Message to India from the Chinese Congress The Excelsior 28 Oct 2022 The 20th Chinese Congress has concluded. Xi Jinping has gained an unprecedented third term, cementing his place as the most powerful leader in China since Mao Zedong. He will now seek to fulfil his pending agenda, largely projected in his address to the Congress. Xi’s almost 2-hour […]
Disqualification of Imran Khan is a strategic action Last week Imran Khan was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from being a member of parliament for ‘corrupt practices.’ He was charged for making ‘false statements and incorrect declaration’ in his details of assets and liabilities filed for 2020-21 with the commission. The ECP released the results of […]
Compulsions constrict India’s defence expo The Statesman 25 Oct 2022 The 12th edition of the Defence Expo, inaugurated by the PM, was held in Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, last week. It was originally scheduled to be conducted in March but was postponed almost at the last moment due to unexplained ‘logistic problems.’ These arose post an online QUAD heads of state […]
The damage to the Kerch bridge linking Russia to Crimea led to Putin accusing Ukraine as being responsible. Though the bridge was repaired, and traffic resumed, it was one more of a series of setbacks faced by Russia. Ukrainian troops have in recent weeks retaken areas in the South and East, while Putin has been compelled to order a partial […]
Ignore Pak’s calls for talks The Excelsior 20 Oct 2022 Addressing the 6th summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif stated, ‘I am absolutely ready and willing to have a serious dialogue and discussion with our counterparts, Indians, provided that they show sincerity of purpose, and they show that they […]
India should ignore reset in Pak-US ties The Statesman 18 Oct 2022 Recent weeklong visits by Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto and army chief, General Bajwa, to Washington, signal resetting of US-Pak ties, believed by some to be a message to India. These were preceded by sale of maintenance stores for US delivered F 16s and followed by the […]
Blaming others, ignoring own faults India vs Disinformation 11 Oct 2022 When Pakistan’s Punjab faced severe floods in Aug-Sept 2014, they blamed India for releasing additional water from its dams. Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the terrorist group, LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba), termed it as a war launched by India. The reason for blaming India was mainly to divert minds from […]
The Chinese envoy’s false truths The Excelsior 11 Oct 2022 Speaking at a virtual event to mark China’s 73rd anniversary, the Chinese Ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, made statements, which were untrue. He mentioned, ‘The current border situation (between India and China) is overall stable.’ He added, ‘The phase of emergency response since the Galwan Valley incident has basically […]
India must review its stand on Russia The Statesman 11 Oct 2022 PM Modi spoke to Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, last week and reiterated his call for peace and dialogue. The Indian foreign ministry stated, ‘He (PM Modi) expressed his firm conviction that there can be no military solution to the conflict and conveyed India’s readiness to contribute to […]
Why LAC with China can’t be allowed to be theatre of turf war between army and ITBP First Post 08 Oct 2022 A press report recently stated that the government is contemplating on whether the ITBP should be given a larger role along the LAC with China, especially when it comes to patrolling. Currently most patrols are joint and […]