In a joint operation, Border Security Force (BSF) troops and Punjab Police recovered a drone along with 500 gms of suspected heroin from a farm field in Amritsar's Awan Basau village on Sunday.
Working towards development of villages on the northern borders, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has directed the local Army formations to help in the rehabilitation of Nelang and Jadhang villages in Uttarakhand near the China border.
"On the night of 10th February 2024, vigilant BSF troops on duty intercepted the movement of a suspected drone on the border in the district of Amritsar. Following the protocol, the BSF Quick Response Team (QRT) promptly tracked the movement of the drone", the statement said.
The Chinese embassy in Sweden warned the Gothenburg City Council as it considered concluding sister city agreements with Taiwan to reduce its reliance on China, Taiwan News reported.
Eight Chinese balloons were detected crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Friday, the most in a single day to date, with two of them later flying over Taiwan, Central News Agency Taiwan reported quoting the Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Saturday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down another China-made drone near the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab's Gurdaspur, the force said on Saturday.
The Islamic Association for Peace held a protest on Saturday before the Chinese Consulate in the North 24 Parganas district against the alleged persecution of Uyghur Muslims by China and the wrong inclusion of Arunachal Pradesh in the Chinese standard map 2023.
A Chinese company in the southern city of Shenzhen has has allegedly been assisting at least 123 websites in pushing the "pro-Beijing" agenda, Radio Free Asia reported citing a recent research.
Congress MP Manish Tewari has moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha seeking a discussion on the border situation with China in the Lower House on Friday.
Further underscoring the mounting challenges faced by the Chinese economy, the consumer prices slid deeper into deflationary territory last month, suffering the biggest drop since the global recession in 2009.
Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephonic conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday and said that Beijing is ready to work jointly with Moscow toward boosting international multilateral cooperation, Russia's state agency TASS reported.