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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
TopicIndia-China

Topic: India-China

The Economist sees ‘maverick’ Gadkari as Modi’s successor, and India’s top-down approach to education

International media also examines how India can achieve its industrialisation dreams, only if it would just get out of its own way.

Why India needs to take its ties with China ‘sincerely’ & the inconvenience of US indictment of Adani

Global media, however, acknowledges that India does indeed face a Chinese threat. It also notes that controversy surrounding Adani Group creates problems for India’s own domestic growth.

After hour-long talks, Rajnath tells Chinese counterpart, ‘focus on cooperation, not conflict’

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a visit to Laos where he along with Chinese Defence Minister Admiral Dong Jun assessed ongoing endeavours to ease tensions at the border.

At Jaishankar-Wang meet, China calls for resumption of direct flights & more visas

Wang also pushes for greater exchange among journalists & calls for trust. Jaishankar says 'glad to note' progress in disengagement, urges resumption of Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra.

India’s China policy needs ‘consistency’ & how Indian middle-class is shifting gears to quality cars

Global media also takes note of how decades of caste discrimination has resulted in higher levels of child stunting rates in India & SC’s outlaw of ‘bulldozer justice’.

Watch CutTheClutter: SC ends ‘bulldozer justice’, enforces due process & India-China educational gap

In Episode 1553 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the SC judgment on 'bulldozer justice' practice and a report on educational strategies of India & China.

Modi-Xi handshake boosted ‘5 Ds’ in Eastern Ladakh. The biggest D is the toughest

‘Demarcation’ would require political sagacity on both sides, and a situation where India and China see each other as partners rather than adversaries.

With Harris out, 2 Indian-Americans on Team Trump gain focus, as does India’s position in his 2nd term

Attention is now on soon-to-be Second Lady Usha Vance & Kash Patel, likely to be CIA director, says global media. It also notes Kashmir’s ongoing fight for restoration of special status.

India’s threat imagination can’t depend on China’s LAC goodwill. Brace for aggressive moves

China perhaps sees India as a potential spoiler in the larger geopolitical churn.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.

On Camera

Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.