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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
TopicDoklam

Topic: Doklam

The Modi govt keeps mixing up IR (international relations) and PR (public relations)

Modi squandered an opportunity that the UPA never had, of improving relationships with Pakistan and China without surrendering national interest.

After Doklam, India’s next battle likelier to be in the Indian Ocean than the high Himalayas

India has to hasten slowly but act surely in the Maldives to put in place a strong and sustainable anti-access strategy to meet China’s power trajectory into the Indian Ocean Region.

Tibet sees sharp jump in Chinese air force activity after Doklam standoff with India

Dual-use airports see 2-4 fold traffic increase; fighter jets and early warning aircraft deployed in the region permanently.

NSA Doval quietly visits Bhutan, reviews strategy amid Doklam build-up

PM Modi expected to visit Bhutan this year as India steps up reach-out, even as China pushes for a boundary deal with Himalayan nation.

China’s troop buildup in Doklam means India can’t protect Bhutan

The Chinese buildup at Doklam signifies that encroachment and road-building will accelerate, and India cannot protect Bhutan, because it doesn’t have a plan

New trouble for India: China occupies North Doklam, with armoured vehicles & 7 helipads

New visuals show PLA deployment is metres away from last year’s face-off point; Indian Army chief Rawat has admitted north Doklam is occupied.

Fresh provocation: China’s building a 36-km long road in strategic J&K valley near Siachen

New Threat Spotted: China’s 36-km road, troop locations in PoK’s Saksham valley “gifted” by Pakistan. Gives Chinese Army access to Line of Actual Control near Siachen. 

India’s new headache far from Doklam: Chinese troops seen near Tuting sector incursion

Indications about 2 PLA brigades at Nyingchi town, new railway line could start this year; Chinese incursion in Tuting sector came to fore on 28 December.

It is misplaced to say that 19 rounds of talks with China have not made headway

The Special Representative talks are confidential in nature and therefore, the progress made in these talks is not in the public domain.

India-China trust deficit is about more than Doklam and the border

As Ajit Doval and Yang Jiechi meet, the task will be to restore some trust between the countries and keep momentum in the border talks.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.