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DHARAMSALA, 15 June: A former Indian Foreign Service officer has called on New Delhi to rethink and revise its ”One China” policy and exploit the geographic, ethnic, and economic faultlines within the Asian giant, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang, reports the PTI.

DHARAMSALA, 12 June: India has surpassed the United Kingdom to become the fourth worst affected country in the world by the COVID-19 pandemic.

DHARAMSALA, 11 June: Indian traders’ body, Confederation of All-India Traders (CAIT), has “launched a campaign to boycott Chinese goods with an aim to reduce India’s imports of products manufactured in the country by USD 13 billion by December 2021.”

DHARAMSALA, 10 June: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will release an album of mantras set to music to next month.

DHARAMSALA, 9 June: One of China’s main propaganda outlets has paid American newspapers nearly $19 million for advertising and printing expenses over the past four years, the Daily Caller reported citing documents filed with the Justice Department.

DHARAMSALA, 8 June: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted a large-scale manoeuvre operation sending a mixed message to India a day after the two sides held talks and agreed to “peacefully resolve” the border face-off.

DHARAMSALA, 4 June: Tech giant Google has taken down an Indian mobile application from its app store that allows its users to remove Chinese apps from their mobile phones.

DHARAMSALA, 2 June: Former Indian diplomat Phunchok Stobdan has tendered an apology to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his followers over his remarks on the Dalai Lama that drew a spate of backlash.

DHARAMSALA, 1 June: The Buddhist community and traders in Ladakh have demanded “unconditional apology” from former Indian diplomat Phunchok Stobdan over his comments on the Tibetan spiritual leader over the backdrop of ongoing border tension between India and China.

DHARAMSALA, 28 May: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told the Congress that Hong Kong