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He then $ *$ ' ' These understanding gave the past examples of 2013 emerged in the much-awaited and 2017 when there were bilateral meeting between prolonged stand-offs in the External Affairs Minister S Depsang valley and Doklam Jaishankar and his Chinese respectively. Sustained talks at counterpart Wang Yi in the military and diplomatic lev- Moscow against the backdrop els helped in ending the face- of the worsening situation at offs then. the LAC. The External Affairs The two sides on Thursday Minister also pitched for polit- held yet another round of ical-level talks to address the Brigadier-level talks to end the current four-month long log- R sage to those eyeing India’s sov- Speaking on the occasion impasse but no result so far. jam at the LAC in Eastern ereignty. He also said the Rajnath said, “The induction These talks focused on the sit- Ladakh. Rafale jets are a “game chang- of Rafale jets is a big and stern uation emerging after India on His comments to have er” for national security. message for the entire world, August 29-30 foiled the “very, very deep conversations” R He made these observa- especially to those eyeing our Chinese bid to alter the status P P to end the stalemate came as tions after presiding over the sovereignty. This kind of induc- quo on the LAC in the south- !P "# $ five rounds of military and an formal induction of the French- tion is very important for the ern banks of the Pangong Tso ! % ! $$ ! ' equal number of diplomatic manufactured Rafale jets into kind of atmosphere that has (lake) in Eastern Ladakh. In a % $ ' ' talks in the last few weeks & ' the IAF’s “Golden Arrows” been created on our borders.” proactive action, the Indian failed to end the hostilities. 5676)8%A+!) squadron. He said Rafale is consid- forces also occupied the crucial the first face-to-face meeting the LAC becoming volatile from the hilltops in the last few Another round of the Corps These jets had arrived at ered one of the best combat air- hilltops in the south and north between the two leaders. They after the Chinese fired a few days and ramping up their Commander-level talks was mid continuing tension at the Ambala airbase on July 27 craft globally and the deal to banks of the lake thereby giv- had talked on the phone on rounds in the air on September troop strength, took place days expected in the next two or Athe Line of Actual Control from France. The French procure the jets was a “game ing them an advantage. June 17 after the bloody brawl 7. It was the first time in 45 after Defence Minister Rajnath three days, sources said. (LAC) in Ladakh, Defence Minister for armed forces changer” for India’s national The political-level parleys in the Galwan valley two days years that firearms were used at Singh held two and half hour External Affairs Ministry Minister Rajnath Singh, in an Florence Parly too was present security. in Moscow took place on the earlier leaving 20 Indian Army the 4,000 km long LAC. long meeting with China Spokesperson Anurag obvious reference to China, at the induction ceremony. The Defence Minister said sidelines of the Foreign personnel, including the com- Incidentally, these provoca- Defence Minister Wei Fenghe. Srivastava said here India and said on Thursday the induction Chief of Defence Staff General the Government is determined Ministers’ conclave of the manding officer dead. tive actions, including the The bilateral interaction China are in touch via diplo- of five French-made multirole Bipin Rawat and Air Chief to do “everything possible” to Shanghai Cooperation The high-level engagement Chinese repeatedly trying to at the request of the Chinese matic, military channels to Rafale jets into the Indian Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria too protect India’s sovereignty and Organisation (SCO). This was came against the backdrop of dislodge the Indian soldiers Defence Minister, however, did resolve the situation. Force is a “big and stern” mes- participated in the function. territorial integrity. $ ! ) & 5676)8% lakh new cases in the first ten have been 72,939 recoveries in ' *+,+ days of this month. Last the last 24 hours — total recov- ndia’s Covid-19 caseload month, during the same peri- eries stand at 35,33,851. There Icrossed 4.5 million marks on od — between August 1 and are over 9.41 lakh active cases Thursday as the country raced August 10 — the country had in India, which is the second (-% towards topping the count of added just around 5 lakh cases. most affected nation due to the ! " one lakh new cases every 24 This goes to show India’s ten- deadly virus in the world. Chandigarh: Haryana Chief hours. India is also speedily day total has gone up by around On a global scale, India is $% & /85%*8 106 deaths were reported on Minister Manohar Lal Khattar narrowing the gap with the 40 per cent during the one contributing more than one- September 2. was discharged from the USA, which heads the list of the month period. third of the total cases every & reaking all previous records, Among the Thursday’s Medanta hospital in Gurugram worst-affected nations. India registered a record day for the last two weeks. BPunjab on Thursday regis- fatalities, maximum 16 were on Thursday afternoon after India has added around 8 95,735 coronavirus cases in 24 India is also adding tered the steepest hike of 2,464 reported from Amritsar; fol- recovering from Covid infec- hours taking the total number around 55,000 cases per day $L fresh cases in a single day — lowed by 14 from Mohali; 11 tion. In a medical bulletin of infections to over 45.52 more than the USA, which is $% pushing the state’s COVID-19 from Ludhiana; nine from issued by the hospital, Medical lakh, Government data showed nearly 20 lakh cases ahead of & tally to 72,143. Registering Jalandhar; seven from Superintendent AK Dubey said on Thursday. The country also India. With this acceleration more than 2000 cases for the Ferozepur; five from Ropar; that Manohar Lal Khattar has ! ! recorded the highest deaths in and daily narrowing of the and Uttar Pradesh besides the M second consecutive day, the four from Kapurthala, Patiala, recovered from Covid-19 and a day with 1,197 fatalities. The gap, India should be able to national Capital Delhi are State has witnessed a record and Moga; three from has been discharged from the last recorded highest spike was leave the USA behind by the recoding huge number of new number of cases, for four times, Fatehgarh Sahib, and hospital on Thursday. Doctors "R on Tuesday when India regis- end of October. cases every day, but Tamil in the past five days. Gurdaspur; two from have advised Khattar, who was tered 90,802 cases. The highest The worst-affected Indian Nadu has seen a trend rehearsal "# The State had earlier reg- Hoshiarpur, and Sangrur; and in the hospital for 17 days, to deaths were recorded a day States like Maharashtra, for the first time since the last istered the highest number of one each from Faridkot, Mansa, stay in home-quarantine and later with 1,133 fatalities. There Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka one week. 1,946 cases on September 6, fol- Muktsar, and Tarn Taran. monitor his health for a week, New Delhi: Serum Institute of )" lowed by 2,110 cases the next Maximum 307 cases were an official said.Doctors at the India on Thursday said it is * day (September 7), 2137 on reported from SAS Nagar hospital said that he did not putting on hold clinical trials of + 119:1; <=<=<:99:,; + September 9, and now a record (Mohali), followed by 295 from have any symptoms of the an experimental Covid-19 vac- ;>:?=: -:9<->;?-: high of 2,464 fresh cases was Amritsar, 277 from Jalandhar, infection and was in good cine for which it has been ,-$.& " reported on September 10. 202 from Bathinda, 195 from health. A multi-disciplinary enlisted to manufacture a bil- . 5 -=?9;< =,;: -<1-,? In just the first 10 days of Pathankot, 156 from team of doctors from AIIMS in lion doses. " ->91-:?1>:><<-;- September, the State has, till Gurdaspur, 144 from Patiala, New Delhi, PGIMS in Rohtak, “We are reviewing the sit- (+)+*),-- 2 <1<9<1 -<9?<<,;9? /0,1 $ date, recorded 18,197 cases — 141 from Hoshiarpur, 120 from Dr Virender Yadav, Civil uation and pausing India trials,” on an average, recording 1,820 Ludhiana, 91 from Kapurthala, Surgeon, Gurugram, Dr Sushila SII, the world’s biggest vaccine -*) <9;-=< ()***,:;-99 $% cases every day.