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Thursday, November 7, 2024
TopicPeople's Liberation Army

Topic: People's Liberation Army

Returning ‘abducted’ Arunachal boy, PLA says it found him in Chinese territory during patrol

17-year-old Miram Taron was handed over to the Indian Army Thursday. He went missing from the Lungta Jor area in Upper Siang district on 18 January while on a hunting trip.

Indian Army seeks assistance from China’s PLA to locate & return missing youth Miram Taron

Arunachal Pradesh's MP Tapir Gao said that China's People’s Liberation Army abducted a 17-year-old boy from inside the Indian territory in state's Upper Siang district Tuesday.

‘Rising Star’ to ‘Red Roulette’ — Here is what you need to read on China

Domain expert Aadil Brar brings you a shortlist of books and papers you need to understand Chinese society and external relations.

No stop to China’s building spree in Bhutan as new village springs up, satellite images show

China has built at least one more village in Bhutan near tri-junction with India. Satellite images now show a total of 6 such sites with more than 200 structures on disputed land.

What China wants you to know—Covid in Xi’an under control. What it doesn’t—there’s no food

Chinascope — The Week Behind The Wall is everything you need to know about what’s happening in China this week.

‘Major Keen Kumar’ — Army officer’s clever introduction to Chinese soldier at LAC goes viral

A short video — of unknown date, origin and location — showing an interaction between Indian & Chinese soldiers has social media users quite amused.

People’s Liberation Army, Manipur Naga People’s Front claim responsibility for Manipur ambush

Colonel Viplav Tripathi, Commanding Officer of the 46 Assam Rifles, his wife and 8-year-old son, along with 4 soldiers were killed in an ambush carried out by the militant groups.

Assam Rifles Commanding Officer, wife, son, 4 soldiers killed in ambush by militants in Manipur

The convoy of the 46 Assam Rifles Commandant Col Viplap Tripathi was ambushed while it was returning to the Battalion headquarters following a visit to a Company base in Behiang.

China is talking about Zhang Xudong’s death. And Indians’ hype over detained PLA soldiers

Chinascope — The Week Behind The Wall is everything you need to know about what’s happening in China this week.

As trust deficit lingers, India & China prepare for another harsh winter deployment in Ladakh

Forward deployment to continue even though India & China are expected to make forward movement in Hot Springs, last unresolved face-off site, during next corps commander talks.

On Camera

Show me a bigger irony than those who garland rapists hailing Iran’s Ahoo Daryaei as a ‘hero’

A daring stunt, emanating from insult and frustration, immediately became a reason for entertainment, political jibes, and Islamophobia.

How Adani halving power supply to Bangladesh could land the country in ‘dire straits’

Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

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.