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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicBorder dispute

Topic: Border dispute

India, China begin implementing new border pact, ending Himalayan face-off

The 2 countries struck a deal earlier this week on patrolling the frontier, which then paved the way for 1st formal talks in 5 years between Modi and Xi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia.

SubscriberWrites: Legal contours of the India-China border

Ladakh Standoff has led to a rupture in India-China relations due to the trust deficit at a level reminiscent of the major rupture between NATO countries and the Russian Federation.

2 voter IDs, 2 ration cards — welcome to Kotia, cluster of disputed villages on Andhra-Odisha border

Residents of these 21 villages they can vote for 2 state govts & cast 2 votes for central govt. Both Odisha and Andhra govts function here & villagers get benefits from both.

Venezuela & Guyana leaders to meet over border row. All about oil-rich Essequibo region dispute

Venezuela’s Maduro govt has this month threatened to annex region controlled by Guyana, triggering fresh row. Dispute dates back to 19th century when Guyana was a British colony.

New images from UK think tank show extensive Chinese construction along disputed borders with Bhutan

Amid ongoing talks for a border agreement, Bhutan is expected to give up land in both Jakarlung and the Menchuma Valley as well as in Doklam, a critical region for India.

Assam rejects Mizoram’s territorial claims, MNF govt hits back at ‘baseless’ move as polls near

In February, Mizoram wrote to Assam about its territorial claims. Guwahati responded saying 1875 notification that Aizawl is relying on, was superseded by 1930 notification.

China-Bhutan inch closer to demarcation of disputed border, India watches closely

China claims around 764 sq km of land in Bhutan, in a dispute that dates to occupation of Tibet in 1950s. Meeting last week established joint technical group on border delimitation.

Namsai Declaration—How Modi govt is resolving border disputes in NE one state after another

In the last eight years, Modi govt has made progress in resolving several longstanding issues in the Northeast region by focusing on the people rather than territorial disputes.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.