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India-China Border Talks: ndia and China will take forward the hampered disengagement process at Pangong Tso and Gogra-Hot Springs as well as discuss the restoration of status quo in the strategically-located Depsang Plains region in eastern Ladakh.

Nationwide, the curve of daily COVID-19 deaths in Brazil has been in a long plateau since June, albeit in a very high range. At the state level, things are murkier.

Prior to AMCA, India had decided to work with Russia on joint development of a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). However, this plan was abandoned in 2017 to promote indigenization and reduce dependence on foreign technology.

Dassault Rafale vs Eurofighter Typhoon: Both - Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale actually began as projects among the France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK to build a common European jet fighter in the late 1970s before France decided to develop one on its own in 1985 due to differences in technical requirements.

Ladakh vs Doklam: In China's old package offer, it was believed that China asked Bhutan to give up claim on Doklam in exchange for Beijing ceding territory in the central section. This though has been resisted by Bhutan, apparently at India's behest.