Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk on India visit just when kingdom nearing border deal with China

President Droupadi Murmu (L) with King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk. (Photo: Rashtrapati Bhavan/Twitter) New Delhi: Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk has landed in the capital on a three-day visit to India, on Monday. The monarc...

China’s hydropower strategy: threats, challenges and responses

New Delhi: As per its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), the Chinese government is planning to construct a ‘super hydropower dam’ on the Yarlung Tsangpo river. The report claimed that the hydropower dam would be “meaningful for the...

Galwan Valley: Construction of bridge may have led to violent face-off between India and China

New Delhi: Construction of 255-km Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DSDBO) road connecting Leh to the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh, including eight bridges and Doklam standoff by India made Chinese upset which subsequently led to violent clash between two A...

India countering Chinese side with matching deployment while working diplomatic channels

New Delhi: As China presses on with aggressive deployment of troops  in Eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Indian Army has decided to station additional troops as the two sides prepare for a long drawn faceoff in the cold...