On social media, claims that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, are sick after the Brics Summit are spreading like wildfire. The wave of speculation prompted the Ministry of External Affairs to issue a clarification,

India allocates around 25 per cent of its overall defence budget to capital expenditure, according to Jefferies. Capital spending finances military equipment, platforms, weapons systems, infrastructure and modernisation.

Both countries had amassed tens of thousands of troops along their poorly demarcated Himalayan border following a deadly clash in 2020.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Saturday during the BRICS summit in New Delhi.

The US Congress on Wednesday handed President Trump a surgical instrument to punish, at his discretion, not only Moscow but also countries that buy Russian energy, with India and China squarely in the crosshairs.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed concerns around border dispute and the trade imbalance.

China sees the group as a vehicle for challenging American power. India wants to keep the group broad enough to avoid choosing sides.

Another big difference is in how China builds up expertise about the outside world. Until 2022 research about a country or region was spread across disciplines—a scholar might study India in the department of history before taking a doctorate in political science.

The 'boundary' between Pakistan & China lies largely in PoK. The two countries had in 1963 signed a boundary agreement that India does not recognise.