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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicIndia-China

Topic: India-China

More ‘Ladakh clashes’ emerge as India-China tension turns into social media battle

Chinese and Indian social media handles Sunday circulated visuals of soldiers from both sides being assaulted.

China’s muscle-flexing in Ladakh doesn’t mean there’s a war coming, says former NSA

Former NSA M.K. Narayanan said the key problem with the India-China border is that it is un-demarcated and undefined.

Will use ‘existing bilateral mechanism’ with China to resolve tensions, India tells US

The message was delivered by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to US Secretary of Defence Dr Mark T. Esper during a phone call Friday.

Train fare mayhem, and accountability’s flight out of Delhi

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

India ‘fobs off’ Trump — TOI,  Mint warns of ‘deepest recession’, Ambani stocks rise in BS 

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.

PM Modi not in good mood about India-China conflict, says Donald Trump

The US President also reiterated his offer of mediation, while India Wednesday said it was in peaceful talks with China to resolve the border row.

Chinese aggression in Ladakh also a message for domestic and external audience: Experts

International experts say the timing is troubling as it comes at ‘a critical phase in India's internal difficulties with the Covid-19 pandemic’.

Apathy more dangerous than Covid-19 and Twitter’s warning to fake news

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Does Trump help or harm India’s interests when he offers to mediate with China, Pakistan?

US President Donald Trump Wednesday offered to mediate between India and China over the "raging border dispute".

China believes India wants Aksai Chin back. PLA has likely secured 40-60 sq km in Ladakh

Ladakh is the only area where physical military collusion can take place between Pakistan and China.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.