Tag Archives: India

• India’s top general says face-off with China could spark bigger conflict 6 November 2020 | Devjyot Ghoshal This post has 3 comments

  India’s top military commander said on Friday a tense border standoff with Chinese forces in the western Himalayas could spark a larger conflict, even as senior commanders from both sides met near the frontline for their eighth round talks. ...

• Modi woos global investors as economy shows signs of recovery 5 November 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has no comments yet

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged global investors on Thursday to invest in the country’s infrastructure and manufacturing sector as his government aims to bolster the economy amid some signs of recovery. ...

• Republic TV founder Arnab Goswami arrested in suicide case 4 November 2020 This post has no comments yet

  Indian police on Wednesday said they arrested a firebrand television news anchor and charged him with abetment to suicide in connection with the 2018 deaths of an interior designer and the designer’s mother. ...

• India, US, Japan and Australia kick off large naval drills 3 November 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani This post has 3 comments

  India, the United States, Japan and Australia began their largest joint naval exercises in over a decade on Tuesday, Indian government sources said, seen as part of efforts to balance China’s vast military and economic power in the region. ...

• Indian Kashmir shuts down over new land laws 1 November 2020 This post has no comments yet

  Indian Kashmir was hit Saturday by its biggest general strike since losing its semi-autonomous status last year, with local anger brewing over a new measure allowing outsiders to buy land in the disputed territory. ...

• US warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India 27 October 2020 | Neha Arora and Sanjeev Miglani This post has one comment

  The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China. ...

• Losing Corona warriors: Indian media’s way 23 October 2020 | Nava Thakuria This post has no comments yet

  The populous country of India has lost nearly 50 working journalists to Covid-19 complications till date, whereas the worldwide media Corona casualties have risen to nearly 450. ...

• Half of Indians likely to have coronavirus by February 19 October 2020 | Shilpa Jamkhandikar This post has no comments yet

  At least half of India’s 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected with the new coronavirus by next February, helping slow the spread of the disease, a member of a federal government committee tasked with providing projections. ...

• India, China military officials hold ‘positive’ talks on troop pullback 13 October 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani This post has no comments yet

  Indian and Chinese military commanders held “positive, constructive” discussions on disengaging troops locked in a months-long standoff at their disputed Himalayan border, the two sides said in a joint statement on Tuesday. ...

• India, China hold fresh talks on ending military faceoff 12 October 2020 | Aijaz Hussain This post has no comments yet

  Senior Indian and Chinese military commanders were holding fresh talks Monday aimed at ending a monthslong standoff along their disputed border in the remote Ladakh region. ...