Russian bid to host SCO, Brics meets shadowed by China’s Ladakh move
Russia’s efforts to host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Brics summits with physical presence of the leaders is being overshadowed by China’s move to amass troops in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control. While the disengagement process has been initiated, PLA troops continue to be amassed, casting a shadow over the two non-Western plurilaterals of which Russia holds the current presidency, ET has reliably gathered. Both China and India are members of these organisations and India has strongly backed the goals …
Indian troops arrive in China for joint military exercise
Indian and Chinese armies are all set to hold their third joint military exercise after a gap of five years, as a 150-strong Indian army contingent arrived in Chengdu city today to take part in anti-terrorism drills. Indian and Chinese armies are all set to hold their third joint military exercise after a gap of five years, as a 150-strong Indian army contingent arrived in Chengdu city today to take part in anti-terrorism drills. The 10-day drill code named ‘hand in hand’ would be formally inaugurated tomorrow at a designated area…
Govt. approves $10.6 billion mountain strike corps to check China
Boosting the Indian Army's war fighting capabilities along the line of actual control (LAC), the government on Wednesday has given the go ahead to the creation of a strike corps to check China. Boosting the Indian Army's war fighting capabilities along the line of actual control (LAC), the government on Wednesday has given the go ahead to the creation of a strike corps including deployment of 50,000 additional troops along the China border at a cost of around Rs 65,000 crore (USD 10.6 billion). The Cabinet committee on secur…
Army to have Apache attack choppers in Mountain Strike Corps
The mountain strike corps sanctioned for the Army for deployment along the China border will have an aviation brigade that may include the Apache attack choppers. The mountain strike corps sanctioned for the Army for deployment along the China border will have an aviation brigade that may include the Apache attack choppers. The corps was sanctioned by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) yesterday at a cost of Rs 65,000 crore and would involve raising of around 50,000 troops for it. The new corps may have the Apache attack cho…
China for freeze on infra development on LAC, India to reject
China has proposed freezing of infrastructure development along the border under a new pact but it is set to be rejected by India which is in the process of building infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control(LAC). China has proposed freezing of infrastructure development along the border under a new pact but it is set to be rejected by India which is in the process of building infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control(LAC). China has made the proposal as part of the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) which is und…
Chinese Troops Intrude Again, Threaten Locals in Hindi
Chinese troops made another intrusion into Indian territory - Chumar sector in Ladakh - in June and threatened the locals in Hindi, according to Indian intelligence agencies and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Chinese troops made another intrusion into Indian territory - Chumar sector in Ladakh - in June and threatened the locals in Hindi, according to Indian intelligence agencies and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops reportedly entered Indian territory in the Chumar secto…
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