of delivery systems.

China took provocative action 31 August as talks were on, says India

Indian troops Monday occupied select sensitive heights around Chushul in strength so as to deny Chinese any mobility corridors in the sector. 

Govt reviews security situation in Ladakh as India dominates southern bank of Pangong Tso

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will leave for Russia Wednesday for the SCO meet. His Chinese counterpart will also attend, but no bilateral meet is scheduled.

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Phase 5 is crunch time for BJP—UP will boost INDIA, Maharashtra will clear up real vs fake

Just like Phase 3, in this round too, the NDA stands to lose ground due to the sheer number of seats it had won the last time — 39 of the 49 seats, of which the BJP alone had won 32.

What’s geopolitical recession? World seems to be heading for one

The long-term rise of China and the 'Global South', combined with a decline of European and Japanese economic power is driving a fundamental shift.

With defence push, India looks to capture markets in Africa beyond western Indian Ocean

India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.      

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?