According to the Japan Ministry of Defense/Self-Defense Forces, on December 19, it was confirmed that a Chinese Navy Shupang-class survey ship sailed through Japan's territorial waters near Yakushima Island.
Chidambaram also asked about infrastructure being built by China along the LAC on its side and said if buffer zones along LAC meant that Indian forces cannot patrol to the earlier points.
The opposition parties on Monday staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha as their demand to hold a debate over the recent clashes along the LAC between the Indian and Chinese forces at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh was disallowed.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday lauded the state police and armed forces for neutralising a wanted naxal with a bounty of Rs 12 lakh and announced rewards for the forces.
Taking to Twitter, Pakistani journalist Roohan Ahmad said that there was an intense gun battle between the security personnel and "militants" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu area.
Sainik Welfare Department, Telangana conducted a seminar on "Preparation for Career in Armed Forces as Officers" at an office complex in Hyderabad's Somajiguda.
Several civilians and security personnel on both sides have been killed and injured in the recent armed clashes that erupted on December 11 and December 15 at the Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing.
Under the announcement made by the Taliban after the takeover of Kabul, all Afghan military personnel who served for different security entities of the previous regime were barred from being detained, tortured, or imprisoned.
Addressing the 95th FICCI Annual Convention and AGM in the national capital, the union minister also hit out at the recent remarks by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi stating that "politics is done by speaking the truth."