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Friday, August 8, 2025
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Topic: Tibet

New Delhi worries as China digs out gold in Tibet next to Indian border in Arunachal

New Delhi has taken note of the exploitation of minerals in such close proximity to the Indian border in the Tibetan Autonomous region, and probably protected by the People’s Armed Police (PAP).

China can now potentially blind or destroy India’s satellites

Barely 125 kms from LAC, Ngari station could be site for laser, direct anti-satellite weapons.

Tibet sees sharp jump in Chinese air force activity after Doklam standoff with India

Dual-use airports see 2-4 fold traffic increase; fighter jets and early warning aircraft deployed in the region permanently.

Off the Cuff with His Holiness Dalai Lama

This illuminating edition of OTC with the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta was an...

Pictures show it’s time to question China’s alibi on Brahmaputra pollution

Latest satellite images suggest that the width of the river has reduced considerably in Tibet with an indication of dam construction activity in China.

ब्रह्मपुत्र संकट में: सैटलाइट इमेज द्वारा हुई चीन की साजिशें बेनकाब

छवियां बताती हैं कि चीन एक गुप्त सुरंग के जरिए ब्रह्मपुत्र के पानी को रेगिस्तान की ओर मोड़ रहा है. 

Images show China may be using a secret tunnel to divert Brahmaputra water into desert

Latest satellite imagery shows river Brahmaputra disappearing into a 900 meter underground tunnel in China.

China’s objective in the 1962 war was to teach India a lesson, says new book

A new book attempts to dispel the notion that India was the provocateur in the 1962 war with China. 'China's India War' by Bertil Lintner says that China had caught India by surprise and it had a simple objective.

Reports of beefing up of forces by China in occupied Tibet can’t be trusted

Most of these reports are repetitive in nature or have images picked up from old exercises in areas looking similar to Tibet claiming authenticity.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.