There’s nothing like a border clash with a superpower to spark the purchase of new weapons for defense.

Six strategic bridges in Jammu & Kashmir have been developed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in a record time. These new bridges are in sensitive border areas close to the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday completed withdrawal of its troops from two more face-off sites in Gogra and Hot Springs in eastern Ladakh in line with a mutually agreed disengagement process with India even as the two countries are set to hold a fresh round of diplomatic talks on Friday to further de-escalate the situation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India was already witnessing green shoots of economic recovery.

India’s top strategy group on China led by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met on Wednesday to review the withdrawal of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers from the standoff points in eastern Ladakh and decide the government’s next steps.

China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) has reduced its troops in the Pangong Tso area of eastern Ladakh but there has been pullback similar to the ones which took place in Galwan Valley and Gogra-Hot Springs.

The top defence-security establishment in India plans to keep a hawk eye for any signs of Beijing not abiding by the phase-wise disengagement and de-escalation agreed to by Indian and Chinese military commanders on June 30.

China’s territorial revisionism has been unrelenting. Under Mao Zedong, China more than doubled its size by annexing Tibet and Xinjiang, making it the world’s fourth- largest country in area.

The standoffs between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), where initial steps towards disengagement have taken place, are around a number of patrolling points or PPs in Galwan, Hot Springs and Gogra areas.

Over 1600 ex-Army personnel of the Indian Army, who later became residents of Nepal, heaved a sigh of relief when permission was granted to them to enter India via Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand . . .

Even as the Indian and Chinese armies continue the disengagement of their forces in eastern Ladakh, Chinese state-run media is engaging in propaganda about the People's Liberation Army's capabilities.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on China for 'instigating territorial disputes' with other countries.

While the Chinese unilaterally changed the status quo in Western Sector in Eastern Ladakh, they increased their ante on the Indian forces in the Middle sector along the state of Uttarakhand soon . . .

Lt General-level commanders of India and China have been tasked to carry out a complex de-escalation of the military buildup along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh.

United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteurs have made public their third communication forwarded to India since the August 5, 2019 decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, . . .

India has enjoyed one area of strategic advantage over China for many years. Chinese industry relies on shipping routes which move goods and oil through the Malacca Strait between Malaysia and Indonesia.

Pakistan has offered India a second consular access to Kulbushan Jadhav, the former Indian Navy officer who is on a death row.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has allowed the India-Nepal border to be opened for three days, so that Nepalese soldiers (or their widows) who served in the Indian Army can withdraw their pension.