A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.
A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
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?
It’s not useless desert land it’s Indian territory you are pussilanimous in your approach Mao tse Tung said power comes the barrel of the gun learn to apply your mind And strength when the enemy is at the gates
Why do I say, sitting in Delhi, that China will force on India a war sooner than any time in future.
War defines a nation’s international friends and enemies. India was already caught off-guard by China who befriended all neighbours of India with its IBOR (or One Belt One Road project) that has sucked into it most of India’s neighbours. In a war with China, these neighbours will not sympathise with India in their own interests of development which OBOR brings them. All these neighbours are financially indebted to China for hugely financing OBOR.
Russia is ever China’s ally, but will play neutral role in a war between India and China.
The present Burmese Counsellor (it’s Chief executive) is no friend of India for India having bailed out Burma’s military for over 40 years untill she got power in Burma. Burma is also an OBOR beneficiary.
Nepal, another OBOR beneficiary, perceives India as a regional bully allegedly for armtwisting that erstwhile Hindu kingdom which is now a genuinely secular nation which no more shares India’s current Hindutva leanings. Nepal fears that a resurgent Hindu India will fan bullying against it through Madhesis who are a financially powerful north Indian Hindu conglomerate, who are demanding in Nepal political power share more than what Nepal is willing to accommodate. Madhesis control strategic routes of essential supply from India to Nepal. OBOR helps Nepal to bypass this route to transport non-Indian essential supplies to otherwise landlocked Nepal.
Current Sri Lankan regime is strongly pro-China.
With implementation of NRC sure to force out efflux of tens of Lakhs of Bangladeshi muslim migrants back to that nation, Bangladesh has more to fear from a strong Hindu India than be happy about it.
Thius, barring Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, China, and Maldives, India’s true friend is the tiny Bhutan. India will have at least a 1000 Indians who are capable of buying the whole of Bhutan with their personal wealth.
To crown all above odds against India, stands the global pandemic- corona virus. As its result, US unemployment rate is about 15% (a 12 points increments from virus). India’s GDP has slumped to 3%, and one knows not next. Brexit has crippled British economy. Virus has forced slump in economies of all EU nations. All of them can at best offer moral support and lip service to India in China’s war with India.
In a scenario as above, not even friendly Trump will leave aside US emergency to play partisan against China or to support India, rhetorics apart.
Besides, the only leader of global standing who can cobble an international moral alliance against China in its potential war with India, is German Chancellor, Margaret Merkel. She has pledged to stand down as Chancellor in months from now. It will take years for Germany to elect a new political leadership to replace her, given squabbling within Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party and outside it.
Hence, China has challenged India to grab a once-a-century opportunity to settle scores with almost three times greater military might on its side than what India has. While China claims to have stabilized corona impact, India stares at the uncertain.
Added to all that, with Trump in white house, US has lost its credibility as global leader to lead a coalition against China, and thus to support India.
Hence the current talk of western nations is to form Non-US-bocs to financially cripple China. But none of them has a leader like Merkel, Obama, Bush or the like.
China has its compulsions to attack India too. In 2017, India forced China’s retreat from another India-China bone of contention – Doklam. Chinese retreat at that point of time appears to have been more strategic than real. That retreat disgraced president Xi-Ping, soon after he assumed 2nd term presidency for an infinite term of office. For his good image in China and in the world, and for the Communist Party of China, now after publicly calling upon his armed forces to be war-ready, he cannot retreat this time around without winning tangible results in China’s favour. China’s good result will mean India ceding ground to it, howsoever small, and in a way China not having to face public disgrace again. Hence a war appears to be looming in the air, and India has to be war-ready.
The only problem in the entire analysis is that we are not talking about traditional conflicts now. If push will come to shove what’s the point having a nuclear arsinal.
Maybe all we can do is learn from North Korea. Put a few nuclear batteries combined with super aggressive approach. If you have the gun then brandish it even if you do not want to use it but let the enemy know its there if they push more.
Use the power of deterence that both the US and Soviets used to keep each other in check for almost 70 years.
The current situation in Ladakh is disturbing, and the Chinese policy of land grabbing by being overly aggressive in expanding influence is nothing new and a part of overall dirty Chinese games. At the same time, this move has been initiated by Beijing with multiple objectives.
1. With COVID -19 outbreak, the Chinese are already in back foot as the world has started blaming the Chinese government and their institution of hiding the facts on the virus from the world community and not doing enough at the initial stage resulting immense loss to humanity and world economy.
2. The Chinese are expecting a backlash from the world community in terms of closing /restricting of Chinese goods and services in their respective countries.
3. In every like hood, there will be significant migration of the Chinese manufacturing sector to the emerging markets, including India.
4. In this case ( both 2 & 3), there would be a severe negative effect on the Chinese economy.
5. The political situation in Tibet, Hong Kong, is a significant headache for the leadership in Beijing. Besides they are not comfortable with a confidant Taiwan challenging Beijing’s ego and hegemonistic designs.
6. The trade war with the USA is at its peak, and in case they lose, the collapse of the Chinese economy will commence.
To divert attention from these core issues ( both to the world community and its own voiceless and helpless people , China has to show its superpower status somewhere. The latest adventure of the Chinese border guards in Ladakh and Sikkim had a clear objective in that direction and also to testing India’s resolve and preparedness to fight back the Dragon. It also may have a subtle aim of providing their all-weather friend cum proxy Pakistan in the Kashmir front.
The Chinese leadership should understand that this kind of exhibitionism would not work out and bring about any drastic change in their current situation and status. Pragmatically they should resolve the problems with their neighbours instead of taking the illegal routes and means. If the current situation in the border goes out of control with firework, the loss of China would be much more significant than India in the current context.
We have humbly asked Pakistan to give back POK, they don’t agree, so I don’t know what you are talking about
SCRAPPING OVER A USELESS BIT OF MOUNTAIN DESERT.
No they will not be a war, but India has started a dangerous the Race of building infrastructure in barren mountain desert. EXAMPLE hundreds of millions of dollars has been spent upgrading the road to DBO but to what avail?
By building this road India has broken through the mountain wall to Akshai Chin.
Why have we done this, we can never have the resources to defeat China and take back Akshai Chin.
China has is building infrastructure in the Gulwan river as a direct response to the DBO road, these PLA troops at Gulwan will be stationed there permanently in order to dominate the new Indian road to DBO, and India in response has put a Brigade in the area.
SO NOW ON WE HAVE TO PAY IN MONEY AND LIVES EVERY YEAR TO GUARD USELESS DESERT LAND, JUST AS WE PAY EVERY YEAR WE PAY A FORTUNE TO GUARD THE SICHEN GLACIER. WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR BUILDING THIS NEW ROAD TO DBO?
WE CANNOT MATCH CHINA IN BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR POOR POPULATION NEEDS HEALTH AND EDUCATION, OUR ECONOMY NEEDS JOBS.
WAS IT NOT BETTER TO HAVE KEPT THE OLD STATUS QUO AND NOT BUILT THIS USELESS ROAD TO DBO.
Your comment means accepting China’s domination. India correctly built road which help one day to capture our territory, Aksai Chin from treacherous grabbers
Why should not those roads be built over there?
Is it because those were not built in previous year so those can’t be built in the present days?
How do you think India can’t match with Chinese might( at military level, diplomatic level, foreign & external affairs level)?
Social security is one perspective and should not be mixed up with Defence security. No nation can trade off it’s security concern at the expense of it’s social security.
It’s not useless desert land it’s Indian territory you are pussilanimous in your approach Mao tse Tung said power comes the barrel of the gun learn to apply your mind And strength when the enemy is at the gates
Why do I say, sitting in Delhi, that China will force on India a war sooner than any time in future.
War defines a nation’s international friends and enemies. India was already caught off-guard by China who befriended all neighbours of India with its IBOR (or One Belt One Road project) that has sucked into it most of India’s neighbours. In a war with China, these neighbours will not sympathise with India in their own interests of development which OBOR brings them. All these neighbours are financially indebted to China for hugely financing OBOR.
Russia is ever China’s ally, but will play neutral role in a war between India and China.
The present Burmese Counsellor (it’s Chief executive) is no friend of India for India having bailed out Burma’s military for over 40 years untill she got power in Burma. Burma is also an OBOR beneficiary.
Nepal, another OBOR beneficiary, perceives India as a regional bully allegedly for armtwisting that erstwhile Hindu kingdom which is now a genuinely secular nation which no more shares India’s current Hindutva leanings. Nepal fears that a resurgent Hindu India will fan bullying against it through Madhesis who are a financially powerful north Indian Hindu conglomerate, who are demanding in Nepal political power share more than what Nepal is willing to accommodate. Madhesis control strategic routes of essential supply from India to Nepal. OBOR helps Nepal to bypass this route to transport non-Indian essential supplies to otherwise landlocked Nepal.
Current Sri Lankan regime is strongly pro-China.
With implementation of NRC sure to force out efflux of tens of Lakhs of Bangladeshi muslim migrants back to that nation, Bangladesh has more to fear from a strong Hindu India than be happy about it.
Thius, barring Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, China, and Maldives, India’s true friend is the tiny Bhutan. India will have at least a 1000 Indians who are capable of buying the whole of Bhutan with their personal wealth.
To crown all above odds against India, stands the global pandemic- corona virus. As its result, US unemployment rate is about 15% (a 12 points increments from virus). India’s GDP has slumped to 3%, and one knows not next. Brexit has crippled British economy. Virus has forced slump in economies of all EU nations. All of them can at best offer moral support and lip service to India in China’s war with India.
In a scenario as above, not even friendly Trump will leave aside US emergency to play partisan against China or to support India, rhetorics apart.
Besides, the only leader of global standing who can cobble an international moral alliance against China in its potential war with India, is German Chancellor, Margaret Merkel. She has pledged to stand down as Chancellor in months from now. It will take years for Germany to elect a new political leadership to replace her, given squabbling within Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party and outside it.
Hence, China has challenged India to grab a once-a-century opportunity to settle scores with almost three times greater military might on its side than what India has. While China claims to have stabilized corona impact, India stares at the uncertain.
Added to all that, with Trump in white house, US has lost its credibility as global leader to lead a coalition against China, and thus to support India.
Hence the current talk of western nations is to form Non-US-bocs to financially cripple China. But none of them has a leader like Merkel, Obama, Bush or the like.
China has its compulsions to attack India too. In 2017, India forced China’s retreat from another India-China bone of contention – Doklam. Chinese retreat at that point of time appears to have been more strategic than real. That retreat disgraced president Xi-Ping, soon after he assumed 2nd term presidency for an infinite term of office. For his good image in China and in the world, and for the Communist Party of China, now after publicly calling upon his armed forces to be war-ready, he cannot retreat this time around without winning tangible results in China’s favour. China’s good result will mean India ceding ground to it, howsoever small, and in a way China not having to face public disgrace again. Hence a war appears to be looming in the air, and India has to be war-ready.
The only problem in the entire analysis is that we are not talking about traditional conflicts now. If push will come to shove what’s the point having a nuclear arsinal.
Maybe all we can do is learn from North Korea. Put a few nuclear batteries combined with super aggressive approach. If you have the gun then brandish it even if you do not want to use it but let the enemy know its there if they push more.
Use the power of deterence that both the US and Soviets used to keep each other in check for almost 70 years.
The current situation in Ladakh is disturbing, and the Chinese policy of land grabbing by being overly aggressive in expanding influence is nothing new and a part of overall dirty Chinese games. At the same time, this move has been initiated by Beijing with multiple objectives.
1. With COVID -19 outbreak, the Chinese are already in back foot as the world has started blaming the Chinese government and their institution of hiding the facts on the virus from the world community and not doing enough at the initial stage resulting immense loss to humanity and world economy.
2. The Chinese are expecting a backlash from the world community in terms of closing /restricting of Chinese goods and services in their respective countries.
3. In every like hood, there will be significant migration of the Chinese manufacturing sector to the emerging markets, including India.
4. In this case ( both 2 & 3), there would be a severe negative effect on the Chinese economy.
5. The political situation in Tibet, Hong Kong, is a significant headache for the leadership in Beijing. Besides they are not comfortable with a confidant Taiwan challenging Beijing’s ego and hegemonistic designs.
6. The trade war with the USA is at its peak, and in case they lose, the collapse of the Chinese economy will commence.
To divert attention from these core issues ( both to the world community and its own voiceless and helpless people , China has to show its superpower status somewhere. The latest adventure of the Chinese border guards in Ladakh and Sikkim had a clear objective in that direction and also to testing India’s resolve and preparedness to fight back the Dragon. It also may have a subtle aim of providing their all-weather friend cum proxy Pakistan in the Kashmir front.
The Chinese leadership should understand that this kind of exhibitionism would not work out and bring about any drastic change in their current situation and status. Pragmatically they should resolve the problems with their neighbours instead of taking the illegal routes and means. If the current situation in the border goes out of control with firework, the loss of China would be much more significant than India in the current context.
What a humble posture………….even a quarter of such humility with Pakistan may resolve Kashmir in 07 days !!!
We have humbly asked Pakistan to give back POK, they don’t agree, so I don’t know what you are talking about
SCRAPPING OVER A USELESS BIT OF MOUNTAIN DESERT.
No they will not be a war, but India has started a dangerous the Race of building infrastructure in barren mountain desert. EXAMPLE hundreds of millions of dollars has been spent upgrading the road to DBO but to what avail?
By building this road India has broken through the mountain wall to Akshai Chin.
Why have we done this, we can never have the resources to defeat China and take back Akshai Chin.
China has is building infrastructure in the Gulwan river as a direct response to the DBO road, these PLA troops at Gulwan will be stationed there permanently in order to dominate the new Indian road to DBO, and India in response has put a Brigade in the area.
SO NOW ON WE HAVE TO PAY IN MONEY AND LIVES EVERY YEAR TO GUARD USELESS DESERT LAND, JUST AS WE PAY EVERY YEAR WE PAY A FORTUNE TO GUARD THE SICHEN GLACIER. WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR BUILDING THIS NEW ROAD TO DBO?
WE CANNOT MATCH CHINA IN BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR POOR POPULATION NEEDS HEALTH AND EDUCATION, OUR ECONOMY NEEDS JOBS.
WAS IT NOT BETTER TO HAVE KEPT THE OLD STATUS QUO AND NOT BUILT THIS USELESS ROAD TO DBO.
Your comment means accepting China’s domination. India correctly built road which help one day to capture our territory, Aksai Chin from treacherous grabbers
Why should not those roads be built over there?
Is it because those were not built in previous year so those can’t be built in the present days?
How do you think India can’t match with Chinese might( at military level, diplomatic level, foreign & external affairs level)?
Social security is one perspective and should not be mixed up with Defence security. No nation can trade off it’s security concern at the expense of it’s social security.