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Baloch Liberation Army Revs up its Activities
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Aug , 2023
Post the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) attack on a convoy of Chinese engineers in Gwadar on August 13th, the rebel outfit has issued a 90 days ultimatum to the Chinese citizens. The BLA has asked...
Lt Col Stobdan Kalon, VSM: The man who reconnoitered Siachen in 1978
By: Amit K Paul | Date: 16 Aug , 2023
The exploits of Col. ‘Bull’ Kumar in India’s Siachen saga are well documented. It was from his chance meeting with Volkar Stallbohm and Jaroslav Poncar in 1978 that Kumar learnt about...
Manipur Revisited
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Aug , 2023
In 1978, the Congress (I) found itself as the main opposition at both the Centre and in Punjab. At the same time J S Brar, a farmer from Moga, was appointed as the Head of the Damdami Taksal, a...
Is the Quad India’s Foreign Policy Dilemma?
By: Gayatri Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Aug , 2023
Formation of the Quad The Quad officially known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is a grouping between the U.S, India, Australia, and Japan. It started off as an ad hoc grouping as a result...
Manipur Unrest and Unfair Demonising of Assam Rifles
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Aug , 2023
It’s distressing to hear that 40 Members of the Legislative Assembly [MLA] belonging to various political parties have sought replacement of Assam Rifles to assist Manipur police for restoring...
Niger – Newest Global Hotspot
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Aug , 2023
The recent military coup in Niger ousting the government of President Mohamed Bazoum has created much turbulence in the in the West, more so because the new regime is viewed as pro-Russia with...
Reflecting on Afghan People’s Aspirations Marking Afghanistan’s 104th...
By: Neelapu Shanti | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Aug , 2023
“Empowering them to believe that they can accomplish anything they set their minds to. Despite challenges that our nation has faced in the last half century, Afghanistan possesses boundless...
Inter-Services Organisation Bill 2023: A Step Closer Towards Indian Military...
By: Rahul B Wankhede | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Aug , 2023
Introduction The passage of the Inter-Services Organisation (Command, Control & Discipline) Bill, by the Parliament on August 09, 2023[i] is a step closer towards realising the long-awaited...
Theatre Commands take shape, Lok Sabha Clears Inter-Services Organisation Bill
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Date: 10 Aug , 2023
As momentum gains for the proposed reorganisation of the Indian military into integrated theatre commands, the Lok Sabha on August 4 passed the Inter-Services Organisation (Command, Control and...
To Transform or To Perish?
By: Lt Gen (Dr) VK Saxena (Retd.) | Issue: Vol. 38.2, Apr-Jun 2023 | Date: 10 Aug , 2023
Premise We are passing through changing times. The ‘pace of change’ driven by the fast grind of ‘enabling technologies’ is blistering. The bottom-line is ‘flow with the tide and time or...
Why Article 370 Abrogation Continues to Irk Pakistan
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Date: 09 Aug , 2023
Despite its claim to the contrary, it’s apparent that Islamabad’s unending repertoire of allegations that people in Kashmir being denied their fundamental rights and being brutalised has...
Impact of UAVs on Strategic Air Warfare
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 38.2, Apr-Jun 2023 | Date: 09 Aug , 2023
Emerging technologies, with splendid assistance from Artificial Intelligence (AI), are driving remarkable Research and Development (R&D) in the area of unmanned systems for use on land, over and...
Strategic Necessity for Advancing Indo-Taiwan Relationship
By: Deepak Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Aug , 2023
In current scenario, Indo-Pacific region has become the hot bed of competition between the US and the China to enhance their geopolitical influence to exploit the Oceania for political, economic,...
Demographic Invasion of Jammu
By: Hari Om Mahajan | Date: 07 Aug , 2023
Jammu, the ISI Target The year 1995. Things in Jammu were deteriorating and fast appeared to be going the Kashmir way. The fundamental factor: Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI)...
Confronting China through the Prism of Reality
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Aug , 2023
It is a truism that while we are community minded and seek cooperation with others, our interactions tend to be guided less by altruism and more by our own self-interest and greed. It was...
Cycling 25,000 Kilometers Showcases Women Safety and Empowerment in India
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Aug , 2023
What would you do if you didn’t agree with the perception that India’s not a safe place for women? Perhaps you would simply dismiss this sweeping observation being motivated or an...
BRICS and De-dollarization
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Aug , 2023
There is perceptible glee in the US over Russian President Vladimir Putin physically not attending the upcoming 15th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit scheduled in...
SAM Manekshaw on Leadership and Discipline
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Aug , 2023
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw’s Lecture at Defence Services College, Wellington on Leadership and Discipline 11th November, 1998. Commandant, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am fully conscious of the...
Chandrayaan-3: What would landing on the lunar South Pole mean for India and...
By: Neeraj Mahajan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Aug , 2023
On 14 July 2023, Chandrayaan-3 India’s third spacecraft began its 384,400-kilometre journey towards the Moon atop the medium-lift Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) rocket, positioning India as a...
Muharram Procession in Srinagar: a ‘Win-Win’ Situation for All
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Jul , 2023
It’s after more than three decade hiatus that Srinagar once again witnessed the traditional Alam Sharief procession that marks the occasion of 8th Muharram and the fact that this major event in...