Newspaper Headlines: India-China Hold Talks After Border Clash, Coronavirus Global Cases Top 9 Million

India and China held top-level military talks to discuss the Galwan face-off and other points of dispute for more than 11 hours, during which the generals resumed discussions on the disengagement process. More than nine million people have now been infected with the coronavirus worldwide. More than half of the 9,000,091 cases are in Europe and the United States: Europe having recorded 2,537,451 and the United States 2,281,903.

  • A week after a brutal clash between soldiers from the Indian Army and China's PLA in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley, top military officials from the two sides held a marathon meeting on Monday at Moldo on the Chinese side of the contested LAC with a focus on cooling tensions and thinning military build-up on both sides of the border. Global cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) surpassed 9 million on Monday, as Brazil and India grappled with a surge in infections, and the US, China and other hard-hit countries reported new outbreaks.
    A week after a brutal clash between soldiers from the Indian Army and China's PLA in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley, top military officials from the two sides held a marathon meeting on Monday at Moldo on the Chinese side of the contested LAC with a focus on cooling tensions and thinning military build-up on both sides of the border. Global cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) surpassed 9 million on Monday, as Brazil and India grappled with a surge in infections, and the US, China and other hard-hit countries reported new outbreaks.
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  • Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cautioned PM Modi against making declarations that could be used by China to vindicate its position and asked the government not to be intimidated into a compromise on India's territorial integrity. On Monday, the Supreme Court lifted the stay on Puri's annual Rath Yatra festival - which is set to begin today.
    Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cautioned PM Modi against making declarations that could be used by China to vindicate its position and asked the government not to be intimidated into a compromise on India's territorial integrity. On Monday, the Supreme Court lifted the stay on Puri's annual Rath Yatra festival - which is set to begin today.
  • At the high-level military talks between India and China on Monday that went on for almost 11 hours, India is understood to have demanded a timeline from the Chinese on their withdrawal from Galwan Valley and, specifically, restoring status quo in the Pangong Tso and Hot Springs.
    At the high-level military talks between India and China on Monday that went on for almost 11 hours, India is understood to have demanded a timeline from the Chinese on their withdrawal from Galwan Valley and, specifically, restoring status quo in the Pangong Tso and Hot Springs.
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