Sonia Chauhan

VIaNews Correspondent for India - Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Journalism & Mass Communication | Himachal Pradesh University. Journalist contact: soniachauhan@vianewsagency.com

Rasana Village in the state of Kashmir, India.

Asifa Bano Rape and Murder Case in Disputed State of Kashmir, India. Is There More to it Than Just Sexual Offence?

NEW DELHI, India (ViaNews) – The brutal rape-and-murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in the state of Kashmir has, once again, not only put the spotlight back on the safety issues for Indian women but has served to heighten communal tensions in a part of the country that is already largely divided and perennially on…

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Indian Prime-Minister, Narendra Modi, and Chinese Prime Minister, Xi Jinping, at the Expanded Format Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State. Photo by: www.kremlin.ru.

Acceptance Into Wassenaar Arrangement may be India’s Ticket to NSG, Which China Opposes

NEW DELHI, India (Vianews) – Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) is an important Multilateral Export Control Regime(MECR) and has been recently on limelight with India joining in. Established in 1996, Wassenaar aims at establishing increased transparency and greater responsibility in the transfer of dual-use goods and technologies. It also provides collaboration and technological transfer in civil-military WMD…

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Taj Mahal, India

Delhi: A Polluted Dystopia?

NEW DELHI, India (ViaNews)– Indian Supreme Court banned fireworks in Delhi during this year’s Diwali celebration. Diwali is the foremost festive season of the city, and most of the country for that matter, for which bursting of crackers and lighting of streets formed the major axis of celebration. There were frowns from various people who…

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People's Liberation Army

India-China Doklam Standoff: Are Dangers of Confrontation Really Over?

New Delhi, India (VIAnews) – Border disputes between India and China, somehow, has always been tripartite. Most of the post-independence disputes can be traced back to the diplomacy of ‘great game’ and cartographic chessboard strategies between Great Britain and Russia, with China dictating trade agreements through Tibet and the Empire, much to the former’s fury….

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