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With the India-China border dispute remaining a long-running thorn in bilateral relations between the two countries, the latest one-to-one meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping could take make the relations better.

Even as US President Donald Trump says he has no regrets about starting the Iran war, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian makes his nation’s resolve clear that it will foil Trump’s plans to claim a convincing victory in the ongoing conflict.

The underlying tensions in Ladakh trace back to violent scenes exactly a year ago, when demonstrations demanding greater autonomy spiralled into clashes that left four dead and dozens injured, along with damage to a local BJP office.

Even as Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) is passing through its electorally lowest phase ever, party supremo Mayawati is taking steps apparently with an eye on next year’s Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, but her moves may cause more trouble for the party.

It is seven years after his last visit to India, and six years after the Galwan Valley confrontation, that Chinese President Xi Jinping is coming to New Delhi. This is a good time now to take bilateral bonhomie a few steps ahead.