Registrations for Agnipath The Excelsior 12 Jul 2022 The air force, whose registration process for Agniveers under the Agnipath scheme commenced on 24th Jun and concluded on 05 Jul announced it received 7.5 lakh applications. The government subsequently stated that these high numbers indicate that Agnipath had national acceptance. This, despite objections from veterans and strategic analysts, that it […]
Reverberations of the Ukraine war in Asia The Statesman 12 Jul 2022 The decision of Russia to grab Ukrainian territory, it believes belongs to it or to breakaway republics, has created concerns of similar Chinese actions in Asia. China has observed the Ukrainian crisis unfold, provided unstinted diplomatic support to Russia while studying global response. It has witnessed that […]
A lonely China The Excelsior 06 Jul 2022 A full-page paid advertorial by the Chinese embassy to project China’s views at the recently concluded BRICS summit was posted in an Indian newspaper last week. The Chinese ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, who has blocked all critics of China on social media, went to great lengths to praise India and […]
Tupul landslide: Why national media kept quiet when 27 soldiers lost their lives in Manipur disaster First Post 05 Jul 2022 The untimely demise of a number of soldiers alongside civilians in a landslide in Tupul, located in Noney district of Manipur, last week, was largely ignored by the media as it occurred in a remote corner of India. […]
G 20: Diplomatic battle that India must win The Statesman 05 Jul 2020 India will, for the first time, assume the presidency of the G 20 from 01 Dec this year. The G 20 grouping brings together 19 of the world’s leading economies and the EU, all together catering for 80 per cent of the global GDP, 75 percent […]
Pakistan and FATF: Islamabad’s cosmetic war against terrorism First Post 30 Jun 2022 Pakistan has been on the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) grey list since Jun 2018. FATF is a body, established in 1989, tasked with controlling money laundering. Post 9/11, its mandate was enhanced to include countering terrorist financing and in 2012, its was further expanded to […]
Agnipath and Agniveers Business Standard Lucknow 28 Jun 2022 The Agnipath scheme, which will be the future form for recruitment into the armed forces was launched with much fanfare on 14th Jun. Since its launch, all government functionaries have attempted to sell the scheme as path breaking and futuristic while many armed forces veterans considered it a setback. This […]
India needs security strategy and not piecemeal solutions The Statesman 28 Jun 2022 The National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, while stressing that the Agnipath scheme would not be rolled back, added, ‘The (idea of) war is undergoing a change. We are moving toward contactless wars, as also towards war against an invisible enemy. Technology is taking over at a […]
India under the global scanner The Excelsior 27 Jun 2022 Post comments by Nupur Sharma and tweeting of the same by Navin Kumar Jindal, both of whom have since been disciplined, global pressure mounted on India. Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia were among those that criticized India. Some nations also summoned the Indian ambassador or his […]
Isolated internationally, Pakistan uses disinformation campaign as tool to target India India vs disinformation 24 Jun 2022 Till the mid 2000’s, Pakistan was the darling of the west, supportive in their war on terror. India was on the side lines. Indian response to Pak’s terrorist strikes were muted due to western pressures. Things have since changed. The world looks […]