S Jaishankar (L) with Wang Yi at Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar)New Delhi: The foreign minister, S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Rio de Janeiro on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. This marked the first high-level inter...
Silhouette of a statue of a soldier at the Walong War Memorial in Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district. (Photo: Wikipedia/Palash Datta)The Battle of Walong is one of the lesser-known yet significant episodes of the 1962 India-China. Fought betwee...
The NIMAS team on Tsangyang Gyatso Peak. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh: In a first, a team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) has successfully scaled a previously unn...
Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar inspecting a model of a high-altitude tank at HimTech 2024. (India Sentinels photo)Leh: The Indian Army has launched the Him Tech Symposium at the Rinchen Auditorium in Leh, Ladakh, on Friday. This event, organized under the...
Jawed Ashraf (R), Indian ambassador to France and Monaco, meeting the Indian K9 team at Paris. (Photo: X/@JawedAshraf5)New Delhi: A 10-strong team of highly trained Indian canine units has arrived in the French capital, Paris, on Monday, to reinforce...
India’s official map of Arunachal Pradesh. ((Map courtesy: State Remote Sensing Application Centre, Government of Arunachal Pradesh)New Delhi: In a move seen as an attempt to escalate the border tensions between China and India, Beijing recentl...
The Se-la tunnel. (India Sentinels photo from BRO via special arrangement.)New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, virtually inaugurated and dedicated the Se-la tunnel project to the nation from Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, on Sa...
The Se-la tunnel during its construction. (India Sentinels file photo.)New Delhi: The long-awaited and strategically important Se-la tunnel in western Arunachal Pradesh, near the line of actual control (LAC), is set to open for traffic on March 9. Th...
Soldiers of the XXXIII Corps rescuing trapped tourists in Nathu-la. (Photo via special arrangement.)Siliguri: More than 500 tourists were stranded in their vehicles at Nathu-la, a mountain pass in east Sikkim, due to heavy snowfall on Wednesday. The ...
A Brokpa couple. (Photo: Phunchuk Wangchuk)Nestled within the rugged terrains of Ladakh, amid the lofty Himalayan peaks, resides a community whose existence is as fascinating as it is mysterious – the Brokpas. Known for their unique culture, di...