Modi salutes Indian soldiers dead in China border clash
By AFP
18 June 2020 |
2:55 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi salutes the 20 Indian soldiers who were killed in clashes with Chinese troops on the Asian giants' border.
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