Infantrymen: The guys without whom wars cannot be won- Salute the soldier Jan 2020 Ernest Pyle, a Pulitzer prize winning American Journalist and war correspondent wrote, ‘I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud, rain, forest and wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the […]
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2518716/Kolkata-The-Statesman/21ST-JANUARY-2020#page/7/2 Spare a thought for the soldier 21 Jan 2020 Army day has concluded, Republic Day is around the bend. The nation’s heart will swell with pride when army contingents, in their splendid attire, march down Raj Path in unison on Republic Day. There would be pin drop silence and tears would swell in the eyes of the nation, when […]
https://cenjows.gov.in/article-detail?id=237 Indo-China relations will be influenced by Pak CENJOWS 20 Jan 2020 China attempted to raise the issue of Kashmir under the heading of ‘Any other Business’ in the UNSC meet last week. It was met with resistance from other permanent members of the UNSC and ended without a whimper. The Indian foreign office commented, ‘China should seriously reflect on […]
http://www.rakshaknews.com/vishesh/cds-appointment-is-revolutionizing-defense-sector CDS and DMA (English version) Rakshak News 16 Jan 2020 At the end of December last year, the government announced that General Bipin Rawat would be the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). It also announced the creation of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) within the Ministry of Defence (MoD), which would be headed by him. The DMA […]
Kashmir back in the limelight Kashmir back in the limelight 15 Jan 2020 The Indian government’s decision to take fifteen envoys to Kashmir, led by the US Ambassador to India, Kenneth Juster, has again brought Kashmir into focus. Earlier the government had permitted 23 EU Members of Parliament to visit Kashmir. European Union envoys would be taken subsequently, as they […]
https://cenjows.gov.in/article-detail?id=236 The boiling Af-Pak region CENJOWS 14 Jan 2020 The US and the Taliban are once again engaged in peace talks, which are akin to an electric switch, off and on. After being put once again on hold, talks have recommenced amidst conflicting statements and almost no further progress. The official US view was that the Taliban have agreed to […]
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2509299/Kolkata-The-Statesman/14TH-JANUARY-2020#page/7/2 Will West Asian crises escalate 14 Jan 20 The drone strike which assassinated Soleimani led to widespread anger within Iran. The nation called for revenge, while Trump threatened them with war, if they retaliated. The world waited with bated breath for Iranian retaliation and US response. Major powers sought peace and backed Iran, aware that its response would destabilize […]
Challenges before CDS Challenges before CDS 09 Jan 19 The announcement of a CDS by the government was a welcome step after over seventy years of inaction. It was the distrust between the polity and the armed forces at the time of independence and incidents in Pakistan of the army taking over the country, which compelled the first Indian government […]
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2499021/Kolkata-The-Statesman/7TH-JANUARY-2020#page/7/2 Prognosis grim for Pakistan in 2020 07 Jan 20 The last few months of 2019 gave a foreboding on what the present year would hold for Pak. The decisions of the supreme court, against General Bajwa and Musharraf, broke the jinx of the all-powerful Pak army. While, it may be just a display of bravado by the judges, aware […]
https://cenjows.gov.in/article-detail?id=233 Impact of elimination of General Soleimani CENJOWS 06 Jan 19 In a drone strike last Friday, the US eliminated General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds force, at Baghdad airport, just as he was deplaning. General Soleimani was the second most powerful figure in Iran, after Ayatollah Khamenei. He was the architect of Iran’s policy in Iraq, […]