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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, poses with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi before their meeting in New Delhi. Photo: A...
Chinese foreign minister expected to visit New Delhi, a fi...
An expected – but unconfirmed – visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi to India would be the first by a senior Chinese government official sinc...
Why India is worried about China and Myanmar as conflict f...
January 25, 2022
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By: Kunal Purohit
People in in Kohima, Nagaland, at a 70km march demanding the repeal of the Armed ForcesSpecial Powers Act. Photo: AP
Mumbai: Trouble has returned...
For India, Philippines’ BrahMos missile order is a win as...
January 15, 2022
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By: Kunal Purohit
The BrahMos weapon system on show in New Delhi in January 2015. Photo: AFP
The Philippines has placed a US$375 million order with India for super...
As crisis drags on, are Beijing and New Delhi digging in f...
December 21, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
India has deployed thousands of troops along its disputed Himalayan border with China. Photo: AFP
Both China and India say they want to resolve t...
From Australia to UK, India seeks new FTAs with growth, jo...
October 25, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
A worker at a bottle factory near Ahmedabad, India. Photo: AFP
Days after finance ministers of the G20 nations agreed to push for smoother trade...
As trade with China grows despite tensions, Modi’s ‘self-r...
June 11, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for self-reliance from China. Photo: AFP
Calls in New Delhi to boycott Chinese imports, a campaign...
Tibetans have a new political leader. Here’s what to expec...
May 21, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
Penpa Tsering, left, talks to his predecessor as leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay, right, in Dharamsala, India, in 2013. Pho...
Was India’s pull-out from lake on disputed China border a...
April 28, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengaging from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh. Photo: Handout
Two months after New Delhi...
France, India and Australia step up Quad-style cooperation...
April 15, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
Indian army fighter jets on an aircraft carrier during the Malabar naval exercise in 2020, in which Australia, Japan and the US - the other countr...
Why did the US conduct a freedom of navigation operation a...
April 13, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
A month after their leaders were among the participants in the first-ever Quad summit, a naval operation is threatening to drive a wedge between the U...
Does French-led naval drill reveal clues about Quad’s plan...
April 5, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
Joint Japan-India naval exercises. Photo: Twitter
Warships from the United States, Japan, Australia, India and France will from Monday sail toget...
Are India and Pakistan really heading towards peace?
March 26, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
Are the winds of change finally blowing across Sir Creek, the narrow strip of water dividing India and Pakistan?
After years of tension, viol...
India-China border dispute: as both sides withdraw troops,...
February 17, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengaging from the banks of Pangong Tso in Eastern Ladakh.Photo: Northern Command, Indian Army
After...
China-India border dispute: new village near Tibet sparks...
January 21, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
A screenshot from China's CCTV shows Chinese PLA soldiers stationed at the Sino-India border in Tibet in January. Photo: Handout
A report by Indi...
Can exiled Tibetans secure India’s backing in the struggle...
January 18, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
A Tibetan living in exile in India casts his vote for the Tibetan parliamentary election at a polling station in Dharamsala on January 3. Photo: EPA...
China and India dig in at Himalayan border, with an eye on...
January 15, 2021
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By: Kunal Purohit
People’s Liberation Army soldiers pictured earlier this month at the Himalayan border China shares with India. Photo: Handout
Eight months...
China-India border stand-off: Amid push for fresh talks, a...
December 23, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
After more than 40 days without any dialogue, Chinese and Indian diplomats met last week in yet another bid to resolve the border stand-off, which is...
China-Nepal agreement over new Everest height set to spark...
Mount Everest is 8,848.86 metres high, according to China and Nepal. Photo: Kyodo
The announcement of a new height for Mount Everest ma...
India and China gear up for a new battle, this time over w...
December 8, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
Amid an unending seven-month long border stand-off between their troops and economic decoupling, the frayed ties between India and China now have a fr...
Near the China-Bhutan-India border, a new village is drawi...
Images in October of the new Pangda village on the west bank of the Torsa River stirred controversy about possible border infringements but both Chi...
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