Twenty Indian Army soldiers were killed, 76 injured and 10 were taken captive by China’s PLA near a stand-off point on the LAC in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan valley. Meanwhile, a row has erupted in India over why the Army soldiers didn’t carry weapons for self-defence.
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The rising tension and stand-offs between Indian and Chinese troops at several places along the line of actual control– from Ladakh to Sikkim – seems to be snowballing into a serious issue between the two countries with both countries augmenting their forces.
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The number of Coronavirus infections in India crossed 17,000 and the death toll 550. Meanwhile, US president Donald Trump has warned China of “consequences” if it emerges that Beijing knowingly allowed the spread of the virus outside the country.
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An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III plane evacuated stranded Indians and some foreigners from coronavirus-hit Wuhan, while, an Air India flight repatriated Indian crew and passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess, which is docked at Yokohama.
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China is delaying permission to India’s request to send an Indian Air Force transport plane to carry relief material for people affected by coronavirus in the neighbouring country and bring back Indians from Hubei province’s Wuhan – the worst affected city in the country.
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In his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said nations sponsoring, aiding and supporting terrorism must be held accountable. He added that India stands for a terrorism-free society.
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China finally relenting to give up its technical hold to list Jaish-e-Muhammed chief Masood Azhar as a UN-designated global terrorist has been publicized as a major diplomatic win for the Modi government. However, according to a media report, India might have paid a price for it.
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China, which had blocked moves to blacklist Masood Azhar four times, finally dropped its objections saying it “found no objection after a careful study of revised materials.”
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China has reportedly wiped out maps showing Jammu & Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as part of India from the Belt and Road Initiative website during the second BRI summit, which was under way in Beijing.
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Replying to a question by Dr JN Parekh in the Lok Sabha, on September 27, 1955, on whether India had refused a UNSC seat informally offered to it, Jawaharlal Nehru said India had not received any such offer, hence, there was no question of declining the seat.
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