Spotlights

Red Tape in implementing Judgements & Orders to Similarly Situated Persons
By: Air Marshal SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Jan , 2023
An article in Live Law portal in which the author states that as of May 2022, over 4.7 crore cases are pending at various levels in India of which almost 70000 cases are pending before the...

Digital India under Cyber Attack!!
By: Deepak Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jan , 2023
India’s economy is aggressively progressing ahead to play a crucial role in propelling the global economy by quick implementation of policy programs, curbing the administrative lag, and more...

Zelenskyy’s Mission Washington
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Dec , 2022
The suited-booted US President Joe Biden rushing across the red carpet to hug Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was quite a sight – almost like a papal embrace to a baptized slave returning...

Safeguarding the Indian Borders
By: Sanjeev Chopra | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 27 Dec , 2022
India’s land borders with six countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan as well as the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir – pose a major security challenge to...

Eagerly waiting for Agni-VI ICBM
By: Amartya Sinha | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 26 Dec , 2022
Renowned Indian philosopher Chanakya had once very aptly stated: “The power of a king lies in his mighty arms. Security of citizens at peacetime is very important because state is the only...

‘Let Afghan Girls Learn’
By: Neelapu Shanti | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Dec , 2022
Taliban must not impede Girl’s Education- No justification for this Discrimination ‘Let Afghan Girls Learn’- an amplifying slogan- voiced in many forums, social media and discussions to...

Pakistan has a new Chief of Army Staff
By: Kazi Anwarul Masud | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Dec , 2022
Replacement of Imran Khan as Prime Minister General Syed Asif Munir was reportedly the consensus candidate for the post of Chief of Army Staff. His appointment was however preceded by chaos caused...

Operation Meghdoot: Victory in the face of Monumental odds
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 08 Dec , 2022
Siachen, known as the highest battle field of the world, is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas. In Balti dialect the word means “Garden of Roses.” It forms the western...

Indian Defence Industry: A Glorious Path of Growth
By: Maj Gen CP Singh (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 07 Dec , 2022
Introduction India has one of the world’s largest armed forces with a strength of over 14.4 lakhs (1.44 million) active personnel, since it has the largest unsettled borders with two nuclear...

Indian Air Force in International Air Exercises
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Dec , 2022
The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently participated in two major air exercises. Exercise ‘Garuda VII’ was with French Air and Space Force (FASF) at Jodhpur and the 17-nation Multilateral...

Indian Navy: Underwater Ranges
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 04 Dec , 2022
The simplest and economical way to incapacitate ships and submarines is to damage their underwater hull by use of explosives so that the hull gets flooded with seawater and it sinks. Two types of...

Geopolitics of Ukrainian war crimes
By: Slavisha Batko Milacic | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Dec , 2022
Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine Moscow has charged 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces with crimes against humanity, the head of Russia’s investigative...

Doha Misused FIFA for Pushing its Extremist Agenda
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Dec , 2022
FIFA world cup is currently going on in Qatar, which indeed is the first Arab and Muslim country to host this global megaevent. Although Qatar is a country of just three million mostly...

Browsing the “Planning of the National Organization for the Residence of...
By: Mohammad Asif Javadi & Translated by Asadullah Jafari “Pezhman” | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2022
Some Notes on the law of the “National Residence Organization Plan” of the Islamic Republic of Iran for immigrants in Iran. According to some representatives of the Islamic Council of Iran,...

Revamping India’s Defence Sector
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Nov , 2022
The essence of military endeavour in battle is to pose asymmetric threats to which an adversary has no credible response. Such asymmetries can be created through differentials in technology,...

Will Gen Bajwa’s “Non-Interference in Politics” Commitment Endure?
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Nov , 2022
In what could well be his last public address, Pakistan army’s outgoing Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa did the unexpected. Not only did he accept that “our army … is often made the...

Pakistan: A Tale of Two Bajwas
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2022
Taking on the powerful Pakistan army isn’t an easy job and, this issue is one on which both Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan will surely agree. So, ‘Fact Focus’, an investigative...

India enters the Commercial Space Industry
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Nov , 2022
Space industry is making progress by leaps and bounds. The US and China are far ahead of other aspiring countries in exploring the space not only for defence purposes but for commercial interests...

The Heroes Who Saved Ladakh For India
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2022
Several years ago, I had the opportunity to interview one of the most renowned Indian mountaineers, who had chosen to live like local folks in the Himalaya. She recounted an anecdote which took...

Will the Bali meeting reduce Global Tensions and Rivalry?
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2022
President Biden and President Xi met in Bali for more than three and a half hours to discuss global and bilateral issues. They were attending the G-20 Summit. The press had reported before the...