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On the occasion of the Kargil Vijay Day, Claude Arpi’s interview with Param Vir Chakra, Yogender Singh Yadav. Yogender Singh Yadav survived 15 bullets while capturing Tiger Hill in the Kargil War and was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest award for gallantry. On the eve of Independence Day, the 32-year-old soldier relives that night...
How Indo-French ties have evolved into an epitome of strategic, economic and cultural cooperation
This year, France and India are celebrating 25 years of their strategic partnership. The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the chief guest for the parade on the French National Day (Bastille Day) in Paris will be the culmination of this momentous year. It will also witness a host of new agreements between the two nations. One could...
1962: नेहरू ने देश का किया बंटाधार!
नेविल मैक्सविल ने अपने ब्लॉग पर ‘हैंडरसन ब्रुक्स की जो रिपोर्ट रिलीज की है, वह स्पष्ट रूप से इशारा करती है कि 1962 का भारत-चीन यद्ध,...
Study of Armoured Formations’ Organisation & Employment, following Gen Guderian-type of Thought Process
Hitler had chosen the June 1888 born Col Gen Heinz Guderian1 who was doing the duties of Inspector General of Panzer Troops, as the new Chief of the Army General Staff, after the failed Plot to assassinate him on 22 July 1944, at ‘Berchtesgarden’ in East Prussia. He was neither an all-out Nazi nor an old-line Prussian officer, but an adroit...
R&AW में हड़ताल
बी रमन की पुस्तक ‘The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane‘ के अंश का हिंदी अनुवाद 1980, R&AW के लिए एक बुरा साल था। 1968 में जब संगठन अस्तित्व में आया, तो इंदिरा गांधी ने...