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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
TopicIndia-China

Topic: India-China

Balen Shah is changing Nepal’s India-China balancing act. It’s a risky foreign policy

If Balen Shah sticks to the much speculated ‘no foreign visits for a year’ policy, the cost of such a risk needs to be weighed against the current geopolitical churnings.

India’s new CDS Lt Gen NS Subramani—the soldier-scholar who is also an operations-oriented officer

Lt. Gen. Subramani has led key operational roles against both Pakistan and China. He has also led multiple counterinsurgency operations in the Northeast. 

How India should prepare for a future war with Pakistan and China

The ongoing Iran War has settled an important question about modern conflict. An air campaign by a superior power ensures its dominance in the...

Aksai Chin for Arunachal: Ex-Indian Army chief Naravane backs revival of 1950s China offer on border row

Gen Manoj Naravane (retd) said in an exclusive interview with ThePrint that India should focus on having more experts who understand China's psyche and its workings

India pushes China for balanced trade as Piyush Goyal, Wang Wentao interact in 1st such meet in 7 yrs

Trade between the countries has expanded in last year. However, it remains heavily skewed in favour of China, as India continues to import merchandise for its manufacturing sector.

Trump 2.0 ‘tests’ India’s strategic resilience & the LPG ‘vulnerability’

WSJ reports how India's 'digital arrest' scams are gaining global traction. Bloomberg looks at RBI's failing rupee defence amid the war in West Asia.

China is excluding India from its South Asia outreach. New Delhi’s being framed as volatile

To Chinese commentators, India has unresolved colonial-era borders, a rigid territorial outlook, pressures from smaller neighbours, and persistent security anxieties.

More educated than ever, but struggling to get jobs—global media analyses India’s youth ‘paradox’

The Guardian meanwhile reports on Kolkata man & his staff of 80 who make ‘30 kg replicas of the dead, commissioned by family and loved ones’.

Blue flame of Indian gas stoves ‘flickering’—global media spotlights ‘anxiety’ over LPG

NYT & BBC report on rumours of shortage of cooking gas while FT looks at India’s lowering of barriers to Chinese investment and the ‘wariness’ behind it.

Eye on China, India eases FDI rules for land-border countries. 60-day approval timeline for key sectors

Norms amended as restrictions in case of investors with non-strategic, non-controlling interests was seen as adversely affecting investment flows including private equity & venture funds.

On Camera

Yrs of delay, GST rate change & other factors double Gurugram Metro project cost to over Rs 10,000 crore

Project’s original cost in 2019 was Rs 5,452 crore; Prime Minister Modi laid foundation stone in February 2024, and bhumi poojan happened in September 2025. Construction is yet to get up to speed

Drones no longer enablers, they’re replacing manned aircraft roles—CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit

Speaking at IAF think-tank seminar, Air Marshal Dixit was backed by Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who said unmanned aerial systems are no longer just the eyes in the sky but ‘claws in the sky’.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.