The Hindu Morning Digest – April 29, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest – April 29, 2024

Defence Minister Rajnath Singhsaid talks between India and China are going smoothly and India will never bow down. | Photo Credit: X/@BJP4Gujarat Talks with China going on smoothly, India will never bow down: Rajnath Singh Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said talks between India and China are going smoothly and in a good environment, and India … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, April 12, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, April 12, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a review meeting for preparedness for a heat wave-related situation, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI PM Modi chairs meet to review preparedness for heat wave conditions Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed India’s heat preparedness plans with senior officials on Thursday. The India Meteorological Department … Read more

Chinese President Xi Jinping to skip G20 summit in Delhi

Chinese President Xi Jinping to skip G20 summit in Delhi

Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: Reuters It is almost certain that Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to skip the G20 summit in India next week and Premier Li Qiang is set to represent China at the conclave, people familiar with the development said on September 2. Russian President Vladimir Putin has already … Read more

Last Chinese reporter leaves country after India denies visa extension

Last Chinese reporter leaves country after India denies visa extension

Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar The last remaining Chinese reporter in India has been effectively expelled after having been denied a visa extension earlier this month. The reporter, from China’s official Xinhua news agency, left New Delhi around one week ago, according to people familiar with the development.  … Read more

Border situation is ‘stable’, China’s Foreign Minister tells EAM Jaishankar

Border situation is ‘stable’, China’s Foreign Minister tells EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ meeting, in Goa, India on Thursday, May 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The situation along the India-China border is “generally stable” and both sides should “draw lessons from history”, … Read more

India to host Defence Ministers from SCO grouping

India to host Defence Ministers from SCO grouping

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu at a meeting in Moscow. | Photo Credit: AFP India will host Defence Ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) grouping, including China’s Li Shangfu and Russia’s Sergei Shoigu, later this week, India’s Ministry of Defence said on April 25. While Pakistan Defence Minister … Read more

Bipartisan resolution introduced in U.S. Senate recognising Arunachal Pradesh as integral part of India

Bipartisan resolution introduced in U.S. Senate recognising Arunachal Pradesh as integral part of India

A bipartisan resolution was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday to recognise Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, pushing back against Beijing’s military aggression to change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control. The resolution condemns additional Chinese provocations, including China’s use of military force to change the status quo … Read more

Chinese spy balloons have targeted several countries, including India: Report

Chinese spy balloons have targeted several countries, including India: Report

Remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean | Photo Credit: AP China has operated a fleet of spy balloons targeting several countries including India and Japan, a media report has said, days after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese surveillance craft floating over sensitive installations in the country. U.S. officials have … Read more

China occupied India’s land in 1962, not now: Jaishankar takes swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his ‘territory loss’ remark

China occupied India’s land in 1962, not now: Jaishankar takes swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his ‘territory loss’ remark

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday said some people deliberately spread wrong news about the China issue knowing it is not true for politics and by talking about some land, which was taken by China in 1962, they give the impression this happened recently, the remarks viewed as a dig at Congress leader Rahul … Read more

Chinese surveillance vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ re-enters Indian Ocean

Chinese surveillance vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ re-enters Indian Ocean

In August, the docking of ‘Yuan Wang 5’ at Hambantota in Sri Lanka had created a major diplomatic showdown between India and Sri Lanka. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese surveillance vessel  ‘Yuan Wang 5’ has re-entered the Indian Ocean in what coincides with a planned Indian long-range missile test, between December 15-16. In a similar … Read more