News:
- India and China opertionalised new Border Personal Meeting (BPM) point on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) in cold desert of Ladakh.
- Defence spokesperson of army’s Northern Command, Colonel S D Goswami, said country’s 69th Independence Day marked a momentous occasion in India-China relation.
- The point is strategically important as it is the second meeting point, after Chusul, in Eastern Ladakh.
- Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a three week long stand-off in DBO in May 201.
Source: DefenceNews