India, China Say Latest LAC Talks Were Positive, Push for Mutually Acceptable Disengagement
The seventh round of corps commanders’ talks between India and China Monday at Chushul were “positive, constructive and had enhanced understanding of each other’s positions”, the two countri... Read more
Engaging Quad Partners on Reforming China-Centred Economic Globalisation is a Rare Opportunity for India
The Quad, or the quadrilateral security dialogue between India, US, Japan and Australia, is now emblematic of the geopolitical churn in the eastern hemisphere. Less noted but equally signifi... Read more
Japan Protests to China for Entering Japanese Waters
Tokyo has lodged protests to Beijing over the entry of Chinese coast guard ships into Japan’s territorial waters off disputed East China Sea islands and their refusal to move out for a third... Read more
Experts Debate the Necessity of Second Mountain Strike Corps for China Border
The very first China-centric Mountain Strike Corps (MSC) which was envisaged a decade ago had its blueprint rolling in 2013 with an initial raising cost of approximately Rs 65,000 crore. But... Read more
Tender for Rs 20,000-Crore Landing Platform Docks Project for Indian Navy Scrapped
The Indian Navy has scrapped a tender to procure four Landing Platform Docks or amphibious warships at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore, nearly seven years after launching the acquisition process,... Read more
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on Monday afternoon unveiled two new plans aimed at boosting demand in the flagging Indian economy, one that nudges Central government employees to sp... Read more
Ladakh will have 40-50 more bridges for better connectivity by next year: BRO DG
NEW DELHI: On the inauguration of 44 bridges constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in seven States and Union Territories, its Director General Lieutenant General Harpal Singh on... Read more
Rajnath inaugurates 44 bridges in border areas — 8 of them in Ladakh amid LAC standoff
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing tensions between India and China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Monday inaugurated eight major bridges in L... Read more
FATF’s Regional Group Keeps Pakistan On ‘Enhanced Follow-Up’ For Meagre Progress Against Terror Financing
SYDNEY: In a major setback to Pakistan, the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF’s) Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering has kept the country on “Enhanced Follow-up... Read more
Nirbhay missile develops technical snag during trial
The Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile, having a range of around 1,000 km, developed a technical snag during a test firing on Monday at a facility in Odisha, forcing its developer DRDO to abort... Read more