The Chinese Football Association has drawn criticism for publishing a promotional poster that warns not to underestimate Hong Kong's team of "black, white and yellow" players ahead of their World Cup qualifiers.
The operational alert allows troops to get acclimatised to high altitudes, renovate the bunkers and trenches from which they would fight, break out ammunition, and carry out the coordination needed to fight an integrated defensive battle.
It alleged that the decision by India to 'derail the summit' effectively 'contradicts' Prime Minister Narendra Modi's own call to fight against poverty in the region.
Dr Mohan will be representing India along with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka on the 24-member Executive Board of the IMF.
A deft hand on India-China relations, Bambawale earlier handled the China desk at the MEA.
Even senior Indian officials have openly stated that Chinese troops did not enter into the Indian territory, Wang said.
Myanmar is a member of the Asian Clearing Union and settlement of current account transactions including trade transactions are done through ACU.
The Pakistan government has fired a top law officer who earned the ire of lawyers by washing dishes and polishing shoes while performing voluntary service at Hindu and Sikh shrines in India to promote inter-faith harmony.
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Three more positive cases of novel coronavirus have been reported in India.
India is ranked below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of broadband penetration, says TRAI.
He said the 2 countries have handled border issues in the past.
The soldier crossed over to India along with six hardcore terrorists through the Indo-Pak border in Pathankot.
India is planning to deploy a contingent of its border guarding troops for strengthening the security of its embassy in Iran.
Narrowing of differences on competing territorial claims along the un-demarcated LAC might take weeks, if not months, of hard-nosed negotiations. Without some give and take on both sides, the impasse will be hard to resolve, observes Virendra Kapoor.
A trek a year is a must, says former foreign secretary Shyam Saran who has been at it for over 20 years. Here he lists his favourite five, all in the Himalayas.
Justice Bobde has decided several key cases and was part of the recent historic verdict that cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.
'Who are these people on the streets?' 'They are youth and students who were hoodwinked, bluffed by Modi for the last seven years, with a promise of 2 crore jobs every year.' 'And Mamata sings the same tune.' 'But the youth can see that as long as there is Mamata or Modi, there is no hope.'
The government accords top priority to secure the international border in Arunachal Pradesh that has borders with China, Bhutan and Myanmar.
India's soft power diplomacy came into play during this cataclysm affecting the world as the pandemic defies barriers and borders, notes Rup Narayan Das.
The Chinese have just one commander for all the forces confronting India. Commanders of all these forces answer to one man, and one headquarter. India, on the other hand, offers a diversity of options that is a military embarrassment in the 21st century. In Arunachal and Sikkim-Bhutan, the Eastern Army Commander is in charge. In the Uttarakhand (central) sector, it will be the Central Army Commander. The Himachal-Tibet border is the domain of the Western Army Commander. And all of Kashmir and Ladakh further on, the Northern Army's. Effectively, an array of at least eight 'three-star' commanders will be arrayed against one Chinese, says Shekhar Gupta.
With her long-standing demand for a loan waiver yet to be met by successive governments at the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday sought financial independence for states.
India on Wednesday said it has no plans for a structured meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the 18th SAARC summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised to Chinese President Xi Jinping the need for respecting each other's "interests and concerns, including in the shared neighbourhood", amid worries here over China's bid to increase influence in countries like Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
The sources said friends of India prevailed over those of Pakistan in the European Parliament on Wednesday.
India slashes sensitive list for LDCs under SAFTA.
Ramasundram, who was the Director of National Crime Records Bureau in her previous posting, is the first woman chief in over six-decade-long combined history of the five paramilitary forces.
Braving inclement weather, security forces early on Monday morning resumed a massive search operation along the Indo-Bhutan border to trace the helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others, which went missing on Saturday.
India's neighbours -- Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka -- are featured in the list of the "most failed states", according to the annual ranking prepared by the Foreign Policy magazine.
A committee headed by Patel recommended retail inflation targeting and a monetary policy committee.
The answer cannot be that we will beat the disease at the end of the 21 days. And the answer cannot be that it is to halt the spread because the spread is going to happen anyway, notes Aakar Patel.
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Claude Arpi meets General J J Singh, former Army Chief and today the governor of Arunachal Pradesh, who spells out the priorities and his vision for this border state. The governor also revisits the 1962 war and shares his perceptions for the future.
The sources said the exercise was a routine military drill by China.
"China is our enemy, not Pakistan. Pakistan can do us no damage," he said.
An unused cartridge of the army exploded accidentally killing a seven year-old boy and injuring eight others in Assam's Baksa district on Sunday.
Jaishankar maintained that New Delhi is engaged with Beijing in defusing tension through diplomatic channels.
Passengers entering India will now have to declare Indian currency exceeding Rs 25,000 and LCD, LED or Plasma televisions.
Drawn in Group A alongside Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bhutan, five-time winners and holders India will kick off their campaign in the SAFF Cup with a match against Afghanistan on December 3.