Nationalism subjugated to narrow political ends The Statesman 10 Jun 2025 A tweet of Salman Khurshid, while being part of the national delegation of MPs to SE Asia, described the Indian pollical environment perfectly. He tweeted, ‘When on a mission against terrorism, to carry India’s message to the world, it’s distressing that people at home are calculating political allegiances. […]
India is enhancing its drone and counter-drone capabilities ETv Bharat 02 Mar 2025 The Russo-Ukraine war continues to witness a UAV dominated battlefield compelling changing concepts of operations and tactics. A difference compared to employment of brute military power of yester years. Russia initially employed Iranian drones and moved on to develop its Lancet drones which carry a 40 Kg […]
Army as first responder The Statesman 18 Mar 2025Photographs of residents of Wayanad in Jul-Aug 2024 lining up to cheer members of the army’s rescue team as it withdrew after successfully completing its daunting rescue task, post the landslides, dominated social media as also news networks. It was an emotional send-off from a community which lost many family members but […]
The defence budget – is there scope for improvement? Etv Bharat 03 Feb 2025The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech for 2025-26 allocated a sum of Rs 6,81,210 crore for defence. This was an increase of 9.53% from the previous year. The Press Information Bureau, praising the budget mentioned, ‘This allocation will take care of major acquisitions planned […]
Battlefield tourism is a small step The Statesman 21 Jan 2024On Army Day the MoD launched a portal on battlefields. The portal, released by the defence minister, has details of how to visit various well-known battlefields and war memorials in their vicinity, where tourists can pay homage to those who laid down their lives. The regions being opened include Kibithoo […]
2025 year of reforms in defence sector The Excelsior 09 Jan 2025The defence ministry released a statement at the commencement of 2025 mentioning that the year would be declared as that of reforms. It listed a total of 10 avenues for ‘focussed interventions.’ These include establishment of integrated theatre commands, focus on new domains such as Cyber and Space, and […]
Elections in J and K Etv Bharat 20 Aug 2024 The announcement of a three-phase poll in Sept for J and K has been welcomed by all political parties. It is possible that post elections, statehood would be revived. The announcement has set in motion a political process which had been dormant for almost a decade. The recently concluded […]
Surge in in Jammu and Kashmir E Tv Bharat 23 Jul 2024 There has been a surge in terrorist activities in the Jammu belt in the past few months. Most have resulted in disproportionate casualties to security force personnel, leading to a backlash across political and social media circles. The government and indirectly, the security forces, are under pressure […]
