Along the LAC front in eastern Ladakh, China and India have been able to “reduce differences” and build “some consensus” on disengaging troops from friction points to end the standoff.

A 15-member team, led by Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal, has decided to name the summit "Tsangyang Gyatso Peak" after the Dalai Lama.

A team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) scaled an unnamed and unclimbed 20,942 ft high peak in Arunachal Pradesh and decided to name the summit after the 6th Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso,

Naming the peak after the 6th Dalai Lama is a tribute to his timeless wisdom and his profound contributions to the Monpa community and beyond, said a Defence Ministry press release.

A day after India named a peak after the 6th Dalai Lama, China has expressed its displeasure and stated that Arunachal is their territory. “The area of Zangnan is Chinese territory and it’s illegal, null and void for India to set up the so called ‘Arunachal Pradesh' in Chinese territory.

China expresses displeasure over Indian mountaineers naming a peak in Arunachal Pradesh after the 6th Dalai Lama, reaffirming its territorial claims.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian during a media briefing in Beijing said, “It’s illegal, and null and void for India to set up the so-called ‘Arunachal Pradesh’ in Chinese territory.”

China upset over Indian mountaineers naming peak in Arunachal Pradesh after 6th Dalai Lama, reiterating territorial claims.

China's reaction comes after a team of the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports scaled an unnamed and uncharted peak in Arunachal Pradesh.