Report by Australian think tank suggests though Indian forces occupy commanding position along Yangtse ridgeline, their "current positions may not hold up to a concerted assault".
For Beijing, the Indian Ocean region can become its strategic vulnerability. A defensive posture must be counterbalanced by offensive capability in the maritime domain.
While the Yangtse clash is another reminder of a tense LAC, defence personnel say they see it as a stand-alone incident and not part of a larger Chinese strategy.
Rather than presenting the full spectrum of Indian culture at once, a more strategic approach would be to identify one globally intelligible cultural lane & invest in it consistently.
Issued amid a West Asia war-induced energy crunch, the order now legally binds all entities controlling land, roads and housing societies to facilitate laying of pipelines.
The countries signed a memorandum for co-development of UNICORN masts in November 2024. India has been second Asian nation to have such an agreement with Tokyo, after Philippines.
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