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Expressing a view that will surprise many people, one of India’s highly regarded former ambassadors to China, who has also served as High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador to Bhutan, has said “India’s standing in the neighbourhood and…

New Delhi: “A joint press statement is definitely a positive development…but some of the language in China’s readout is concerning…I have doubts about what future action China will take…however, Ladakh is not Troy and this is not…

Chandigarh: India’s options to vacate the occupation of large portions of its territory by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) along the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, vary from ‘bad, to worse to downright…

Ajai Shukla. 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, folk singer Peng Liyuan. Televisions channels played an extended video loop of…

New Delhi: India on Thursday stated that there should be “complete disengagement” at all friction points, with special emphasis on Pangong Tso Lake, even as China reiterated that the “pressing need” was for New Delhi to “correct its…

New Delhi: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday spoke on the military standoff with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and said that no force in the world can stop Indian troops from patrolling the country’s border in…

New Delhi: For the first time since the start of the military stand-off with China, defence minister Rajnath Singh offered a statement on the historical background and ongoing ground situation in eastern Ladakh. However, the minister’s…

The joint statement issued after the meeting of foreign ministers of India and China in Moscow on September 10 might end the deadlock over the Ladakh crisis with the possibility of an early disengagement. However, this will come at huge…

 Anil Lama.   First of all I would like to give lots of thanks to Raleigh International Nepal (RIN) for selecting me a Team Leader for International Citizen Service (ICS) 1st cycle 2020 in Livelihood Program for Gorkha District of Nepal.…

Nothing is deemed to be done till words have translated into deeds. This is the vertebrae of the cold war principle of trust, but verify. The outcome of the low-expectation dialogue of foreign ministers of India and China, S. Jaishankar…