India vs China: Defence gap widens as Beijing’s $245 billion military budget nears half of India’s national outlayChina has announced a 7.2% increase in its defence budget, bringing the official figure to over $245 billion. However, experts believe the ...
A BRIC off the wall: PM Modi & Chinese prez Xi Jinping talk stability, endorse patrolling pact in 1st bilateral meet after 5 yearsPrime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping held their first structured dialogue in five years, raising hopes for improved bilate...
Why India needs a fresh approach to de-escalation with ChinaWith China having taken a headstart on building border infrastructure, India will be playing catch-up for most of the next decade, despite ...
The Arunachal Pradesh villages that saw the war of 1962Sixty years after the India-China war of 1962, ET visits Kaho, Kibithu and Musai (also spelt as Meshai), India’s three farthest border vill...
View: Corporatisation of ordnance factories will unshackle defence manufacturing from its torporIn its present form, OFB has scant autonomy in administrative, financial or other decision-making matters. Once unshackled through corporat...
India speeds up border road work to avoid future DoklamsThe construction of India-China roads has already seen a marked improvement with formation cutting increasing from 107km in 2014-15 to 147 ...
India, China ink pacts on water resources, cultureIndia and China today signed two agreements including one in the field of water resources on sharing hydrological data on Satluj river afte...
PM Narendra Modi in China: Deals worth more than $22 billion signed"Let us work together in mutual interests," Modi told executives from 200 Chinese and Indian companies at the signing ceremony.
PM Modi's China visit: India-China sign 24 key agreements, including one on railwaysPM Modi said the two nations have set a high-level of ambition for economic partnership and see similar challenges, like urbanization.