Morning Digest | China builds ropeway at India-Bhutan junction; Jaishankar says world sees Pakistan as epicentre of terrorism, and more

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China builds ropeway at India-Bhutan junction

China has set up a ropeway near the Torsa Nala on its side of the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction and is strengthening roads and other infrastructure along the entire eastern sector, according to defence sources. In the Yangtse area of the Tawang sector, which saw a scuffle last week, defence officials with knowledge of the area said that China had stepped up patrols some years ago to assert its claims in the area, after finding that their grazers could not move in and out. “What irks the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is that the Indian Army holds the dominating heights which give a complete view of the bowl,” noted two of the sources.

World sees Pakistan as ‘epicentre’ of terrorism: EAM Jaishankar

The world sees Pakistan as the “epicentre” of terrorism, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in United Nations on December 15, asserting that the international community has not forgotten where the menace stems from, despite the brain fog induced by over two years of Covid-19.

43 policemen convicted for killing 10 Sikhs in 1991

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday convicted 43 policemen for culpable homicide in a case relating to the killing of 10 Sikhs in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh in 1991. They were sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of ₹10,000. However, the Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and justice Saroj Yadav set aside the murder conviction given by a lower court. It said there was “no ill-will between the accused and those killed. The accused were public servants and their object was the advancement of public justice”.  

States can enact laws on uniform civil code, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tells Rajya Sabha