China on Thursday criticized a high-level visit to Taiwan by a US envoy, saying it will encourage “separatist forces” on the island. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters that “China strongly opposes” the visit of Undersecretary Keith Krach as it “will encourage the arrogant attitude of the separatist forces …
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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M, Jay Mazoomdaar, P Vaidyanathan Iyer | New Delhi | Updated: September 17, 2020 2:02:55 pm Policymakers such as NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, academic historian Romila Thapar, and political psychologist Ashish Nandy, are also monitored by Zhenhua Data, a firm that has ties to the …
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Precisely six years ago, on September 17, 2014, Ahmedabad and New Delhi were abuzz with the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, the folk singer Peng Liyuan. Television channels played an extended video loop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sitting on a swing with Xi on the …
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Written by Krishn Kaushik, Nirupama Subramanian | New Delhi | Updated: September 17, 2020 7:59:32 am An IAF plane in Leh on Wednesday amid the protracted standoff between India and China. PTI Clarifying the situation on the Depsang Plains in Ladakh, where China has been blocking India’s access to four …
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Written by Manoj CG, Liz Mathew, Shubhajit Roy | New Delhi | Updated: September 17, 2020 6:59:34 am The “targets”, as the ongoing investigation has revealed, include President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, key opposition leaders, and men and women from a variety of disciplines, political, legislative, scientific …
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Recent actions by the Indian military amid border tension demonstrate India’s determination to stand up to harassment from China and its efforts to use coercion to get its way, experts have said. The armies of the two countries are very close in some areas of eastern Ladakh. The Chinese PLA, …
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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M, Jay Mazoomdaar | New Delhi | Updated: September 15, 2020 4:41:45 am Targets include venture capitalists, angel investors, founders and CTOs of the country’s promising new e-commerce platforms, and India-based foreign investors. From an engineering student interning at the Indian Railways to the Chief Investment …
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After Ladakh and the South China Sea, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is poised to open another front against Bhutan, with a build-up in the western and central part of the Kingdom in an attempt to establish the border on terms favorable to China. In the next 25th round of …
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After the Indian Army announced the deception of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Rezang La mountain range on August 29-30, India is set for a long tour in Ladakh with clear instructions for troops from front line don’t give in to any Chinese intimidation. While military and diplomatic …
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Defense Minister Rajnath Singh held “frank and in-depth” talks with his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe on Friday about the border clash along the Royal Line of Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, as well. as on the relations between India and China. the government said Saturday. Singh, the Defense Ministry …
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