The first official confirmation of the scale of eastern-sector tensions since July comes despite three high-level border talks and Xi Jinping's visit for the BRICS Summit.

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• ITBP Director-General Shatrujeet Kapur said face-offs with Chinese troops have taken place at several locations in Arunachal Pradesh and are continuing.
• Government sources cite a stand-off since late July at Asaphila near Taksing in Upper Subansiri district.
• PLA tents are reported within 6 to 7 km of India's perception of the Line of Actual Control, near the Maja company operating base.
• The 36th WMCC meeting was held on 6 August, followed by the 25th round of Special Representatives talks in Beijing on 26 August.
• On 6 September, the first-ever Corps Commander-level meeting in the Eastern Sector took place at the Vacha-Damai Border Personnel Meeting Point.
• Xi Jinping attended the 18th BRICS Summit hosted by India from 11 to 13 September.
• The India–China boundary runs about 3,488 km across the Western, Middle and Eastern sectors.
• The McMahon Line, drawn at the Simla Convention (1914), is treated by India as the eastern boundary, while China rejects it and claims much of Arunachal as "Zangnan".
• The LAC is not jointly demarcated, so differing perceptions of its alignment drive recurring face-offs.
• Past eastern flashpoints include Sumdorong Chu (1986–87) and Yangtse in Tawang (December 2022).
• ITBP, raised on 24 October 1962, is a Central Armed Police Force under the Home Ministry and is raising a Shaurya commando battalion for high-altitude duty.

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