Morning Digest | Rain fury claims more lives in Himachal and Uttarakhand; India and China agree to resolve LAC issues, and more
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40,000 Kukis from Myanmar in Mizoram since 2021, never created any problem: Mizoram MP counters Amit Shah
Countering Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament last week that Kukis from Myanmar contributed to the present ethnic tension in Manipur, K. Vanlalvena, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram, said that though his State had sheltered more than 40,000 “refugees” from the neighbouring country since 2021, they had never created any problems.
Eastern Ladakh row: India and China agree to resolve remaining issues
In a rare two-day military talks, India and China agreed to resolve the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh in an “expeditious manner” besides maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas, a joint statement said on August 15, a day after conclusion of the dialogue.
Rain fury claims more lives in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
The death toll from the heavy rains that have battered Himachal Pradesh since Sunday night has crossed 53. In Uttarakhand, five people died in rain-related incidents as rivers continued to flow near the danger mark in the hills. As landslides continue to block roads and the weather forecast warned of more rains in the next few days, the State government has suspended the Char Dham Yatra.
Caught between the Taliban’s restrictions and India’s no-visa ‘policy’, Indian citizen in Herat longs for freedom to return