India-China border face-offs continue at several points
The ITBP chief has confirmed that face-offs at the India-China border are continuing at multiple points. A face-off is a tense standoff where forces stand close together, often without open fighting.
ContextIndia and China have had a tense border dispute in the Himalayas for years, with clashes in 2020 in Ladakh drawing wide attention. The ITBP, or Indo-Tibetan Border Police, guards the frontier with China and reports on conditions along it.