The Chinese incursions in Eastern Ladakh in May 2020 and the ongoing creeping forward along the McMahon Line are aimed at reimposing it’s version of the LAC.
The govt must signal its threshold for use of tactical nuclear weapons. Below this threshold, the military differential is irrelevant to secure borders.
There is a golden opportunity for PM Narendra Modi to travel to Russia and Ukraine with a proposal I have outlined here, which includes reverting to pre January 2022 positions.
Hirings will allow ITBP to raise 7 new border battalions. Move comes days after Leh superintendent of police reported India lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points along LAC with China.
Army has put restrictions near forward areas indicating it doesn't want to give China chance to raise objections on 'disputed' areas, reads report submitted last week.
The Chinese, who were attempting to cross over into Indian side of LAC, were initially challenged by about 50 Indian soldiers before backup arrived, outnumbering PLA troops.
PLA has already made villages along Arunachal. Making border accessible to civilians & having presence across LAC are essential to stake claim to territories, say defence sources.
The 2,000 km-long highway will be of strategic importance to military. Same equipment used on other side of LAC being deployed to carry out work on tough terrain, say officials.
This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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