No word from India-China corps commanders meet
China passes an authoritarian security law for Hong Kong
Airbus to cut 15,000 jobs
Boeing suffers a 97 aircraft order cancellation
Rude morale patch gets US Navy aviators a scolding
Boris’s ride is back from the body shop
As China menaces India’s access to the Karakoram Pass, Sujan Dutta explains that Delhi needs to defend its ground or end up papering over the changed reality.
The PLA has appointed a new armaments chief, the PLA Navy has appointed a new commissar and AVIC has displayed its AV500W unmanned autonomous helicopter.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has moved swiftly to convince New Delhi into an entente which is obviously directed at the containment of China.
The India-Japan Joint Working Group (JWG) have held preliminary meetings to initiate the process for acquisition of the ShinMaywa US-2i amphibious aircraft for the Indian Navy.
The 37 percent escalation by a margin of roughly INR 1,200 crore for the US government offer to India for 145 M-777 light weight howitzers comes into effect on Tuesday, along with the imminent closure of the assembly line for the artillery.
China and Bhutan will be conducting a “joint technical field survey” in September in a move to settle their boundary disputes, which could shrink the buffer zone between the Siliguri corridor and the India-China border in Chumbi valley.
Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne told reporters that the aircraft would be able to operate from the country’s northern-most Advanced Landing Ground at Daulat Beg Oldie close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
The Indian Army has firmed up dates for a joint exercise with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The exercise will be held from November 04 to November 14 at the Chengdu Military Region in China. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is also expected to visit China towards the end of the year. He may…
In purely dollar terms, the new price represents a 37 percent hike in the cost of the offer to India, but would effectively be even higher given the fall in the value of the rupee against the dollar since 2010.
The Flag Meeting took place on a day when Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurien Antony had some tough words for the intruders at the Unified Commanders Conference of the Indian armed forces.
The fourth round of ADD, held after nearly two years, was led by India’s Defense Secretary Shashikant Sharma and Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Deputy Chief of General Staff General Ma Xiaotian. The two sides also discussed defense exchanges for 2012 and agreed to “gradually enhance” the range and scope of their interaction, according to Indian defense ministry officials.
Indian Army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh Wednesday said there were about 4,000 Chinese workers, including some of its army engineers, in Pakistani Kashmir, an issue that has caused tension in ties between New Delhi and Beijing.
The chief of Nepal’s ruling communist party, who was slapped by a disgruntled former supporter for holding the nation to ransom for seven months, managed to woo the opposition Maoists Thursday to become Nepal’s 34th prime minister after 16 unprecedented rounds of fruitless voting.
Chinese journalists have been unable to register for accreditation as the online registration form did not provide China as an option.
