After the 17th round of talks, the Chinese refused to stand down in the strategically important Depsang Plains and the stand-off, which began in May 2020, has entered its third winter.
For a debate in Parliament, Congress-led opposition is focusing on the status of India-China border – a historic dispute which isn’t a making of the Modi government.
Gen Manoj Pande said solution to five of seven friction points achieved through talks. Meanwhile the army is undergoing transformations to make it a modern, future-ready force.
Series of encounters preceding war included Chinese seizure of Thagla ridge in August-September 1962, after which India launched Operation Leghorn to dislodge them by force if needed.
MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the current disengagement agreement also ensures that the LAC in this area will be 'strictly observed and respected by both sides'.
Over the last two years, Indian officials have stressed that a multipolar world requires a multipolar Asia. But chasing multipolarity is a useless diversion.
In an interview with ThePrint, the former Australian PM said India has finally realised that its principal strategic challenge remains China, which is why its strategy is getting 'clearer'.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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