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 New Delhi: Prime time Tuesday focused on the latest India-China standoff near Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh. India Today called this “yet another provocation” from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, while Mirror Now wondered if China was provoking India into a “military confrontation”. On Zee News, anchor Aman Chopra claimed that China is scared as it had issued “5 statements within 24 hours”. Times Now, however, found the Sushant Singh Rajput death investigation a more pressing issue.

First, India Today, where anchor Rahul Kanwal spoke of the Chinese “attempt to evict the Indian Army from the new positions on the South bank of Pangong Tso.”

The channel’s Shiv Aroor also brought in his expertise on this “absolutely incredible hostile action” and explained, “Chinese forces tried to apparently close in on Helmet Top and Kala Top, which had been occupied by Indian forces two nights before. This was an aggressive action after brigadier-level talks had begun.”

He added, “What I’m hearing from intelligence is that positions held by Indian forces were so dominant and advantageous that they spotted the Chinese movement. They had their floodlights and megaphones on to tell Chinese troops that they had been spotted so they had to stop in their tracks and move back.”

Mirror Now’s Afrida Rahman Ali said, “We are looking at a major tension in the Indo-China border — even as the country is grappling with the pandemic, there is fresh crisis at the border.”

She continued, “Is this another provocation from the Chinese side? Is China provoking India into a military confrontation?”