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International Fleet Review: Vizag rises to the occasion
A military parade is an orderly assembly of troops for inspection and this ceremony is festive in nature and often involves the marching of the personnel to the accompaniment of band music. Every parade has a Conducting Officer who acts as the host and a Reviewing Officer who is the Chief Guest. All this is reasonably straightforward and...
The Sichuan-Tibet rail-line on the way
The China Daily reported that the construction of a 1,629-kilometer Sichuan-Tibet railway will start in 2016. Lobsang Gyaltsen, the Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government announced it in Lhasa during the fourth session of the TAR’s 10th People’s Congress: “The government will start a preliminary survey and research of the...
Deteriorating Security Situation in Afghanistan
When the NATO forces were leaving Afghanistan, the United States ambassador in Afghanistan had come up with a plan to divide the country in to two regions, eastern Afghanistan comprising the Pashtuns and Western Afghanistan comprising the Tajiks, Uzbeks and the Heratis. The Tajiks and Uzbeks are Sunnis but are Jamaat-e-Islami, while the...
How We Killed The Kaoboys
Our late Prime Minister Morarji Desai blew India’s most critical covert operation, fully compromised our secret services, and helped Pakistan make the “Islamic bomb”. Kao is a name that’s known the world over—the secret world of espionage. R.N. Kao was the man anointed as independent India’s spymaster to bell the international cat....
Pay Terrorists back in their Own Coin
Terrorists across the border entered Pathankot, dressed up in army uniform, snatched a police personnel’s car, headed towards the Air Force base and struck an attack taking away precious lives of our Jawans. We boast about our military capabilities every year on Republic Day, but what’s the use when we can’t prevent such attacks, in...