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India hopeful of progress at border talks with China on Wednesday

The talks will take place at Chushul-Moldo meeting point on the Chinese side. Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta will lead the Indian delegation at the talks. He recently took over as commander of the Leh-based XIV Corps from Lt Gen PGK Menon, who had led the Indian team at some of the previous meetings.

Anglo-French discord

The Anglo-French diplomatic spat has intensified in the immediate aftermath of the death of 27 people who perished while trying to cross the English Channel. This has been rated as one of the deadliest disasters ever in the Channel. France has been remarkably swift in binning the British appeal as “unacceptable”.