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India and China are yet to agree on the modalities for the proposed troop disengagement in eastern Ladakh , making it virtually certain their soldiers will remain deployed on the forbidding heights through the long and harsh winter ahead. The seven-month-long military confrontation in eastern Ladakh “is frozen in time†now, with “no meaningful progress†being made after the eighth round of corps commander-level talks on November 6. “Talks have virtually stalled over the exact modalities and sequencing of steps for a mutually-acceptable pullback. China is yet to get back on the date for the ninth round of military dialogue,â€...
