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Explained: Is China trying to recruit Nepal’s famed Gorkhas into its army?
Fp Explainers •China wants its very own Gorkha regiment for its Peoples Liberation Army. The effort may bear fruit this year as Nepal has refused to send its famous ‘fearless’ warriors for recruitment to the Indian Army owing to the Agnipath scheme. Will New Delhi’s loss be Beijing’s gain?
Eye on LAC: Indian Army begins reviewing combat readiness amid military standoff with China
Umang Sharma •The five-day Army Commanders' Conference begins today and will be chaired by General Manoj Pande. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be addressing the conference on 19 April
'No one can encroach upon even a needle-tip of land of India', says Amit Shah in Arunachal Pradesh
Umang Sharma •Home Minister Amit Sharma paid homage to martyrs of 1962 India-China war in Kibithoo who 'fought with valour despite lacking in resources'
Amit Shah to visit Arunachal village along China border
Fp Staff •During his first visit to the northeastern state as the home minister, Amit Shah will inaugurate nine micro hydel projects constructed under the 'Golden Jubilee Border Illumination Programme' in Kibithoo
Put issues related to border in 'proper place', work for its early normalisation: Chinese FM Qin to Jaishankar
•Qin's first in-person meeting with EAM Jaishankar came on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers conclave in New Delhi amid the over 34-month-long border row in eastern Ladakh. Qin took charge as Chinese foreign minister in December, succeeding Wang Yi
Why China’s plans of a new railway line through Aksai Chin is worrying news for India
Fp Explainers •China is building a new railway route connecting Tibet and Xinjiang through Aksai Chin. This region, also termed as ‘no-man’s land’ has been a bone of contention between the two countries since the 1950s and was at the centre of the 1962 India-China war
India-China clash in Tawang: The significance of Arunachal Pradesh to Beijing, explained
Fp Explainers •Troops from India and China once again clashed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Yangtse area of Tawang on 9 December. Since the 1962 war, Beijing has continuously tried to stake a claim on the northeastern state because of its strategic positioning and its close ties to Buddhism
Explained: The latest clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Arunachal’s Tawang
Fp Explainers •India and Chinese troops had a face-off in Arunachal’s Tawang sector on 9 December, leading to minor injuries on both sides. The clashes started after hundreds of People’s Liberation Army soldiers intruded across the LAC with crude weapons
Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra in Uttarakhand akin to aircraft without pilot: BJP
•Congress leaders began Bharat Jodo Yatra in Uttarakhand from Mana, the last Indian village near the India-China border in Chamoli district, on 7 November
Arunachal Pradesh: Two men go missing near India-China border, search underway
•Bateilum Tikro and his friend Bayingso Manyu, residents of Duiliang village in Anjaw district, had left home on 19 August in search of medicinal herbs and to hunt at high-altitude mountains along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)