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News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news Report: China, India Move Tens of Thousands of Troops to Disputed Border After deadly skirmish between Chinese and Indian troops last year, the US stepped up military cooperation with India The Wall Street Journal, China and India have deployed tens of thousands of troops to their disputed border in the Himalayas. The report cited anonymous Indian officials who said China increased its troop presence from 15,000 to about 50,000 in the region, ...

Amjed Jaaved The protesting farmers have announced to hold a countrywide protest to demand annulment of the newly enacted farm laws on May 26, 2021. Despite having seen the havoc of the Kumbh congregation, Modi government is stone-wall silent to the ultimatum.  Twelve opposition parties have pilloried Modi government for its obduracy. India spent the sum of Rs. 41 lakh on the ceremony to induct the first batch of Rafale aircraft (Anbala airbase) under contract to purchase 36 aircraft costing R...

In the strategic circles in both the US and India, there are now more voices favoring the idea of India providing a military base to the US Navy, preferably somewhere in the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. On May 17, The EurAsian Times had reported that “the US Hunting for More Military Bases to Cripple China; India One of the Options”. Since the US Navy is said to be planning to deploy 60 percent of its surface ships in the Indo-Pacific, it wants safe territories in or the adjoining ...

They discussed ways to expand cooperation between the two armies in specific areas in view of the evolving regional security scenario

In October last year, India and the US sealed the BECA (Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement) agreement to further boost bilateral defence ties. The pact provides for sharing of high-end military technology, logistics and geospatial maps between the two countries.

Army Chief General MM Naravane and US armys General James C McConville also discussed the pandemic. New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane held a telephonic conversation with his American counterpart General James C McConville on Tuesday, focusing on bilateral military cooperation as well as effectively dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Officials said General Naravane and General McConville discussed ways to expand cooperation between the two armies in specific areas in view o...

A new opportunity April 27, 2021 The East and West apparently can for once meet in a symbiosis of values and material rewards. The idea is embodied in the East West Economic Corridor (EWEC), an eponymous complement to CPEC, a small component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The BRI promises to raise the trade volume with some 40 countries to $2.5 trillion after investing $1 trillion in government spending. It is an idea worth embracing and not contesting. One hopes that the above ...

U.S.-India defense cooperation has accelerated in the past few years. In 2016, the United States designated India as a major defense partner. That same year the two countries signed a Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) that enabled them to cross-service their logistical needs. In 2018, Washington authorized India to receive license-free access to a wide range of military and dual-use technologies.  Finally, after lengthy negotiations, then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper ADVERT...

Addressing the China challenge: Perceptive shifts in India’s strategic behaviour hints at greater appetite for risk-taking Firstpost 4 hours ago Sreemoy Talukdar © Provided by Firstpost Addressing the China challenge: Perceptive shifts in India’s strategic behaviour hints at greater appetite for risk-taking Measuring up to the China challenge is likely to keep Indian policymakers engaged for the foreseeable future but some signs are emerging of late of an interesting ap...

With the publication of a jointly authored opinion piece in The Washington Post on Saturday, the leaders of the Quad countries — the US, India, Australia and Japan — have attempted to demo