In this still image taken from video shows Indian and Chinese troops engaged in fisticuffs at the Pangong Tse lake in Ladakh in August 2017. more-inThe 73-day Doklam standoff and the Rohingya issue will be examined by the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, according to the Lok Sabha bulletin. The panel, which includes Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, will deliberate on a number of key foreign policy issues at its next meeting likely next month, one of its members said. Voting rights to NRIs, Brexit and its implications for India, the performance of passport issuance system and the issuance of e-passports are topics for discussions short-listed by the panel for its year-long agenda. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar had in July briefed the panel on the Doklam standoff.

Source: The Hindu October 10, 2017 16:50 UTC