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Amid the border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, Indian Air Force and French Space Force will be holding bilateral air exercise 'Desert Knight' at Jodhpur Air Force station in Rajasthan from January 20, IAF sources informed.

The 122-member contingent was airlifted from Dhaka on an Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft. This is only the third time in 70 years of being a Republic that India will have a foreign military contingent participate in its parade

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat is on a visit to Ladakh to review the country’s overall military preparedness as thousands of Indian and Chinese troops remained deployed in a high state of combat readiness in various mountainous locations in the region amid the eight-month-long border standoff.

He will be meeting senior military and civilian leadership of the Republic of Korea during the visit, the Indian Army said.

The Chinese Defence Minister, also a State Councillor, told reporters that his visit is aimed at implementing bilateral understandings reached between the two governments in the past.

 The first phase of the Malabar 2020 was held earlier this month off the Visakhapatnam coast. Australia participated in the mega exercise for the first time in 13 years, bringing all four Quad countries together for the military games.

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The order bars American companies and individuals from owning stakes in Chinese companies the White House says help the advancement of the People’s Liberation Army.

Asked about the current military standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, Deswal said "strains in bilateral relations are already evident but we are confident these will be sorted out peacefully very shortly."

In an exclusive interview with Asianet Newsable's Sunita Iyer, Kashmir-based journalist Aarti Tikoo Singh, slams the Gupkar Alliance President Farooq Abdullah for claiming he won't die till Article 370 is restored in Jammu and Kashmir. She adds, "Article 370 or no 370, 35A or no 35A, the truth today is that equality, which is enshrined in the Indian constitution, has been extended to Jammu and Kashmir and people of India when it comes to the state."

The Foreign & Strategic Affairs editor of IANS also lambasts Pakistan for inaction over cross-border terrorism and instead projecting India as an oppressor of human rights world over, even as violations continue in the 'military-Islamic state'.

Aarti Tikoo Singh also shares her views on how the current Modi government dealt with separatist voices in Kashmir and what does the future hold for Kashmiri Pandits in the state.

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He said that border confrontations and unprovoked military actions spiralling into larger conflict can't be discounted.

The Indian delegation is being led by Lieutenant General PGK Menon, who took over the charge of the 14 Corps Commander in mid-October.
 

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 Media report claims Chinese PLA troops have transgressed further into Indian territories. However, the government and the Indian Army have called this media report fake.

 "The military posture was very offensive of all the three services, Army, Navy, Air Force," said Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa (retired)