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  (Representative image) In a clear message to China, India and Japan have finalised an ambitious agreement that provides for cooperation in 5G technology, artificial intelligence and an array of other critical areas as the two strategic partners agreed to further broadbase their ties including giving momentum to supply chain initiative in the Indo-Pacific region. This was decided after a meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo on Wednesday, held a day after the Quadrilateral Foreign Ministers’ meet. "Recognising the increasing role being played by digital technologies, the two ministers highlighted the need for robust and resilient digital and cyber systems and in this context, welcomed the finalisation of the text of the cybersecurity agreement," the ministry of external affairs (MEA), said. "The agreement promotes cooperation in capacity building, research and development, security and resilience i...

The demand comes a day after the Army Chief went on a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh to review preparedness at forward points along the Line of Actual Control.   Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday asked his field commanders to be prepared for any eventuality and maintain the highest operational preparedness. His demand comes a day after the Army Chief went to Arunachal Pradesh on a two-day visit to the forward points along the Line of Actual Control in the north-eastern state amid expansionist misadventures by China into Indian territory. The Army General’s visit at a time China has moved its troops into Indian land and has refused to disengage the troop build-up, artillery and armour in western (Ladakh), middle (Uttarakhand and Himachal) and eastern (Sikkim and Arunachal) areas of the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army also has soldiers near Uttarakhand’s Lipulekh Pass, a tri-j...

A 2-hour phone call between Ajit Doval & Chinese Foreign Minister plays a crucial role in PLA finally removing tents and shifting from Galwan clash site, vehicles move back in other areas too. Indian Army trucks depart towards Ladakh, at Manali-Leh Highway in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Monday. (Photo: PTI) India and China have started showing first signs of disengagement at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh where the situation has been volatile for over two months. The removal of Chinese tents in Galwan Valley followed a two-hour telephonic conversation on Sunday between the Special Representatives of India and China on the Boundary Question. India’s National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, and China’s State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, spoke to each other, two days after Prime Minster Wang Yi’s visit to operational areas in Ladakh. Officials observing the situation on the ground call it a “piecemeal de-escalation” and a first step tak...