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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicChina Arunachal

Topic: China Arunachal

China slams US recognition of Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory, says it’s a bilateral issue

Foreign ministry claims delimitation of India-China-border was never completed. This is the third time it has raised Arunachal Pradesh issue since 11 March.

Sports minister cancels China Asian Games trip to protest ‘discrimination’ against Arunachal players

The three women players could not download their travel documents online, days before they were to leave for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.

‘Not an inch of our territory…,’ says Amit Shah at Arunachal’s Kibithoo, days after China’s ‘renaming’ spree

Remarks being seen as response to Chinese govt’s attempt to lay claim to places within Indian territory. Shah also referred to Kibithoo as country’s ‘1st village, from where India begins’.

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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.