A recent conference at army HQs discussed the restructuring of the force. Few have termed it as a transformation exercise. Transformation would only flow from a realignment of objectives, roles and tasks, none of which appear to have been announced till date. None is likely to even be announced as neither the defence ministry nor the HQ Integrated Defence Staff […]
SAARC has been a failure mainly because it was dominated by Indo-Pak rivalry. Anything which one nation proposed, the other had reservations. It was an organization which never proceeded beyond being a coffee shop. While India claimed that its reasons for rejecting attending the SAARC conference in Islamabad since 2016 was Pak’s continued supported to terrorist groups operating from its […]
On 8th Sep Farooq Abdullah stated that his party, the National Conference (NC), would neither participate in the forthcoming Municipal and Panchayat elections, as also the Lok Sabha elections due next year. He wanted the government to clear its stand on Article 35A prior to it changing its decision. It was closely followed by Mehbooba two days later, who only […]
The US has been in Afghanistan since 2001, all through seeking a way out. Its entry was an act of retaliation to 9/11 and justified, but since then, it has been at the losing end. It was an open secret that Pak was blaming a double game, supporting the Taliban with the money it received from the US. Thus rightly, […]
At the last hearing in the Supreme Court for the grant of Non-Functional Upgradation (NFU) for the armed forces, the government sought more time to file additional objections. Additional objections were subsequently filed, all aimed at justifying the non-grant of NFU to the military. In summary, the reasons given by the government included firstly, policy making is the government’s exclusive […]
A major discussion topic during the recently concluded 2+2 dialogue was containing Chinese expansion in the Indo-Pacific. The statement on this subject read that the two countries would seek partnership with other countries for, ‘transparent, responsible and sustainable debt financing practices in infrastructure development’. There was no direct reference made to China, but the hint was clear. The Chinese enhanced […]
On Eid, which should have been a peaceful day, filled with gaiety and celebrations, there were four killings by militants. A police inspector was shot dead at his home in Pulwama district, while two other off duty policemen were killed in Kulgam and Pulwama. Two escaped being killed by being away when militants barged in. In addition, the body of […]
For the first time in Indian history, 750 army personnel have approached the supreme court to counter the directions of one of its benches to the CBI seeking an early closure of the Manipur “so-called” extra judicial killings. It has requested the apex court to consider multiple facets of its operations, including the environment in which it functioned, protection from […]
India is possibly the only nation in the world which has two nuclear powered adversaries on its borders, seeking Indian territory. The close relationship between Pak and China, dubbed as ‘higher than mountains and deeper than oceans’, always creates a threat of a two-front war, which would be the worst-case scenario for the military. While China has not supported Pak […]
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