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China, India, US and the significance of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act

Jan 19, 2021, at 05:12 pm

It is too often the case in the modern world that the voices of the suppressed, especially those from numerically smaller groups, get lost in the vast hollows of apathy and self-interest that seem to have consumed the conscience of powerful nations. 

China built village in disputed region of Arunachal Pradesh : Report

Jan 19, 2021, at 05:50 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Exclusive satellite images have shown China has built a new village comprising 101 homes in the disputed area of Arunachal Pradesh,  approximately 4.5 km within the Indian territory of the de facto border, reported NDTV.

Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli offers mediation between India-China on LAC issue

Jan 12, 2021, at 08:35 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has offered to mediate between India and China in their border conflict.

India hands back apprehended Chinese soldier in eastern Ladakh

Jan 11, 2021, at 07:47 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Army on Monday handed back the apprehended Chinese soldier at Chushul-Moldo in eastern Ladakh.

Indian sailors stuck in China to return on Jan 14

Jan 09, 2021, at 09:56 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Twenty-three sailors, who have been stranded in Chinese waters near port due to Coronavirus-induced restrictions, will be returning to India on Jan 14.

India-US close coordination has been significant amid Chinese aggression : Kenneth Juster

Jan 06, 2021, at 01:39 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: While dwelling on the US-India ties spanning counter-terrorism, economic, defence and geo-strategic cooperation, outgoing US envoy Kenneth Juster has said the deeper ties between the two countries has been important "as India confronts, perhaps on a sustained basis, aggressive Chinese activity on its border".

China’s foreign aid agency to foray into Nepal

Jan 05, 2021, at 10:45 pm

Kathmandu/UNI: China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)- China’s external aid and development agency is all set to make a foray into Nepal with plans to finance 15 pilot development projects in the northern districts of the country.

FM Jaishankar launches ANI founder Prem Prakash’s book busting the myth of India-China brotherhood

Dec 19, 2020, at 11:22 pm

 Kolkata/New Delhi: With this year's deadly border skirmish and martyrdom of soldiers along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh still weighing heavily over every Indian, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday launched a book of veteran journalist and media entrepreneur Prem Prakash who had reported from the ground zero of India-China War in 1962 and had always debunked the Indian romanticism of a brotherly bond with its expansionist communist neighbour. 

20th meeting of working mechanism for consultation, coordination on India-China Border Affairs held

Dec 19, 2020, at 06:12 am

New Delhi: The 20th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held on 18 December 2020.

Indian forces ready to counter any eventuality in Ladakh: General Bipin Rawat

Dec 15, 2020, at 04:54 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Monday said the Indian forces are ready to counter "any eventuality" in Ladakh as China's People's Liberation Army carries out developmental activities in nearby areas of Tibet Autonomous Region.

China's actions violate bilateral agreements on ensuring peace along LAC: India

Dec 12, 2020, at 04:57 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India on Friday blamed China over its standoff with the neighbouring country in eastern Ladakh for the past 6 months and accused Beijing of bringing unilateral changes in the status along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)

BJP is calling farmers who feed country as 'Pakistani agents': AAP

Dec 11, 2020, at 01:54 am

Chandigarh/UNI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Thursday took offence to the statement of Rao Saheb Danve, Union Minister of State in the Narendra Modi government in which he reportedly labelled the agitating farmers as 'agents of Pakistan and China'.

Despite border clashes, China falls back on India for rice import

Dec 04, 2020, at 02:03 am

New Delhi: At a time when India and China are engaged in a bitter border standoff for quite sometime now, Beijing started importing Indian rice after a gap of two years and placed orders for shipment of about 5,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice due to competitive prices offered by its immediate neighbour compared to other nations, media reports said.

CSIR slams ‘faulty’ Chinese report claiming Covid-19 originated in India or Bangladesh

Dec 03, 2020, at 05:47 am

New Delhi: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande has slammed a Chinese study which claims that Covid-19 had origins in India or Bangladesh.

Country giving befitting reply to expansionist forces: PM Modi

Dec 01, 2020, at 02:54 am

Varanasi/UNI: Without taking any names, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at China, saying that the country is giving a befitting reply to the expansionist forces.

India's Ajit Doval holds security talks with Sri Lanka, Maldives defence ministers ahead of trilateral meet

Nov 29, 2020, at 05:31 am

Delhi/UNI: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met the Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka Major Gen(Retd.)Kamal Gunaratne, ahead of the trilateral maritime and security conference which got underway in Colombo on Saturday.

Discussions going on to simplify India-China border issues: Army Chief Naravane

Nov 28, 2020, at 11:37 pm

Kannur/UNI: Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Saturday said 'discussions' were going on to simplify the India-China border issues.

Chinese government opposes Indian govt's decision to ban apps

Nov 27, 2020, at 12:22 am

New Delhi: The Chinese government has opposed Indian government's decision to ban more Chinese mobile applications.

India dismisses Chinese professor’s claim of Beijing using ‘microwave weapons’ against Indian forces

Nov 20, 2020, at 01:44 am

New Delhi: India has rejected China's claims that  Beijing is using  microwave weapons to defeat Indian forces in an alleged border clash in the disputed Ladakh region.

Twitter submitted apology for showing Leh as part of China: BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi

Nov 19, 2020, at 04:02 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Microblogging site Twitter has submitted a written apology to a parliamentary panel for hurting the sentiments of people of India by geotagging Leh as a part of China, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Meenakshi Lekhi said on Wednesday.

'India will give befitting reply if tested': PM Modi's strong message to China, Pakistan on Diwali

Nov 14, 2020, at 06:48 pm

New Delhi/Longewala/IBNS: In a strong message to the hostile neighbours on the occasion of festival Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India, the country which borders China and Pakistan, will give a befitting reply if tried and tested.

China halts fish imports from Indian firm after detecting coronavirus

Nov 13, 2020, at 05:52 pm

Beijing/IBNS: China will suspend fish imports from an Indian company for a week claiming that novel coronavirus was detected on the outer packaging of frozen cuttlefish, said a media report.

PM Modi to join first SCO virtual summit

Nov 10, 2020, at 07:36 am

New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate at the first-ever virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held on November 10 where Chinese President Xi Xinping and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will also be present which is expected to set the agenda for the body for the coming year.

Border clash: 8th round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting held in Chushul

Nov 09, 2020, at 12:03 am

New Delhi: The 8th round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held in Chushul region on Nov 6, officials said.

India, China agree to ensure troops exercise restraint along LAC

Nov 08, 2020, at 03:47 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India and China have agreed to ensure their frontline troops exercise restrain, avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, where forces of two countries are engaged into border standoff since early May.

Any attempt to unilaterally change status quo at LAC will not be accepted: S Jaishankar 

Nov 03, 2020, at 12:15 am

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday gave a strong message to China and said any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) will not be accepted.

Twitter's defence on geotagging Leh in China 'inadequate': Parliament panel

Oct 29, 2020, at 01:05 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The parliamentary Joint Committee examining the Personal Data Protection Bill has said Twitter's explanation on showing Ladakh as a part of China is inadequate, amounting to criminal offence, said media reports.

We stand shoulder-to-shoulder in support of free and open Indo-Pacific for all amid Chinese aggression: Esper

Oct 27, 2020, at 09:41 pm

New Delhi: US Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday said India and US stand  shoulder-to-shoulder in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region specifically at a time when China is taking an aggressive stance.

Want Indo-China border tension to end: Rajnath Singh after 'Shastra Puja'

Oct 25, 2020, at 06:51 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India wants peace along the border with China but also assured countrymen that Indian soldiers won't let anyone take away an inch of land.

India, China remain engaged through diplomatic discussions in solving LAC disputes: MEA

Oct 23, 2020, at 03:53 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India on Thursday said it continues to remain engaged with the Chinese side through diplomatic discussions and military channels to peacefully resolve the issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border between the two countries.