Articles in Issues
HAL secures landmark defence contract of LCA Mark 1A
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Apr , 2024
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has recently clinched a monumental contract, marking a historic milestone in India’s quest for self-reliance in defense manufacturing. The Defense Ministry has...
Ladakh: An Insurgency in the Making
By: Dr. Shambhavi Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Apr , 2024
Overview Ladakh is strategically located at the crossroads of Central, East and South Asia with a vast tourism potential. Fertile valleys and river basins offer huge opportunities for...
Boon is Central Rule for Ladakhi Buddhists
By: Hari Om Mahajan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Apr , 2024
The one region which suffered huge socio-economic and political losses after the accession of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir to Bharat on October 26, 1947 was the Buddhist-dominated Leh...
Pacific Power Play: US-Led Alliances, India, and China’s Strategic Moves
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Apr , 2024
The China challenge goes far beyond the western Pacific. The strengthened US-led alliances in the western Pacific have their more security-oriented deterrent role, while the Quad, with India in...
Triumph in the Skies: Agni-Prime's Flawless Flight Test Marks a Milestone in...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Apr , 2024
The Strategic Forces Command (SFC), along with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), orchestrated the triumphant flight-testing of the cutting-edge New Generation Ballistic...
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Changing Indian Exceptionalism: Global and Regional Implications
By: Col Anil Athale | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2024
In the current election season, the issue of India gifting the Kachchatheevu is land to Sri Lanka in 1974, has been raised as a poll issue by one party. Along with this ‘gift’, many Indians...
Lt. Indra Lal Roy, DFC. The Forgotten Ace
By: Anil Warner | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Apr , 2024
A new book examines the life and times of the First World War aviator Just a dozen years after the Wright Brothers took to the skies, an eighteen year old Indian pilot followed – flying the...
Jobless Growth in India: Thoughts on Viksit Bharat
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Apr , 2024
Introduction One of the paradoxes of India’s growth story, after economic liberalization was introduced in 1991, has been jobless growth. At its peak during the years 2004-2009, while the...
The China-US Equation
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2024
The news about the telephonic conversation between the POTUS Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 2, 2024, makes for interesting reading. Who wanted this discussion is not...
Surviving its Own Game Play: Rise in Anti Pak Insurgencies- The BLA and others
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Apr , 2024
On 26th March 2024, the Balochistan Liberation Army’s (BLA’s) Majeed Brigade attacked PNS Siddique, which is the second largest Naval base in Pakistan after the PNS Mehran. PNS Siddique is...
Siachen: Baisakhi & Meghdoot
By: Amit K Paul | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Apr , 2024
It was only fortuitous that India launched Operation Meghdoot on 13th April 1984 thereby successfully pre-empting Pakistan from occupying the Saltoro Heights on 1st May 1984 as per its plan. After...
For a few Dollars more:The Story of Sri Lankan ex-servicemen in...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Apr , 2024
The history of the mercenaries is as old as the history of the war itself. From Carthaginians to the British many nations relied on mercenary soldiers to make the decisive outcomes in the war...
Ukraine has turned into paradise of drug lords and gangsters
By: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Apr , 2024
Though for the past few decades, Ukraine had been considered as paradise by drug lords and gangsters, with illicit substances flowing to and from many countries including Afghanistan, in the...
Security of CPEC: What Next?
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Apr , 2024
Targeting Chinese Nationals Plagued by recurring security issues, Beijing’s more than a decade old ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [CPEC] project suffered yet another setback last...
Maldives’ Maladies
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Apr , 2024
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, who got elected flaunting his “India out” credentials, surprised everyone last week by saying India will continue to remain his country’s closest ally. In...
India emerges as a major U.S. Training partner to frustrate ‘hostile’ China
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Apr , 2024
The United States of America is conducting a large number of military exercises with its allies as well as partners including India to restrain China by controlling Indo-Pacific region. It also...
Kosovo Independence: Dilemmas on NATO’s Aggression in 1999
By: Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Apr , 2024
Twenty-five years commemoration of NATO’s military intervention against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the FRY) in March−June 1999 once again opened the question of the Western foundation...
Dalai Lama's arrival in Tawang: 65 years on, India-China ties remain complex...
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 01 Apr , 2024
The Dalai Lama’s escape to Tawang in 1959 not only marked a significant turning point in India-China relations but also highlighted the enduring struggle for Tibetan autonomy amid shifting...
Top 3 Trends in Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Innovations to...
By: Kiran Raju | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Mar , 2024
The swift evolution of drone technologies has brought forth a new era of innovation and convenience across sectors. The availability of advanced and affordable small unmanned aircraft systems...
Investigating ISIS involvement behind Crocus City Hall massacre
By: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Mar , 2024
March 22 has been a sad day for the Russians as well as nations and individuals with conscience throughout the world as a massive venue namely Crocus City Hall in the city of Krasnogorsk on the...