PM Modi calls on President Kovind as India-China military stand-off enters third month

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday – amid the continuing military stand-off along India-China disputed border in eastern Ladakh. PM Modi briefed Kovind “on the issues of national and international importance”, Rashtrapati Bhavan posted on Twitter, but refrained from divulging further details. The meeting between the Prime Minister and the President, who is the supreme commander of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy, is significant, as the stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – the de facto boundary between India and China in western sector – entered into the third month....