Is China’s BRI becoming a fault line within the SCO?
India has said it cannot accept the project, which includes the China Pakistan Economic Corridor passing through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, as it ignores concerns on territorial integrity
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China to build a major dam on Brahmaputra river: Official
Yan Zhiyong, chairman of the Power Construction Corp of China, said China will “implement hydropower exploitation in the downstream of the Yarlung Zangbo River” (the Tibetan name for Brahmaputra) and the project could serve to maintain water resources and domestic security, the Global Times reported.
India steps up efforts to draw neighbours closer to counter China
Indian Foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is in the island nation of Seychelles, where China has deepened defense co-operation through the transfer of aircrafts and naval ships apart from helping build their parliament building.
How can India and Nepal get ties back on track?
The several diplomatic measures being taken by India and Nepal to de-escalate tensions testifies to a willingness on both sides to get bilateral relations back on track.
Pakistan becomes ‘Pavlovian’ whenever India is mentioned: India at UNGA
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Munir Akram, in his speech, made references to the Line of Control as he voiced opposition to India’s UNSC membership.
PM Modi speaks to US President-elect Joe Biden
Biden is known to be a strong proponent of closer India-US ties since his days as a senator in the 1970s and played a key role in getting the approval of the Senate for the bilateral civil nuclear deal in 2008.
Pak-Saudi face-off over Kashmir: The view from Dhaka
Further, the governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran refused to allow Pakistan diplomatic missions to hold public events to observe the October 27 anniversary of Jammu & Kashmir’s accession to India as a Black Day.
‘The South Caucasus: Transition from Subjugation to Independence’
The book flags an important issue that Indian policy makers will need to seriously reflect on and formulate policy for a complex region where new players –- Turkey, Iran, China — are entering the fray with increasing implications for India’s own defence, security and connectivity.
RCEP signatories ready for negotiations once India gives written request to join pact
Now the members of RCEP are 10-nation bloc ASEAN (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia), China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Asia forms world’s biggest trade bloc, a China-backed group excluding U.S.
The deal marks the first time rival East Asian powers China, Japan and South Korea have been in a single free trade agreement.