Topic: Galwan Valley
India is losing the battle — 5 things Modi must do to rescue his image and China policy
Several rounds of military-level talks and conversations led by Foreign Minister Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval have produced zilch.
Document saying sensitive Ladakh standoff likely to be prolonged removed from MoD website
In the official document, now taken down from its website, defence ministry also said Chinese aggression increasing along LAC and 'more particularly' in Galwan valley since 5 May.
The long list of misses, and few hits, in India’s defence acquisitions
Most of India’s defence programmes take about two decades before being fielded. For whatever reason this has become the norm, it is no longer sustainable.
If India wants to tire China out on LAC, it must build fortresses at these pressure points
It would be prudent to formally inform the nation about the essentials of our strategy rather than let unnamed officials run riot with their imagination.
Satellite images reveal continued Chinese military build-up in Tibet and Aksai Chin areas
According to an assessment, Chinese troops appear to be getting ready for long & harsh winters, making the Indian Army cautious about the disengagement process.
Some deception, some posturing — the message from the Chinese military build-up in Ladakh
Satellite imagery experts say that Chinese presence in Ladakh has grown since May with the deployment of additional equipment and defensive structures.
Nothing fishy about India-US naval exercises. Message for China is to get ready to fight
The joint exercises with US' nuclear-powered warship Nimitz are a sign not only of India’s rising international clout but also the changed domestic political outlook.
Chinese deception at LAC is just like Pakistan in Kargil — former Ladakh corps commander
Former 14 Corps Commander Lt. Gen. P.J.S. Pannu tells ThePrint China's LAC action came after joint exercise with India, like Pakistan attacked Kargil despite confidence-building measures.
Telangana govt appoints wife of Galwan Valley casualty Col. Santosh Babu as deputy collector
Santoshi, wife of Colonel Santosh Babu, was handed letter of appointment and a house site in Hyderabad by CM K Chandrashekhar Rao.
In Rahul Gandhi, Jaishankar picks an easy target. Modi govt’s real task is to push China back
Everything the BJP govt has done since 19 June is to tiptoe around PM Modi's statement on the Chinese intrusion in Ladakh during the all-party meeting.
Students in Kashmir attended regular classes for only two weeks in the last one year
The price Kashmir’s economy paid for 5 August: ₹40,000 cr and unemployment levels twice the national average.
India isn’t facing up to the true financial cost of Covid
Truth is currently as scarce as capital in India. The govt doesn’t have the appetite for large-scale socialisation of private losses, lest the opposition accuse PM Modi of cronyism.
Defence
India, China generals meet today as ‘PLA keeps up Pangong incursions, blocks army at Depsang’
The fresh round of dialogue comes as India and China have hit a stalemate in military talks with regard to disengagement at multiple flashpoints in Ladakh.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.