The brutal civil war going on in Yemen has so far claimed more than 16,000 lives and left millions of people on the brink of starvation. The unceremonious ouster of pro-Saudi president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi had triggered a bitter war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi rebels in Yemen in 2015. As a result of the economic fallout of growing tension, India banned more than 200 Chinese mobile applications, including the hugely popular TikTok, citing security concerns. The military tension at the border is mirrored by growing political tension, which has strained ties between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. India accused China of firing into the air. In early September, China accused India of firing shots at its troops.
Both charges were denied by China, which said the stand-off was "entirely" India's fault.
In August, India accused China of provoking military tensions at the border twice within a week. The Galwan Valley clashes - fought with sticks and clubs, not guns - was the first fatal confrontation between the two sides since 1975. Later, on the intervening night of June 15-16, around 20 Indian soldiers (including an officer) and an undisclosed number of Chinese soldiers died in overnight clashes. The tension between the two world powers aggravated following skirmishes between the two militaries at the border near Pangong Lake in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in May this year. The ties between India and China reached its lowest level due to border dispute in the Himalayan region.
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