Category Archives: News

• China, India agree to disengage troops on contested border 10 September 2020 | Reuters Staff no comments

  China and India said they had agreed to de-escalate renewed tensions on their contested Himalayan border and take steps to restore “peace and tranquillity” following a high-level diplomatic meeting in Moscow. ...

• Indian and Chinese troops man remote Himalayan outposts just hundreds of meters apart 9 September 2020 | Devjyot Ghoshal 2 comments

  Indian and Chinese troops were facing off on Wednesday, barely a few hundred meters apart, in a remote Himalayan region where shots were fired for the first time in decades, Indian officials said. ...

• India, China accuse each other of firing in the air on tense border 8 September 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani and Yew Lun Tian no comments

  India and China have accused each other of firing in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a further escalation of military tension between the nuclear-armed nations. ...

• Never recognised Arunachal Pradesh as part of India, says China 8 September 2020 | Times Now Digital no comments

  Amid ongoing border tensions, China has once again provoked India and this time Beijing has said that it has never recognised Arunachal Pradesh claiming it to be a 'part of China's south Tibet region'. ...

• SFF soldier Nyima Tenzin cremated with full military honour 7 September 2020 | Times Now Digital 2 comments

  Hundreds of people came together to pay tribute to SFF soldier Nyima Tenzin, who was killed in a landmine on the Indo-China border near Panggong lake on 30 August, as his body was cremated with full military honours in Leh. ...

• India becomes second worst-hit country by coronavirus 7 September 2020 no comments

  India overtook Brazil on Monday to become the second-worst affected country in terms of coronavirus cases behind the United States. It has recorded 4.20 million infections since the pandemic began, with 71,642 deaths. ...

• China planning building spree in Tibet as India tensions rise, sources say 6 September 2020 no comments

  China is planning a more than 1 trillion yuan ($146 billion) push to accelerate infrastructure investment in Tibet, including new and previously announced projects, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. ...

• China accuses India of playing the Tibet card 6 September 2020 no comments

  A rattled China on the defensive due to the military setbacks on the border has now accused India of playing the Tibet card. ...

• India and China agree to ease tension on border 5 September 2020 no comments

  India and China said on Saturday they had agreed to work towards reducing tensions along their contested border, following a meeting of the defense ministers of the nuclear-armed Asian giants. ...

• Joe Biden says will meet Dalai Lama if elected President in November 4 September 2020 | Yashwant Raj 3 comments

  Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, has said that as president he will meet the Dalai Lama, press China to resume talks with Tibetans for “meaningful autonomy”, and “step up” support for Tibetans. ...