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Indigenisation in Defence : A Step In The Right Direction
Self reliance in defence technology and production is a pre-requisite for any nation that aspires to become a great power and have an enviable standing in the comity of nations. Critical deficiency of Artillery ammunition during the Kargil War was made up by import from South Africa, amongst others. There are, in fact, numerous examples, where...
Potency of the JMB threat to India’s Security
A report sent by the Bangladesh Government to India’s Ministry of Home Affairs noted that approximately 2,010 operatives of the Harkat ul Jihad al Islami – Bangladesh (HUJI-B) and Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) had entered India through the porous India-Bangladesh border. While nearly 720 men made a safe passage through the Bengal...
Russia’s Unprincipled Rebound to Afghanistan 2017
Russia’s unprincipled rebound to Afghanistan clearly visible in 2017 in the company of Pakistan and the Taliban who jointly spearheaded the Soviet exit from Afghanistan reflects the Russian depravity of political expediency. Russia would be sorely disappointed if it has concluded that its renewed rebound to Afghanistan by an unholy coalition...
Kashmir must heed sage advice given by PM Modi
“I want to tell the youth of Kashmir – you have two roads in front of you that will guide your destiny; on one side is tourism and on the other side is terrorism. So much blood has been spilled over the last 40 years, but nothing has been achieved except that mothers have lost sons…” These fateful words were spoken by Prime Minister...
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s India visit is critical for South Asia
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s forthcoming three-day visit to India (April 07-10), after two postponements, mainly because of the Indian government’s preoccupation with domestic issues, is expected to take the bilateral relations a notch higher. The growing relations between the two countries (more exactly the governments and...