Topic: Ajit Doval
NSA Ajit Doval to meet China’s Yang Jiechi at BRICS meeting tomorrow
Ajit Doval and Yang Jiechi, the national security advisers of India and China, respectively, have known each other for a long time and share a bonhomie of sorts.
NSA Ajit Doval storms out of SCO meet over Pakistan’s ‘fictitious’ map
India says Pakistan ‘deliberately’ showed the ‘illegal’ map as its backdrop in the virtual meeting, in blatant disregard of host Russia’s advisory.
US’ Afghan peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to meet Jaishankar and Doval in Delhi today
Zalmay Khalilzad had last visited India in May to update New Delhi on Taliban peace talks. His Tuesday visit comes amid intra-Afghan talks going on in Doha.
India, China could hold another round of special representatives talks amid fresh LAC face-off
New Delhi has not ruled out the option of holding another ‘follow-up’ virtual meeting of the SRs, picking up from what they had discussed on 5 July.
China Study Group, the elite Indian govt body that guides policy on ties with Beijing
China Study Group, founded in 1975 under K.R. Narayanan, is playing a key role as India and China talk about disengagement in Ladakh.
Doval spoke on India’s territorial integrity in talks with Chinese foreign minister: MEA
MEA also said during talks between Ajit Doval & Wang Yi, the NSA categorically conveyed India’s position on the recent developments along LAC, including in Galwan Valley area.
India, China look to build on Doval-Wang dialogue, eye ‘long-term settlement plan’ for LAC
India feels border agreements signed with China between 1993 & 2013 can help avoid repeated skirmishes of the kind witnessed at Doklam in 2017 and in Ladakh since May.
How India lined up US, Russia on its side of LAC and China was forced to return friendless
China is disengaging from the LAC, and also taking back the message that India has far more friends in the world today. The last 24 hours have truly been PM Modi’s.
Wang Yi & Ajit Doval agree to act promptly on consensus to disengage: China
A Chinese press release said that Foreign Minister Wang emphasised that said for both China and India, achieving development and revitalisation is the top priority.
Ajit Doval talks to Chinese foreign minister, both agree on ‘earliest complete disengagement’
MEA statement says both sides have re-affirmed they should strictly respect & observe the LAC, and not take any unilateral action to alter the status quo.
Handshake is dead — Covid-19 is killing good manners, but here’s what can be done about it
Some pandemic-induced changes in our social conduct will last. Diffidence will rise and we will no longer be judged unfriendly for refusing to strike up conversations with strangers.
Govt increases minimum support price for 6 rabi crops, MSP of wheat hiked by Rs 50
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said govt had always maintained MSP will continue as against a 'false propaganda' spread by Opposition parties.
Defence
Haryana, UP, Maharashtra saw highest encroachments on defence land in last 3 yrs, says govt
Defence officials say such encroachments are a major security threat and have continued to increase over the years due to rapid urbanisation.
Suspect all, fix all? Is that the motto of our new ‘National Suspicion State’?
It’s not just Modi government or BJP, but even state governments, judiciary are getting caught in a ‘we suspect all’ mindset. Is India becoming a National Suspicion State?