Months after the border disengagement, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Sunday arrived in Beijing and met a top Chinese Communist Party (CPC) leader. Chinese state-backed outlet Global Times reported that “the two sides exchanged views on jointly implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries,

India and China's potential bilateral relations recovery is likely to re-start direct flights between the two nations, as Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visits Beijing today, reported Indian Express.

During Misri’s visit, discussions are expected to address the de-escalation of tensions along the LAC, resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, and measures to facilitate people-to-people exchanges.

India has voiced concern about Beijing’s plan to build a dam in Tibet that is three times larger than China’s Three Gorges, currently the world’s largest hydropower facility.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will reiterate New Delhi’s concerns over Beijing’s move to build a mega hydropower plant on Yarlung Tsangpo river in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China – a project which might result in a diminishing flow of water into Siang and Brahmaputra in India.

Tensions have prevailed over aggressive Chinese assertions in the waters. Beijing's claims overlap with exclusive economic zones of several countries in the region, including Indonesia.

Delhi has so far maintained that it would like to see progress on the border situation before moving on to normalising the relationship.

India and Indonesia have pitched for a "full and effective" code of conduct in the South China Sea in accordance with the relevant international laws amid China's increasing military muscle-flexing in the region.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be visiting Beijing on January 26 and 27 for a meeting of the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister mechanism between India and China,” the Ministry of External Affairs (

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's two-day visit to Beijing marks a significant step in reviving India-China relations following a prolonged stalemate. The visit aims to build on recent high-level engagements between the two countries and explore measures to ease tensions,

As Asia’s most populous nations grapple with youth unemployment, experts worry that the region could fail to maximise its economic potential going forward. The series Shifting Horizons looks at the difficulties the youth face and possible solutions.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has had an action-packed three-day visit to India. The two countries enhanced their bilateral ties over the weekend, signing pacts on maritime security, health, culture, etc. Subianto was the chief guest of India’s Republic Day celebrations on Sunday.