*Snakebite patients in northern Bengal use this border crossing to enter Nepal on their way to the Chaarali snakebite health clinic.* Sonia Jabbar first learned of the Chaarali Snakebite Treatment centre in Nepal when an employee at the Naxalbari Tea Estate in northern West Bengal was bitten by a cobra […]
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“Efforts are being made to remove me from power…” : Nepal PM KP Oli
Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari prorogued the Parliament’s Budget Session on Thursday following a Cabinet meeting and her interaction with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the Kathmandu Post reported. This came amid significant backlash against Oli in his country after claiming that the Indian government and his political rivals were […]
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Not only apps, PM Modi decides to quit Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo
In the aftermath of India launching a digital attack on China and blocking 59 Chinese applications for hostility to the country’s sovereignty and security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to quit Chinese social media blogging platform and app, Weibo. ANI cited sources as saying PM Modi planned to leave […]
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China shows concern post India’s digital strike
After the day India banned 59 Chinese-linked devices, China expressed concern about the action and said it “verifying the situation”. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Tuesday said, “China is strongly concerned, verifying the situation,” in response to India’s decision on the ban of 59 Chinese apps, ANI reported. […]
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The Indo-China Galwan Episode
By Col Rajinder Singh In the fog of war, a lot of misinformation flies. Ill-informed but self styled defence experts and politicians always push through home made theories . Some of these so called experts had perhaps never ever seen high altitude terrain in their entire life or service careers. […]