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Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in a brief face-off near Yangtse in October last year as well and it was resolved following talks between local commanders of the two sides as per established protocols.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed Parliament on Tuesday on the recent clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) last week. He assured the Parliament that our forces are fully committed to safeguarding our territorial integrity, and are always ready to prevent any attempt against it.

On Tuesday morning, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Army Chief General Manoj Pandey met Rajnath at the latter's residence and briefed him about the violent confrontation.

As Congress seeks a debate in Parliament on Tuesday, news of an altercation between Indian and Chinese forces at the LAC in the Tawang Sector of Arunachal Pradesh offered the opposition ammunition against the ruling party. The Congress criticised the Centre for the conflict along the LAC, saying the administration needed to reassure the public by raising the matter in Parliament.

Chinese govt officials put a positive spin on the easing of measures, saying the country’s approach was scientific and that the low threat from Omicron variant paved the way for easing measures. Authorities said that people infected with Covid can now quarantine at home, but only those who have mild or no symptoms will be allowed to do so.

The World Bank saw the Narendra Modi government meeting the fiscal deficit target of 6.4 per cent of the GDP in 2022-23.

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The people involved in the discussions said that Apple is also looking to reduce the dependence on Taiwanese assemblers led by the Foxconn Technology Group.Apple, in recent weeks, has been making plans to move production out of China amid recent protests at the country’s Zhengzhou 'iPhone City' plant.

Posing questions for the prime minister, Shrinate asked why the prime minister is "looking in the other direction when permanent shelters and fortifications are being built in the Demchok and the Depsang areas".

Several infrastructure projects, including the construction of roads and bridges, are being rapidly carried out in the Central Sector, which wasonce considered a settled border. The Galwan Valley face-off changed everything on the ground.