China Has Not Yet Withdrawn From Several Forward Positions Along the LAC: US Commander
Admiral Philip Davidson, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, noted that China adopted an increasingly assertive military posture to exert pressure and expand its influence across the Indo-Pacific region.
Disengagement underway at Pangong Tso, where Indian and Chinese forces were in a standoff since May 2020. Photo: PTI
World10/Mar/2021
New Delhi: A top American commander said on Tuesday that Chinese troops have not yet withdrawn from âseveral forward positions it seizedâ on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh.
During a hearing of the Senate Armed Forces, Admiral Philip Davidson, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, said, âThe PRC (Peopleâs Republic of China) represents our greatest strategic threat.”
2020 Mumbai power outage caused by human error, not cyber attack: Union power minister
2020 Mumbai power outage caused by human error, not cyber attack: Union power minister
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Mar 2, 2021, 16:44 IST
(This story was first published in TOI on March 2, 2021)
New Delhi: Union power minister RK Singh on Tuesday said that there is no evidence to prove that the Mumbai blackout was caused by a cyberattack. While a cyberattack was attempted but it had nothing to do with the October 2020 electricity blackout in Mumbai, said the minister.
The minister attributed the Mumbai blackout to a case of human error. We don t have evidence to say that the cyberattacks were carried out by China or Pakistan. Some people say that the group behind the attacks is Chinese but we don t have evidence. China will definitely deny it, said Singh.
The Union minister attributed the Mumbai blackout to a case of human error . We don t have evidence to say that the cyberattacks were carried out by China or Pakistan. Some people say that the group behind the attacks is Chinese but we don t have evidence. China will definitely deny it, Singh told news agency ANI.
Singh, however, did confirm that some cyberattacks took place on India s northern and southern region load dispatch centres but added that the malware could not reach the operating system.
Singh said that two teams had investigated the Mumbai power outage and submitted a report. The outage was caused by human error and not due to the cyberattack. One of the teams submitted that cyberattack did happen but they were not linked to the Mumbai grid failure, Singh said, citing the investigation report.
India, China Foreign Ministers to establish hotline
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China’s Foreign Minister talks to Jaishankar over phone
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Indian and Chinese troops during the disengagement process from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh recently. | Photo Credit:
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China’s Foreign Minister talks to Jaishankar over phone
The foreign ministers of India and China have agreed to establish a new hotline to ensure “timely communication” in the wake of last year s border crisis, but differed sharply on the way forward to restore relations in a 75-minute phone call on Thursday.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, “bilateral relations have been impacted severely over last year” and that while “the Boundary Question may take time to resolve”, the “disturbance of peace and tranquility, including by violence, will inevitably have a damaging impact on the relationship.”
Lessons that China learnt from the Ladakh standoff
Beijing’s perceptions of New Delhi’s potential threats to its interests may force it to look for alternate ways of conflict initiation while retaining international credibility
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China would have observed the growing strength of information operations and influence warfare in current-day standoffs. (Express Illustrations)
Everyone’s favourite subject these days is the Ladakh standoff and the current status of the agreement to disengage and de-escalate. The reading public is getting a surfeit of fairly good strategic literature to remain well informed. Most issues revolve around the trust deficit with China, the possibility that Beijing will pause and recommence a standoff at some other point of the long border with India, and the need for our nation to develop its infrastructure and its armed forces to match that of its northern neighbour in the eventuality of serious exchanges across the b