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An impressionable Henry Kissinger, the then U.S. national security adviser, was clearly awed by the presence of his Chinese interlocutor, Zhou Enlai, steeped in revolutionary history and the...

First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Begins Final Assembly

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 June 2013

Newest 787 complements, extends the super-efficient family Boeing has begun final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner. The newest member of the 787 family began taking shape on schedule May 30...

Fight Maoist strategy and not the forces...

By: Danvir Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 June 2013

The ‘Gandhians with Guns’ as they may be referred by the people like Arundhiti Roy, however the fact is that they are armed rebels working against the interestsof the union of India and its...

A Turning Point in History

By: Air Marshal B D Jayal |Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 01 June 2013

Even as the full scale of the tragedy that struck the United States on September 11 is unfolding, it is worth pondering its strategic implications. A leading American daily has termed it as war...

Route-Out aur Route-In Alag Hoga

By: Rahul Chutani |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 01 June 2013

“Route-Out aur Route-In Alag Hoga” said the Ustad at the Indian Military Academy. This phrase sounded too basic and too simplistic at that time to the young boys sitting there, imbibing...

Combating Left-Wing Extremism

By: Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd) |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 01 June 2013

Among the security perils that afflict India internally, the gravest and most alarmingly burgeoning is left-wing extremism (LWE), commonly dubbed as the Naxal-Maoist threat. Alluded to as being...

Mr. Li and the Three Idiots

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 May 2013

Li came, Li saw (the Indian confusion) and Li won. It was not difficult. He spoke of the Three Idiots, a film that his daughter ‘forced’ him to see, and the Indian establishment (and media)...

India’s China Syndrome

By: Kanwal Sibal |Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 29 May 2013

India-China relations are complex enough not to be seen in black and white terms. Amidst all the good reasons for India to mistrust China and deal with it as an adversary, it makes sense to work...

Senior leadership and ‘any peg in any hole’ syndrome

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 May 2013

The news of the posting of General David Petraeus as Commander of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan must have been received with a certain degree of disbelief by the status-conscious Indian...

Maoists ambush Congress Leaders Convoy

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 May 2013

The last Saturday (25th May) Maoist ambush of the convoy of Congressmen in Chhattisgarh is being described as a wakeup call in view of forthcoming elections, the term of the present State...

Police cannot take on Maoists

By: VK Shashikumar |Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 25 May 2013

The latest flash-point between The People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army or naxals in the Lakhisarai forests of Bihar is a tell-tale indicator of the state of preparedness of the Indian police and...

Tackling Maoists : the Andhra paradigm

By: Col JK Achuthan (Retd.) |Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 25 May 2013

“The armed Threat from within is more dangerous than any external Threats.” -Leon Trotsky Introduction Today the greatest danger to India’s independence and flourishing democracy is the...

Spreading Naxalism - Napping Government

By: PV Ramana |Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 24 May 2013

Naxalites owing allegiance to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) have been waging a bloody insurrection against the Indian state with the ultimate objective of capturing political power...

Cassidian launches Claricor 3: A new secure communications solution

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May 2013

Cassidian has introduced a new version of its professional radio system solution for small to medium-sized networks, called Claricor. Made for up to 5,000 users, it offers a cost-effective set-up...

Honeywell’s new HTF7350 engine to power Bombardier Challenger 350

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May 2013

Honeywell has announced that its HTF7350, the latest engine to join its successful HTF7000 series, will power Bombardier’s new Challenger 350* supermidsize business jet. In addition to the...

Looking beyond the DBO face off

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 21 May 2013

With the Chinese removing the four tents pitched in Indian Territory at an altitude of 17,500 feet, a few kilometers South of Daulat Beg Oldi(DBO) in the Depsang Plains in Eastern Ladakh a...

Solution to J & K problem lies in New Delhi...

By: Lt Gen NS Malik |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May 2013

J&K is an integral part of India. The only problem that can be called J&K Problem is the non- comprehension by India, its people and the government to this ultimate truth of its being the...

China’s Foreign Policy: Biang Biang Noodles!

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May 2013

Tavleen Singh narrates in her book ‘Durbar’ that having personally witnessed grisly scenes of children dying of starvation in presence of their hapless parents themselves surviving on grass...

India-China: Border Defence Cooperation Agreement

By: Brig Pillalmarri Subramanyam |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May 2013

The events of the past week and half are gradually clearing the fog over why China did what she did at DBO on 15th April 2013. Though a surfeit of motives were assigned, a careful review of the...

Aggressive Chinese designs and India's utter timidity...

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 May 2013

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, after holding talks with his counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on 09 May 2013, told reporters that there was still no clarity on the reasons behind the...