China reinforced its troops near the Indian border with mountain climbers and martial arts fighters shortly before a deadly clash this month, state media reported. Tensions are common between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in the mountainous border terrain, but this month’s fighting was their deadliest encounter in over 50 years. Five new militia divisions, including former members of a Mount Everest Olympic torch relay team and fighters from a mixed martial arts club, presented themselves for inspection at Lhasa on June 15, official military newspaper China National Defense News reported. State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of hundreds of new troops…
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Petrol and diesel prices were hiked again on Saturday as oil companies continued to raise the fuel rates for the 21st day in a row. With the new revision, petrol became costlier by 25 paise and prices in Delhi touched a new peak of Rs 80.38 per litre while diesel rates went up by 21 paise, taking the cost at a record high of Rs 80.40 per litre. On Thursday, diesel had become costlier than petrol in the national capital due to a sharp increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) by the Delhi government. On May 5, the Delhi…
Amidst a war of words between the Congress and the BJP over the face-off with China, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said matters of national security shouldn’t be politicised and added one cannot forget China had captured about 45,000 sq km of Indian land after the 1962 war. Pawar’s comments came in response to a query about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression. Pawar also said the Galwan Valley incident in Ladakh cannot immediately be labelled as a failure of the Defence Minister as Indian soldiers were…
New Delhi: Pakistani airbases in PoK are under India’s radar after a Chinese refueller aircraft landed in Skardu last week. Chinese air activity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh has also increased. According to a report by ET, limited activity has been observed at the Skardu airbase and this comes after an IL 78 tanker of the PLAAF landed there a few days ago, apart from some Pakistan Air Force transport aircraft. Tensions between India and China have increased manifolds after 20 Indian Army personnel were martyred during an ambush by the PLA. During the violent skirmish,…
New Delhi: India, the third-biggest oil consumer, expects fuel demand to return to normal earlier than projections by the International Energy Agency and OPEC. “If you look at the trend of the past few weeks, I’m confident that by the end of second quarter, demand will be as usual,” India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at the BloombergNEF Summit, referring to the quarter ending September. “At the end of June, we have already achieved 85% of our demand compared to June 2019.” The world’s biggest lockdown put in place on March 25 in India pummeled demand for transportation and industrial fuels by as…
