External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets China Vice President Han Zheng, in Beijing on Monday.

‘Resolving border friction key for mutual trust’: Jaishankar tells China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing

Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Monday said that resolving friction along the India-China border and the ability to maintain peace are fundamental for mutual trust between the two nations. The neighbours have made “good progress” over the last nine months for the normalisation of relations, he told Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, adding…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, witness exchange of MoUs between the India and Namibia, in Windhoek on Wednesday. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also present.

EAM Jaishankar likely to visit China first time in five years. What’s on the agenda?

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will likely visit China next week, his first trip to the neighbouring country in five years. Jaishankar’s visit comes about three weeks after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited China to attend the SCO’s defence ministers’ meeting in Qingdao. The ties between the two nations came under severe strain following the…

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Beijing's Message After Trump's 104% Tariff

Beijing’s Message After Trump’s 104% Tariff

New Delhi: Donald Trump‘s tariffs are doing, it appears, what decades of political and diplomatic wrangling could not, at least with any great degree of success – to get India and China to work together, to “make the dragon and elephant dance“, as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said last month. The US President’s tariffs…

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Trump Fear Or Modi Magic? Why Xi Jinping's China Is Now Talking Peace To India | LAC | HT Podcast

Trump Fear Or Modi Magic? Why Xi Jinping’s China Is Now Talking Peace To India | LAC | HT Podcast

Published on Mar 13, 2025 06:02 PM IST In the latest episode of HT Podcast, Hindustan Times’ Subhajit Sengupta speaks with Executive Editor Shishir Gupta on China’s change of tune towards India after years of border disputes & confrontations. The episode will also explore why Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime is now preaching peace with…

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India-China border disengagement to conclude today

India-China border disengagement to conclude today

New Delhi: The disengagement process between Indian and Chinese forces in the Depsang plains and Demchok sectors of Eastern Ladakh is underway, with completion expected soon, according to Defence sources. The Indian Army aims to conclude the process by Tuesday, following which coordinated patrolling will resume in the area. The Indian side has been striving…

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