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...
Amid stand-off with China, India faces new low in bilatera...
June 21, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
A Nepali activist burns an image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a May protest against India’s unilateral construction of a link...
China-India border dispute: what are New Delhi’s options t...
June 19, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
While New Delhi and Beijing officially agreed against escalating the deadly conflict that erupted on their disputed border this week, unofficially in...
Why India-China border dispute will continue to be shaped...
June 11, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
The tense stand-off between Chinese and Indian troops at the Himalayan frontier, which began in early May, continues to play out following high-level...
India-China standoff talks will focus on troops returning...
June 6, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
When India’s top military officials meet their counterparts from China on Saturday to resolve the latest face-off between troops high in the Him...
Mumbai’s slums threaten to become a Covid-19 breeding grou...
April 22, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
In the Govandi slums of eastern Mumbai, 27-year-old Anjum Shaikh has heard enough about the coronavirus pandemic to know that she should wash her hand...
Coronavirus: 94,000 returnees to haunt Punjab, land of Ind...
March 27, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
For the past two weeks, 27-year-old Pulkit Singh has been spending much of his waking life on social media.
Like everyone else, Singh is worried abou...
Trump and Modi discuss China factor, sign defence deal, bu...
February 26, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
A day after being accorded a grand welcome, US President Donald Trump got down...
China looms large even in its absence at India’s Raisina D...
January 20, 2020
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By: Kunal Purohit
The Raisina Dialogue
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