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New Delhi — President Donald Trump has offered to mediate as China and India move of troops to their shared Himalayan border, raising military tension between the two Asian giants in a long-time territorial dispute. "We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able…

Home / India News / Donald Trump offers to mediate ‘raging’ India-China border dispute US President Donald Trump on Wednesday waded into the tense border standoff between India and China, saying he was “ready, willing and able to mediate” between the two sides.Trump, who has in the past repeatedly offered…

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Asia Defense | Security | South Asia Despite its potent display of combat capability during the Balakot standoff, the PAF requires additional platforms to balance against a much larger Indian Air Force. Credit: Alert5 via Wikimedia CommonsAmidst sustained tensions between the two nuclear armed South Asian neighbors, the Indian Air Force is scheduled to…

The story so far: The dispute over Kalapani, which lies on the easternmost corner of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, between Nepal and India was revived in November 2019 when India published a revised political map showing the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Both India and Nepal…

It’s a battle of the maps now.The Nepalese government has released its new political map which shows Kalapani, Lipiyadhura and Lipulekh as its own territories. As these territories fall under the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, New Delhi was quick to react arguing that “such artificial enlargement of territorial claims will…

The writer is a public policy analyst based in Lahore and can be reached at durdananajam1@gmail.com On the political stage, India is playing out a seven-scene act to become a force to reckon with. Tools used are intimidation and fear mongering. Style is that of the usurper who has no…

For the second time this month, Indian forces have slain a key rebel leader in the disputed region of Kashmir. The killing followed a 12-hour shootout in Srinagar. A Kashmir rebel commander and his aide were killed in a shootout with Indian government forces in the region's summer capital on…

At a time when Indian and Chinese soldiers have been squabbling at various border points, a sliver of mountain terrain thus far familiar only to Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrims has suddenly come into focus for the media and public in India – the area around a place called Lipu Lek.Most national security…

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 15 May 2020 Q1. Which of the following statements with respect to labour laws in India stands true ? 1) Section 5 of the Factories Act empowers the State governments to exempt only in case of a “public emergency”, whereby the security of India…