Sonam Wangchuk | Ladakh’s engineer of change

Sonam Wangchuk | Ladakh’s engineer of change

Sonam Wangchuk | Photo Credit: Illustration: R. Rajesh On October 2, Gitanjali J. Angmo, wife of the 59-year-old engineer-turned-teacher-turned-climate-activist Sonam Wangchuk, moved the Supreme Court seeking to know the whereabouts of her husband. Days ago, on September 26, Mr. Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, from his village Uleytokpo by the … Read more

Explained | Sonam Wangchuk’s climate fast, Ladakh’s fragile ecology and the Sixth Schedule

Explained | Sonam Wangchuk’s climate fast, Ladakh’s fragile ecology and the Sixth Schedule

Social reformist Sonam Wangchuk does yoga during his five-day climate fast to “save Ladakh” in Phyang. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: Ladakhi innovator and engineer Sonam Wangchuk completed his five-day “climate fast”, in an effort to draw the attention of Indian leaders to the region’s fragile ecology and to secure its protection … Read more

Chinese army soldier captured in Ladakh’s Demchok, was carrying military documents

Chinese army soldier captured in Ladakh’s Demchok, was carrying military documents

A Chinese army soldier, carrying civil and military documents, was captured by the Indian Army near Demchok area of Ladakh on Monday. PTI picture used for representation The Indian Army apprehended a Chinese army soldier near Demchok area of Ladakh on Monday morning. According to the initial reports, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was … Read more

China tracking Indian underwater activities in Ladakh’s Pangong Tso

China tracking Indian underwater activities in Ladakh’s Pangong Tso

Since the time the Indo-China border standoff began, the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) has been keeping the surface of Pangong Tso under surveillance through high-speed patrol crafts such as Type 305 and Type 928D boats copied from Swedish CB-90 boats. But latest satellite imagery shows China is now tracking the depths of Pangong … Read more