India and China have come to yet another agreement to respect the Line of Actual Control and a “phased and stepwise de-escalation” but the uneasy feeling remains: when and where will the next transgression occur? Are the Indian military, intelligence and diplomatic set-ups prepared to detect or avoid another confrontation? The country can scarcely afford such alarums and incursions when the battle against Covid-19 is far from over, as the opinion page reflects today. Kanika Datta sums up the views.
The Indian Council of Medical Research’s letter announcing a crashed deadline for the Covid-19 vaccine has the medical community up