Addressing his annual press conference ahead of Army Day, Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi also says grazing has resumed in traditional spots in Eastern Ladakh.
Meant as message to China, painting juxtaposes Hindu iconography with modern military paraphernalia. Veterans slam removal of painting showing 1971 Pakistani surrender.
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.
Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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