Contemporary Geopolitics

  The Indian and Chinese troops engaged another face-off last week in which around 200 PLA (People's Liberation Army) soldiers were intercepted close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh's sensitive Tawang Sector. The face-off between the Indian and Chinese troops happened last week during a routine patrol close to the border with China. Sources have said the Indian troops intercepted around 200 Chinese soldiers close to the border. The matter was subsequently resolved at the local military commanders' level. There was no official comment from the Army on the incident. However, defense and security sources told that there has been no damage to Indian defences. Later, the troops of both sides disengaged after the local commanders resolved the issue. Sources have said the engagement between the two sides lasted for a few hours and was resolved as per the existing protocols. There was no damage caused to the Indian defences during the engagement. Tensions b...

Adani Group to build Colombo terminal in US $700 million agreement. India has countered China in Srilanka with a US $700 million deal, which is quite a positive news from the country of China as India has tried a lot get this deal and China wanted to block this deal as Srilankan Ports strategically holds significant geographical importance in the India Ocean. Finally, India has signed this deal with Srilanka and India has countered China in Colombo.  As Srilankan economy is passing through a lean phase,  Srilanka is now even finding it hard to pay for food imports they are facing severe crisis and the Government of Srilanka also had announce food emergency in the country, and main reason behind all this are the debts they have took and now they are finding it hard to pay even the interests.  This economic crisis of Srilanka is posing a challenge for India. To overcome the economic crisis Srilanka is giving away its land to China for money and they are using that money to ...