Category: India

No infiltration along Sino-Indian border in last 6 months: Govt tells RS

New Delhi, Sep 16: The government on Wednesday said there has been no infiltration along the Sino-Indian border in the last six months, while 47 infiltration bids have been reported along the Indo-Pak border during the period. The Union Home Ministry also informed the Rajya Sabha that 594 […]

India says China laying cables to bolster communications at border flashpoint

LEH, India – Two Indian officials said Chinese troops were laying a network of fibre optic cables at a western Himalayan flashpoint with India, suggesting they were digging in for the long haul despite high-level talks aimed at resolving a standoff there. Such cables, which would provide forward […]

India says it has doubled budget for roads and bridges on China border

NEW DELHI – India has doubled the budget for vital roads and bridges along the undemarcated border with China in recent years in response to Beijing’s rapid infrastructure development on its side, the Indian defence minister said on Tuesday. Troops of the two countries are locked in their […]

Asia Today: India cases climb to 4.75M as recovery improves

NEW DELHI — India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally to 4.75 million. The Health Ministry on Sunday also reported 1,114 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 78,586. Even as infections are growing faster […]

Chinese army releases five Arunachal Pradesh youths

Itanagar, Sep 12: Five youths who were allegedly abducted by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China near the McMahon line in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri were released on Saturday in Anjaw district, around 1,000 km away. The youths — Tanu Bakar, Prasad Ringling, Ngaru Diri, Dongtu Ebiya and […]

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh meets with Iran’s Minister of Defence in Tehran

open view news desk Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting on 5th September 2020 with Iran’s Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, at the latter’s request. Raksha Mantri was on a transit halt in Tehran enroute from Moscow to New Delhi. […]

COVID recovery rate rises to 77.32 pc; case fatality rate, one of lowest globally, drops to 1.72 pc

New Delhi, Sep 6: With a record 73,642 patients having recuperated in a day, India’s COVID-19 recoveries have surged to nearly 32 lakh, pushing the recovery rate to 77.32 per cent while the case fatality rate, one of the lowest globally, has further dropped to 1.72 per cent […]

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh meets Chinese Defence Minister

open view news desk NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 5: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh met General Wei Fenghe, State Councillor and Defence Minister of China on 4th September in Moscow on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting. The two Ministers had frank and in-depth discussions about […]

Trust, non-aggression & peaceful resolution of differences key for regional peace: Rajnath

Moscow, Sep 4: Peace and security in the SCO region demands a climate of trust, non-aggression, respect for international rules and peaceful resolution of differences, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, seen as an indirect message to China which is engaged in a festering border row with India […]

Asia Today: India adds another 83K, nears 2nd most in world

NEW DELHI — The number of people confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 80,000 and is near Brazil’s total, the second-highest in the world. The 83,341 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India’s total past 3.9 million, according to the […]

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