The India-China Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination (WMCC) meeting is a follow-up to the Special Representative talks. The last round of WMCC took place on 24 June.
India & China's calls for de-escalation are similar to those made at the second round of military talks but implementation is proving a challenge on the ground.
Following an understanding between India & China after the clash at Galwan Valley, both sides were supposed to pull back from the area. While India has, China hasn't.
An article on Monday’s deadly Galwan clash quoted both Indian and Chinese foreign ministries, but ‘Ganashakti’ & CPI(M) are accused of being ‘anti-India’.
With the major aspects of the immediate incident covered, the six reporters on the ground set about sending back stories as the smoke from the debris lifted and a clearer picture of the site emerged.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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