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August 1, 2019

Caring for veterans and their families (English version) Rakshak News 01 Aug 19

http://www.rakshaknews.com/vishesh/such-may-be-the-care-of-ex-servicemen-and-their-families Caring for veterans and their families (English version) Rakshak News 01 Aug 19 On Kargil Diwas, a report in a newspaper stated that a war hero from Kargil, Satpal Singh, who was awarded the Vir Chakra for bravery, was employed as a traffic policeman in Bhawanigarh, a small town in Sangrur district of Punjab. He joined Punjab Police on […]

July 31, 2019

Pak army guzzles media The Excelsior 31 Jul 19

Pak army guzzles media Pak army guzzles media 31 Jul 19 Reporters Without Borders, an international organization monitoring freedom of press, ranked Pakistan as 139 out of a group of 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index. Journalists in Pakistan are under threat and media outlets are chained. Journalists are fleeing the country after experiencing threats, kidnapping, torture […]

July 30, 2019

Future of Afghanistan appears bleak CENJOWS 30 Jul 19

https://cenjows.gov.in/article-detail?id=194 Future of Afghanistan appears bleak CENJOWS 30 Jul 19 For months Afghan peace talks have continued between the US special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, and the Taliban leadership in Qatar. Khalilzad is himself a Pashtun which is the clan which controls the Taliban. In the meanwhile, seeking to gain international recognition, the Taliban interacted separately with Russia and […]

July 30, 2019

A new India asserts itself The Statesman 30 Jul 19

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2263167/Kolkata-The-Statesman/30TH-JULY-2019#page/7/2 A new India asserts itself 30 Jul 19 It is twenty years since Kargil, where our valiant soldiers fought in the toughest of conditions to defeat an enemy which had challenged our might and regain what was rightfully ours. The fact that our intelligence agencies failed, and the army was lax in its initial actions in no way impacted […]

July 27, 2019

Imran’s US visit – an endless string of goof ups News4masses 26 Jul 19

Imran’s US Visit – An Endless String Of Goof Ups Imran’s US visit – an endless string of goof ups News4masses 26 Jul 19 The visit last week of Imran Khan to the US raised eyebrows for different reasons. Comments and meeting by Trump were secondary to the goof ups by Pak right from the time the meeting was announced. […]

July 24, 2019

Observing Kargil diwas (English Version) Rakshak News 24 Jul 19

http://www.rakshaknews.com/vishesh/kargil-vijay-day-just-remember-their-sacrifice Observing Kargil diwas (English Version) Rakshak News 24 Jul 19 Twenty years ago, India pushed back infiltrators of the Pak Northern Light Infantry, supported by their special forces from the Kargil heights. Heroism of those involved in the battles for the peaks was evident. Despite casualties, officers led from the front, men moved alongside and one by one, each […]

July 24, 2019

Beyond the defence budget The Excelsior 24 Jul 19

Beyond the defence budget Beyond the defence budget 24 Jul 19 The total allocation to the MoD in the defence budget this year remained at the same level as in the interim budget at Rs 4.31 Lakh Crores, which includes 1.12 Lakh Crores for defence pensions. This works out to 2.04 percent of the GDP and approximately 15.5% of the […]

July 23, 2019

Kulbhushan saga and the ICJ judgement The Statesman 23 Jul 19

Kulbhushan saga and the ICJ judgment Kulbhushan saga and the ICJ judgement 23 Jul 19 A day after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave its verdict on the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, newspapers on both sides of the border presented victory for their own nation. The Pak newspaper Dawn’s headlines read, ‘ICJ rejects India’s plea for Jadhav’s return, grants counsellor […]

July 18, 2019

Making the NIA powerful (English version) Amar Ujala 18 Jul 19

https://www.amarujala.com/columns/opinion/why-politics-on-nia?src=top-lead Making the NIA powerful (English version) Amar Ujala 18 Jul 19 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was created after the Mumbai terror attacks, under the NIA act of 2008. Its main role initially was to investigate terror incidents in India, and it was designated as the central counter terrorism law enforcement agency. It was empowered to deal with terror […]