Nepal Politics, India’s Complacency, Backing by China Drove Oli to Escalate Border Row: Experts
The domestic political rumblings in Nepal, its growing aspirations and assertiveness flowing from China’s strong economic backing and India’s “complacency” in engagin... Read more
Foreign Ministers of Russia-India-China to Hold Virtual Meeting on June 22
The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China are expected to hold a meeting via video conference on June 22, people familiar with developments said on Saturday, against the backdrop of h... Read more
How India can Combat Chinese Guile in Ladakh
We are told that the Ladakh front is more peaceful after Lt Gen Harinder Singh met Maj Gen Liu Lin, commander of the South Xinjiang Military Region, at Moldo near the Line of Actual Control... Read more
India had Offered Dialogue to Nepal on Row Over Map. Why PM Oli Ignored it
On Saturday, the lower house of the Nepali Parliament passed the constitutional amendment bill updating the so-called “political map of Nepal”. The “updated map” includes territories that ar... Read more
Indo-Pacific Charter Gains Support in India, US, Australia and Japan
On 14 August 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, which laid the foundations for Atlanticist primac... Read more
Article 370, Covid-19 to Rafale and Ties with China in Rajnath Singh’s Wide-Ranging Jammu Virtual Rally: Highlights
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday addressed the Jammu Jan Samvad virtual rally and talked about a range of issues. Jammu and Kashmir and the abrogation of Article 370 dominated... Read more
Indo-China Border Talks: Incremental Gain, Long Way for Resolution
India and China have undertaken a series of military level talks over the past two weeks in an effort to resolve the border crisis in Eastern Ladakh where PLA troops have intruded at four lo... Read more
India Seeks to Widen Indo-Pacific Partnership with Philippines Amid China’s Aggression
PM Narendra Modi’s recent conversation with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is significant as it opens up the possibility of wider Indo-Pacific partnership between Delhi and Manila in... Read more
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expected to lead American delegation, with Politburo member Yang Jiechi set to head Chinese team, insider says. Meeting would be first face-to-face talks be... Read more
Nepal Passes Amendment on New Map
Unanimous vote by Pratinidhi Sabha gives legal stamp to inclusion of Indian territory. The Lower House of Nepal’s Parliament on Saturday unanimously passed the historic Second Constitu... Read more









