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...
The Intra-Afghan dialogue is good news for Pakistan-US rel...
September 22 ,2020
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By: Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
US President Donald Trump meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the World Economic Forum
Earlier this month, the much-...
Army infections unmask India’s struggle to sustain border...
September 22 ,2020
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By: Li Jie
The Indian Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said at a meeting on September 16 that about 20,000 Indian military personnel hav...
The trouble with torpedoing India’s plan for a third aircr...
September 22 ,2020
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By: Commodore Udai Rao (Retd)
India it appears is all set to torpedo its plans for a second indigenous aircraft carrier, just as China prepares to surge in to the In...
China and friends surround India: Your move, New Delhi
September 21 ,2020
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By: Nian Peng
Chinese President Xi Jinping with Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi
The recent visit of China’s top diploma...
Why Maldives security deal stirs India’s senses
September 21 ,2020
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By: Long Xingchun
China-Maldives Friendship Bridge
Some officious Indian media outlets have forcibly linked a cooperation agreement between the US a...
Myanmar minorities slam biased campaign ahead of polls
September 21 ,2020
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By: Kyaw Ye Lynn
Coronavirus fatalities in Myanmar continue to rise steadily, reaching 75 as of Saturday after dozens of patients have died in recent we...
Sri Lanka cattle-slaughter ban mimics India's slight of Mu...
September 21 ,2020
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By: Munza Mushtaq
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appear at the Kelaniya Buddhist temple in Colombo
Sri Lan...
LAC standoff: Indian options are 'bad, to worse to downrig...
September 19 ,2020
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By: Rahul Bedi
India’s options to vacate the occupation of large portions of its territory by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA)...
As Bangladesh’s relations with India weaken, ties with Chi...
September 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
Sylhet, a city in north-eastern Bangladesh, is some 50km from the border with India. But when the government awarded a $250m contract i...
Turkey defense expo to bring South Asian countries togethe...
September 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
The expo, which will be virtual this year due to the ongoing pandemic, will be held between Oct. 26-28, bringing together military dele...
This Indian tank took 35 years to build and was a complete...
September 19 ,2020
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By: Kyle Mizokami
In the mid-1970s, India began development on a totally new, advanced main battle tank that would satisfy the needs of the country&rsquo...
In Modi’s India, Muslim rulers of the past ‘can’t be heroe...
September 18 ,2020
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By: Amrit Dhillon
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pictured in New Delhi on September 14. Photo: EPA
For 300 years from the 16th century onwards,...
China-India border tension could 'extend to winter'
In a speech before the Indian parliament on Tuesday, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that the border dispute with China...
'End of the road' for pro-India politicians in Kashmir
September 18 ,2020
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By: Rifat Fareed
National Conference party president Farooq Abdullah, right and his son and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah were in detention for...
The problem with the Myanmar Army’s admissions of guilt
September 18 ,2020
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By: Maggi Quadrini
For decades, Myanmar’s military has used brutal tactics, including intimidation, harassment, torture and murder, to suppress and...
From 'LAC' to 'border areas', the joint statement indicate...
September 17 ,2020
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By: Pravin Sawhney
The joint statement issued after the meeting of foreign ministers of India and China in Moscow on September 10 might end the deadlock o...
Chabahar faces more delay as India junks deal with China c...
September 17 ,2020
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By: Moushumi Das Gupta
India has cancelled its deal with Chinese port-crane-maker Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company for the strategic Chabahar port pr...
Before being banned, ULFA leaders had sought UK support, r...
September 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Two months before the Chandra Shekhar government at the Centre did away with the first Asom Gana Parishad government in Assam in 1990,...
Myanmar army probes 'wider patterns' of abuse against Rohi...
September 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
The Myanmar military has said it is investigating "possible wider patterns of violations" before and during a 2017 crackdown in Rakhine...
India’s Ladakh nightmare is far from over
September 16 ,2020
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By: Hammad Sarfraz
India appears to be stuck in the proverbial rock and a hard place. The country is struggling with the worst economic downturn, an inter...
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