This week’s Big Story on India Ascends: First bilateral meet in 5 years between PM Modi and China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the recently-concluded Kazan BRICS summit. Leaders reaffirm that peace on the border is a priority. After 17 rounds of working mechanism meetings, 21 rounds of corps commander-level meetings,18 months of China not having an Ambassador in India, and well over four years since the June 15, 2020, Galwan clash, the Asian giants have agreed to disengage on the border.