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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicLAC agreement

Topic: LAC agreement

Our take on wealth tax, one nation one election, & RBI repo rate—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

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.

Watch CutTheClutter: What is the new India-China LAC deal in context of China’s 1959 claim line

In Episode 1543, ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the agreement India and China reached on the Line of Actual Control last week.

Chinese see LAC thaw through US-China rivalry lens. Not as India’s strategic autonomy wish

The latest developments are portrayed as a win for Beijing, with some Chinese voices suggesting that India has finally ‘woken up’ to reality.

China can back out of LAC agreement. India shouldn’t be lulled into a false sense of security

Given the Chinese penchant for saying one thing and doing the exact opposite, we must approach these latest developments, however good they might seem, with abundant caution.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.