1962 India China War

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When Lal Bahadur Shastri turned to austerity and self-reliance in 1962

May 13, 2026 3:33 pm

PM Modi’s recent appeal for austerity amid rising geopolitical tensions has revived memories of Lal Bahadur Shastri’s calls for sacrifice during India’s food crisis in the 1960s.

Nishikant Dubey apologises for Biju Patnaik remarks: What we know of ‘secret’ Odisha airbase ‘used to spy on China’

April 05, 2026 9:57 pm

The broad strokes of the Charbatia story are not in dispute. Here’s what declassified CIA files and Nehru’s own letters say about the Odisha airbase.

Nehru, the Tibet question, and looking back at early India-China ties

February 17, 2026 2:27 pm

Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan’s recent comments on the subject merit some examination

‘General Cariappa is completely off the track, mentally and otherwise’: Nehru and the first Army chief's fraught relationship, in letters

January 16, 2026 7:36 am

Cariappa’s frequent interventions in what the PM saw as non-military topics often led to clashes, leading to a series of pointed letters that revealed a deep divide between India’s first PM and first Army general

New Delhi desires a multipolar Asia — Beijing does not

September 02, 2025 5:50 pm

Because of a clear power differential favouring China, and the fact that India can’t wish away its biggest neighbour and one of its biggest economic partners, one can understand why New Delhi is now trying a softer approach

Trump heat, Tokyo-Tianjin warmth: Modi begins to rejig India’s major power relations

September 01, 2025 7:38 am

In riding roughshod over partners such as Australia, India, Japan and South Korea on trade, and by threatening to weaponise security ties, Trump has forced them both to strengthen bonds with one another and to reduce tensions with China

Modi-Xi meet reflects a thaw. But issues that have bedeviled ties for decades remain

September 01, 2025 11:28 am

The territorial-cum-border dispute that goes back to the birth of India and China as independent nations is at the core of the bilateral security dissonance

When Parliament convened in 1962 amid China war, and PM Nehru faced Opposition questions

May 23, 2025 5:44 pm

Nehru described rumours that Indian soldiers were fighting unarmed and barefoot as "extraordinary". "They had wollen uniforms, good boots, three blankets -- later four -- and full winter clothing"

In Pune, a 'dramatic' tribute to Major Shaitan Singh’s heroism

November 18, 2024 9:20 am

Major Shaitan Singh was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his heroic actions during the 1962 Indo–China War.

India-China relations ‘significantly disturbed’: Jaishankar, weeks after ‘75% issues sorted’ remark

September 25, 2024 11:11 am

“The main issue right now is patrolling—how both sides patrol up to the Line of Actual Control. The patrolling arrangements after 2020 have been disturbed,” he stated, referring to the Galwan clash at the LAC four years ago.

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Army Day 2020: Rare photos of Indian soldiers during Indo-Pak, Sino-Indian wars

January 15, 2020 10:41 am

India is celebrating the 72nd Army Day today in honour of the soldiers who serve the country selflessly and risk their lives to safeguard the borders.

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