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Operation Chitral: Pakistan’s TTP Threat
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Sep , 2023
On September 6th 2023, Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) launched an extensive operation in Chitral district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).The operation commenced on the day, when Pakistan was celebrating its...

J&K and Secularism
By: Hari Om Mahajan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Sep , 2023
On September 21, 2023, Kashmir-based pro-autonomy and pro-Article 370 National Conference’s vice-president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, opined that “any attempt...

Battle of OP Hill: The biggest Infantry Battle fought in Mountains
By: Lt Col (Dr) Sube Singh Ahlawat | Issue: Book Excerpt: Battle of OP Hill | Date: 23 Sep , 2023
“Though I am not naturally honest, I am so, sometimes by chance” — William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale General It is rightfully said that military history cannot justifiably be...

India-Pakistan War 1965: A Reappraisal
By: Col Deepak Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Sep , 2023
It is imperative to revisit history often to see if it was analysed correctly or the correct lessons were learnt.The interpretation of history also changes as the perspectives change with time....

Trudeau’s Gambit
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Sep , 2023
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has claimed that the Indian government is behind the killing of the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. In a statement Trudeau...

Sinking or Soaring: The Digital Dilemma of India’s Maritime Future
By: Dr. Arnab Das | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Sep , 2023
In the 21st century, as India’s economy continues to evolve and develop, its digital prowess has emerged as a significant driver of growth. The Digital India initiative has emerged as a driving...

The Much Awaited Strategic Partnership between India and Greece
By: Ritika Suneja | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Sep , 2023
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed a momentous visit to the Hellenic Republic on the invitation his counterpart Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on 25th August 2023. The visit...

Revisiting the Shadows of British Intelligence Agencies in Sri Lanka : Good,...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Sep , 2023
The past couple of decades have seen the robust growth of the new branch of international affairs, the serious study of intelligence services through the prism of history. Given such a...

The Cloud Messengers of Siachen
By: Amit K Paul | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Sep , 2023
Between 1980 and 1983 shadow mountaineering was underway on the peaks in and around the Siachen Glacier with both India and Pakistan sending reconnaissance patrols to the region. Additionally...

A Series of Hardball Negotiations Arrived at G20 New Delhi Leader’s...
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Sep , 2023
The G20 leaders on September 9, 2023, reached a consensus on a declaration, which refrained from condemning Russia for its “special military operations” in Ukraine but took note of the...

Thales and Schiebel expand Strategic Partnership to promote the CAMCOPTER...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Sep , 2023
The CAMCOPTER S-100 and S-300 systems represent the pinnacle of unmanned/uncrewed aerial reconnaissance and surveillance systems, embodying state-of-the-art technologies and unmatched...

Sectarian Influence on Terror Recruitment
By: Col Rahul Jain | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Sep , 2023
Pakistan is an Islamic state that came into existence after a flawed two-nation theory; a separate homeland for Muslims that would embrace all sects of Islam. Islam in Southeast Asia has a unique...

The G-20 Summit and Indo-US strategic partnership
By: Neeraj Mahajan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Sep , 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States in June last and President Joseph R. Biden’s visit to New Delhi to attend the recently concluded G-20 leader’s summit has added a new...

Indian Air Force successfully tested the “Type V Heavy Drop System”
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Sep , 2023
The Indian Air Force recently successfully tested the “Type V Heavy Drop System” from a cargo aircraft. With the help of this system, Arms/equipment’s /Ammunition weighing up to 20 Ton can...

For G20 Delhi Declaration, G7 Ceded Major Ground on Ukraine
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Sep , 2023
The G20 Summit has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, with its success in delivering the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration. There was apprehension that much like the G20 meetings of the...

Revisiting 1962
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 09 Sep , 2023
A recent visit in the forward areas of the Tawang sector opened my eyes wider. Though I have been studying different aspects of the 1962 border war with China for years, it is only by seeing the...

Top 10 most fearsome Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)
By: Neeraj Mahajan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Sep , 2023
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) are powerful long-range missiles designed for delivering nuclear or conventional payloads over vast distances. They are capable of traveling...

The Long March to Siachen
By: Amit K Paul | Date: 09 Sep , 2023
The Crucial Meeting After preliminary discussions with Gen. A S Vaidya, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) around 9th of February 1984, a crucial meeting was called by the Northern Army Commander, Lt....

Why Xi is Giving a Slip to G-20 Summit at New Delhi?
By: Dr Rajasimman Sundaram | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Sep , 2023
On 04 September the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a notification stating that the G-20 Summit meet to be held in New Delhi (September 9-10) will be attended by a team led by the country’s...

Aspirations to Greatness: Learning Lessons from History
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Sep , 2023
On the gaining of Independence and the Partition that followed soon after, India and Pakistan adopted two very divergent roads in pursuit of their respective destinies. Today, our aspirations...