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...
As India-China border dispute continues, New Delhi works t...
December 3, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
Adding significance to India’s outreach is the accompanying sense of urgency. Photo: EPA
Adding significance to the outreach is the accompa...
As Chinese imports boom, what happened to Modi’s ‘self-rel...
November 23, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chapra, Bihar state. His ‘self-reliant’ India plan appears to be stumbling. Photo: AFP
Prime M...
Are China and India breaking the deadlock in the Himalayas...
November 14, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
An Indian Army soldier stands guard near the Line of Actual Control. Photo: AFP
Six months into the high-altitude border stand-off betw...
Will Modi-Trump bromance come back to bite India under Bid...
November 12, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
As it became clear that Joe Biden was inching closer to victory over Donald Trump in the US presidential election, a 10-second clip started doing the...
US, India sign defence pact after talks focused on counter...
October 28, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
From left: Secretary of Defence Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from the US, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Foreign Minister...
Is Ladakh going to be the new Kashmir?
October 13, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
Soldiers load an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter with supplies at a forward airbase in Leh, in the Ladakh region. Photo: Reuters
Five months...
Border stand-off: India ‘expects China to stand down first...
September 22, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
The top commanders of the Chinese and Indian armies met on Monday at Moldo, on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in a fresh bid to...
Military force key to national security, says Modi’s defen...
September 4, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
The top military adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Thursday said India was prepared to continue using its armed forces to...
As India celebrates Joe Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris...
August 13, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
US presidential candidate Joe Biden with his running mate Kamala Harris
A wave of excitement swept through India when US Democratic presidential...
China-India border talks stall, Beijing holds all the card...
August 12, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
As the border stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Himalayan region of Ladakh enters its 15th week, with little indication of a breakthr...
Winter is coming and China-India border dispute shows no s...
July 29, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
The border stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops is now in its 13th week, surpassing the 72-day impasse at the Doklam plateau in 2017.
There ha...
Will India play the Taiwan and Tibet card in its face off...
July 25, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
As the border stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Himalayas stretches into its 11th week, increasingly loud voices are urging New Delhi...
Russia and US jostle for arms sales to India after tension...
July 12, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
Russia and the United States are racing to sell weapons to India as New Delhi seeks to boost arms supplies for its ongoing military tension with Beiji...
China-India border: Why the devil is still in the detail f...
Senior Chinese and Indian officials have held further talks on pulling back troops after last month’s deadly clash on their disputed Himalayan b...
India-Japan naval exercises: a message for China?
June 30, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
Joint exercises by the Indian and Japanese navies in the Indian Ocean at the weekend suggest the two countries are drawing closer to face what they pe...
India faces new low in bilateral ties with Nepal amid stan...
June 22, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
Nepal’s decision on Thursday to approve a controversial new territorial map contested by India – as New Delhi is in the throes of a bitter...
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