China on Wednesday opposed India’s decision to ban an additional 43 mobile phone apps of Chinese origin for security reasons, saying the move violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. On Tuesday, India imposed a new ban on Chinese-sourced apps, the fourth time it has done so since the border standoff …
Read More »India and China discuss foreign ministers’ 5-point agenda to ease border situation: Chinese official
Diplomats from India and China are holding talks to implement the five-point consensus reached earlier this month by the foreign ministers of the two countries to resolve border tensions, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. High-level diplomats from the two countries are meeting via video link under the Working Mechanism …
Read More »Joint India-China Statement Emphasizes Need to Build More Trust
The joint statement issued after the foreign ministers of India and China met in Moscow proposes a new set of confidence-building measures (CBMs) to maintain peace along the disputed border, an indication of that existing bilateral agreements have failed to fill the trust gaps between the United States. troops from …
Read More »Pangong’s fingers heat up: fight for the heights as PLA men concentrate on the ridge, India sends more troops
Written by Deeptiman Tiwary, Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: September 11, 2020 9:32:01 am Workers from the Border Roads Organization (BRO) rest near Lake Pangong in Ladakh. (AP Photo: Manish Swarup, file) Indian troops are being deployed in large numbers along Finger 3 ridge on the north shore …
Read More »Preparing for Moscow, Delhi and Beijing work hotlines to reduce tensions
Written by Shubhajit Roy | New Delhi | Updated: September 9, 2020 7:52:21 am Minister of Foreign Affairs S Jaishankar in Moscow (ANI) One day after first shooting incident Along the Royal Line of Control in 45 years, New Delhi and Beijing were working on direct diplomatic lines to reduce …
Read More »First time in 45 years, gunfire across LAC as troops foil China’s attempt to take a key altitude
Written by Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: September 9, 2020 5:56:04 am Army sources said Indian troops at Mukpari, one of the heights they occupied a week ago in the Chushul sector, foiled a Chinese attempt to reach the top of the hill on Monday night. Rejecting Beijing’s …
Read More »The army provides food and medical aid to three Chinese nationals stranded along LAC in Sikkim
By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: September 5, 2020 7:37:33 pm Army personnel deployed to the area also guided Chinese citizens, including a woman, to return to the Chinese side. (Source: Twitter / @ adgpi) At a time when it is involved in a fierce clash with China’s PLA …
Read More »The situation on the Ladakh border is a ‘direct result’ of Chinese action to achieve a unilateral change in the status quo: MEA
By: PTI | New Delhi | Posted: September 3, 2020 6:29:42 pm An Indian army soldier stands guard on top of his vehicle as his convoy moves on the Srinagar-Ladakh highway in Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 (AP Photo). India said on Thursday that the …
Read More »India rejects Russia’s invitation to participate in multilateral military exercise amid border dispute with China
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: August 29, 2020 8:13:12 pm The Indian contingent had previously planned to include a company-level force of approximately 180 soldiers from an infantry battalion, 40 Air Force personnel and two Navy officers as observers for Exercise Kavkaz. EXPRESS PHOTO BY PRAVEEN …
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