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Any serious conflict with India does not suit China’s global aspirations: IAF Chief

11:23 pm December 29, 2020

New Delhi : Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday said any serious conflict with India does not suit China’s global aspirations and ”grand plans” and the trigger for the Ladakh face-off could be the result of a variety of reasons including a ”military dominated misadventure” that escalated following the rapid trust deficit faced by […]

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Trump signs Tibet policy to preempt Chinese move on Dalai Lama’s succession; China firmly opposes

8:28 pm December 28, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that reaffirms the right of Tibetans to choose a successor to the Dalai Lama and calls for establishing an American consulate in Tibet, prompting China to warn that the act will seriously disrupt and hurt bilateral relations. The Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 modifies and re-authorises various programmes and provisions related to […]

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India’s foreign policy in 2020 saw recalibration following Chinese misadventure

3:42 pm December 27, 2020

New Delhi: India embarked on a major foreign policy overdrive in 2020, bringing its vision for a rules-based Indo-Pacific as a cornerstone of its diplomacy and displaying a steely resolve to fashion a regional environment conducive to its strategic interests in the face of China’s transgression attempts in eastern Ladakh that caused the most serious […]

China to send top-ranking CPC leader to Kathmandu to prevent split in Nepal Communist Party

6:30 pm December 26, 2020

Kathmandu: China is sending a four-member team led by a vice minister of the Chinese Communist Party to Kathmandu in what is believed to be its effort to assess the ground situation and prevent a split in the ruling the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), a media report said on Saturday. Nepal plunged into a political […]

Nepal’s apex court issues show-cause notice to Oli govt over Parliament dissolution

9:52 pm December 25, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Supreme Court on Friday issued a show-cause notice to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli-led government, asking it to submit a written clarification over its decision to abruptly dissolve Parliament. The five-member Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana issued the notice after a hearing on the writ petitions filed against the government’s […]