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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicIndia-China

Topic: India-China

Indo-Pacific army chiefs to meet in Delhi next week, conference ‘not aimed at China’

Conference to be held alongside Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar and Senior Enlisted Leadership Forum. Army held curtain-raiser event Wednesday.

‘China aims to restrict India to subcontinent, slow its growth to power,’ says Lt. Gen Prakash Menon

At seminar organised by Institute of Chinese Studies, Menon highlights how China's using its military, economic & diplomatic instruments to influence minds of India’s political leadership.

Proposed Aksai Chin railway line will multiply China’s military capacity, says army veteran

At seminar by Institute of Chinese Studies, Col.(Retd.) V.S. Verma highlights implications of China’s proposed railway line and suggests means to resolve India-China border issue.

Though gaining prominence among middle-rung global powers, India has work to do to climb further up

India becoming a great power will depend on it continuing to do well economically, building a more capable defence industry & improving human development indicators, among other factors.

China’s Xi might skip G20 summit in India next week, says report

Two Indian officials told news agency Reuters that Premier Li Qiang was instead expected to represent Beijing at the Sept 9-10 meeting in New Delhi.

6 new countries to join, Modi & Xi interact — key takeaways from BRICS Summit

Questions have emerged as to whether BRICS expansion helps serve Beijing's goal of creating anti-West bloc, but ex-ambassador says most new entrants have good relations with US.

On LAC, India’s options are limited. Modi should make the most of the BRICS opportunity

If both Modi and Xi show boldness, the proposal of a 20 km demilitarised zone on either side of the new LAC may get revived.

India can compete with China on semiconductors. But it needs to build investor trust first

India must pursue technology partnerships, discuss trade in the Indo-Pacific, formulate stronger IP. This will help operationalise the notion of ‘trust’ in critical supply chains

Can a good acronym give currency to a group that’s lost relevance? The curious case of BRICS today

BRICS is in danger of becoming a vehicle for Chinese diplomatic thrust. This could become tricky territory for India, given its basically adversarial relationship with Beijing.

India, China talks fail to make headway on Depsang but both sides agree to freeze build-up

19th round of talks came ahead of PM Modi & Xi's visit to Johannesburg for BRICS Summit later this month, to be followed by latter's visit to India for G20 Summit in September.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.