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July 10, 2024

NEW DELHI: India plans to spend $1 billion to speed up the construction of 12 hydropower plants in the northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, two government sources said, a move that could stoke tensions with China claiming the region. The federal finance ministry under Nirmala Sitharaman recently approved up to 7.5 billion rupees ($89.85 million) in financial assistance to each hydropower project in the northeastern region, the sources said. Under the scheme, around 90 billion rupees are likely to be allocated for the 12 hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh, the sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The

April 2, 2024

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India rejects China’s renaming of 30 border states

NEW DELHI: India rejected China’s renaming of about 30 places in the northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, calling the move “ridiculous” and asserting that the border province is an “integral” part of India. Beijing says Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls Zangnan, is part of South Tibet – a claim New Delhi has repeatedly rejected. Similarly, China raised tensions a year ago by giving Chinese names to 11 locations in the state. Troops of the nuclear-armed neighbors engaged in minor skirmishes along their disputed border in the state in December 2022, and tensions eased after extensive military and

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