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India said on Tuesday it would firmly defend its 3,500-km- (2,200-mile-) long border with China after domestic media reported a new face-off on the disputed frontier, just days ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping.

India's pricing regulator has fined more than a dozen global and local carmakers a total of 25.5 billion rupees ($420 million) after a probe found they had engaged in anti-competitive practices in the world's sixth largest auto market.

India's junior minister for communications and information technology Killi Kruparani's announcement of a probe in the domestic operations of Chinese company Huawei Technologies is the latest development of the region's attempt to stave of potential threats to the country's national security.