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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicLine of Actual Control

Topic: Line of Actual Control

Modi-Xi handshake boosted ‘5 Ds’ in Eastern Ladakh. The biggest D is the toughest

‘Demarcation’ would require political sagacity on both sides, and a situation where India and China see each other as partners rather than adversaries.

India-China border can’t be changed. Formalising LAC as the redline is the answer

The India-China crisis has led to a de facto delineation of the 1959 Claim Line in Ladakh. Why can’t this delineation be extended to the rest of the LAC and the McMahon Line?

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Indian, Chinese troops exchange sweets at several border points on Diwali

The traditional practice was observed a day after both countries completed disengagement at two friction points at Demchok & Depsang Plains in eastern Ladakh.

India-China disengagement completed at Depsang & Demchok, patrolling to start after Diwali

Corps commanders signed an agreement on 21 October to pull back troops from eastern Ladakh’s two face-off points, following efforts on diplomatic front to ease tensions along LAC.

India briefed us on LAC arrangement with China, says US. ‘We played no role’

In a press meet, US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller welcomes the decision to reduce tension along the border.

India, China begin implementing new border pact, ending Himalayan face-off

The 2 countries struck a deal earlier this week on patrolling the frontier, which then paved the way for 1st formal talks in 5 years between Modi and Xi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia.

‘Broad consensus’ achieved along LAC through dialogue, Rajnath Singh says day after Modi-Xi meet

Speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue in New Delhi, the defence minister says that consensus has been achieved on patrolling and grazing in traditional areas.

Indian & Chinese troops start disengagement at Depsang. What the LAC pact entails

It allows the resumption of patrolling as it was in April 2020. This includes not just Depsang & Demchok but also northern banks of Pangong Tso, Gogra Hot Springs area & Galwan Valley.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.