https://www.thehindu.

com/news/national/eam-jaishankar-meets-chinese-counterpart-
wang-in-dushanbe/article36508646.ece?homepage=true
JAISHANKAR, WANG YI MEET IN DUSHANBE, SAY LAC ISSUES MUST BE RESOLVED,
CALL FOR FURTHER TALKS
‘Both sides agreed that a prolongation of the existing situation is not in the interest of the
either side as it is impacting the relationship in a negative manner,’ said a Ministry of
External Affairs statement.
China must not view India through the lens of its ties with other countries, External Affairs
Minister S. Jaishankar told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, as the two leaders met on the
sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Dushanbe on
Thursday, where they discussed the ongoing impasse at the Line of Actual Control in
Ladakh which they said had left relations at a “low ebb”.
In a statement issued after the meeting, held two months after they last met in Dushanbe at
the SCO Foreign Minister’s meeting in July, the Ministers agreed to more talks by military
and diplomatic officials to resolve the “remaining issues on disengagement".
“Both sides had agreed that a prolongation of the existing situation was not in the interest
of the either side as it was impacting the relationship in a negative manner. EAM therefore
emphasised that the two sides should work towards early resolution of the remaining
issues along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh while fully abiding by bilateral agreements and
protocols,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) statement issued early on Friday said. A
statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing is awaited.
Indian and Chinese officials are due to hold the 13th round of military talks to resolve the
situation at the LAC that began in April last year, when China amassed its troops along the
boundary in Eastern Ladakh and transgressed into several areas, leading to the Galwan
clashes in which 20 Indian soldiers and an undisclosed number of Chinese soldiers were
killed.
Of those areas, the two sides completed disengagement of troops on both banks of Pangong
Tso and Gogra, but friction points remain to be resolved at Hot Springs, Demchok and
Depsang. Both sides have, for the first time, put in place temporary “buffer zones” to avoid
further clashes.
According to the MEA, Mr. Jaishankar once again stressed that peace and tranquillity along
the LAC, that depends on resolving all remaining issues of the 17-month-long standoff, was
an “essential basis” for progress in bilateral relations, but it is understood the two
Ministers did discuss global developments, including Afghanistan, during their talks.
‘Clash of civilisations’
The meeting between the Foreign Minister’s came two days after the Chief of Defence Staff
Bipin Rawat said that India must prepare to deal with its “adversaries” on both fronts: with
China and Pakistan. He had also called China’s moves on Afghanistan, and “making friends”
with Iran and Turkey, a “jointmanship between the Sinic and Islamic civilisations”, and
asked whether that could lead to a “clash of civilisations” with the West.
Apparently contradicting the CDS’s comments, Mr. Jaishankar told Mr. Wang that India did
not believe in the “clash of civilisations theory” (famously propounded by U.S. Academic
Samuel Huntington).
“EAM conveyed that India had never subscribed to any clash of civilisations theory. He said
that India and China had to deal with each other on merits and establish a relationship
based on mutual respect.” the MEA statement said.
Mr. Jaishankar said that “Asian solidarity” depends on the example set by India-China
relations and in a possible reference to growing U.S.-India ties, added that China should
“avoid viewing our bilateral relations from the perspective of its relations with third
countries”. The remarks are significant as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is
addressing the SCO via videoconference on Friday, is travelling to Washington next week to
attend the Quad summit with leaders of U.S., Australia and Japan, where their common
position on China’s actions in the Indo-Pacific will be watched most closely.

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/delhi-orders-ban-pollutive-firecrackers-ahead-
diwali-save-lives-2021-09-16/
DELHI ORDERS BAN ON POLLUTIVE FIRECRACKERS AHEAD OF DIWALI TO 'SAVE
LIVES'
NEW DELHI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Delhi authorities ordered a ban on the storage, use and
sale of firecrackers in the Indian capital late on Wednesday ahead of the Diwali festival to
curb air pollution levels which cause thousands of deaths each year.
India is among the most polluted countries in the world, and air quality in Delhi and
neighbouring northern states normally begins to deteriorate at the end of September as
farmers set off crop fires to prepare for a new sowing season.
Delhi recorded some of the worst pollution levels globally in its latest peak pollution period
between October 2020 and January 2021.
"In view of the dangerous condition of Delhi's pollution during Diwali for the last 3 years,
like last year, a complete ban is being imposed...so that people's lives can be saved," said
the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter.
Authorities imposed a similar ban last year, but many revellers still burst crackers causing
a toxic haze over the sprawling capital region of 18 million people.
Kejriwal said he was cracking down on crackers much before Diwali, so traders didn't stock
up supplies.
The comments come amid concerns that air pollution could pose an additional health risk
at a time when the country is already grappling with the coronavirus pandemic.
The emissions of the dangerous PM2.5 particles per cubic metre of air in Delhi averaged
30.74 micrograms in the first two weeks of September, marginally above the 25 per cubic
metre level deemed safe by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
India's environment monitoring agency SAFAR deems a PM2.5 particle level of 60 as safe.
Some Indian states have stepped up punishments for crop residue burning over the last
couple of years to avert an expected spike in air pollution that brings smog every year
during the low temperatures of winter as part of a federal drive to clean up Delhi's air.
But local Uttar Pradesh officials said in August India's most populous state will drop legal
proceedings against farmers accused of burning crop waste, a major source of pollution.
The state is set to elect a new assembly next year and analysts say the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party is trying to placate farmers.

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