जब बाकी सब विफल हो जाते हैं, तो भारत के पास एक आखिरी रास्ता बचताहै-सशस्त्र बल, चाहे भूकंप हो, बाढ़ हो, ग्लेशियर का फटना हो, ट्रेन दुर्घटना हो या महामारी हो। नवीनतम रिपोर्ट में बताया गया है कि सेना की मेडिकल बटालियन को पूर्वोत्तर से बिहार में कोविड अस्पताल स्थापित करने के लिए एयरलिफ्ट किया गया है, क्योंकि वहां संक्रमण […]
Enhancing CAPFs capabilities The Excelsior 24 Apr 2021 The recent encounter in Bastar which led to 23 CAPF soldiers losing their lives has raised questions on the planning and conduct of operations in the Naxal belt. The DG CRPF, Kuldeep Singh stated that there was no flaw in the intelligence inputs which led to the launching of large forces. […]
New strategy needed to handle Naxals The Statesman 13 Apr 2021 The ambush on police forces by Naxals in Tekulugudam leaving 23 dead shook the nation. Those who backed, planned and implemented the operation defended their actions. The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel stated, ‘It was not an attack on (police) camp…We had gone there to corner them. […]
Moving towards Atmanirbhar Bharat in defence manufacturing Sainya Sandesh Mar 2021 India has traditionally been amongst the largest importer of defence weapons. As per data, India in 2020, had the world’s third largest defence budget, after the US and China, and was the second largest importer of defence armaments, catering to 9.2% of global weapon imports. This, despite the […]
India and strategic autonomy Bharat Shakti 31 Mar 2021 India’s growing participation in the QUAD as also its increased proximity to the US is being dubbed as India losing its strategic autonomy. India has also been blamed for making other forums, BRICS and SCO, of which China and Russia are members, ineffective. In an editorial last week, the Global […]
Increasing cyber threat The Excelsior 10 Mar 2021 The New York Times (NYT) in a recent article blamed a Chinese hacker group called ‘RedEcho’ for the failure in Mumbai’s power grid on 12 Oct last year which led to a power failure, stopped trains on tracks and hampered those working from home. The NYT claimed that this was possibly […]
The battle with Twitter The Excelsior 22 Feb 2021 Post the launch of a hashtag titled ‘farmer genocide’ the Indian government, on 31st Jan, approached twitter and asked it to delete 257 accounts stating that these were ‘spreading misinformation’ and possessed the potential of ‘leading to imminent violence affecting public order in the country.’ On 04 Feb, the government […]
Post the defence budget The Excelsior 14 Feb 2021 The budget speech by the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, had no mention of the defence outlay. This left many wondering whether the budget did cater for the growing security threats that the country faces, especially since the Chinese intruded into Ladakh. The Chinese had, by their actions, proved existing government […]
Dealing with the perception battle The Statesman 09 Feb 2021 Comments on twitter by a former porn star, Mia Khalifa, pop singer, Rihanna, and a school dropout, self-styled environmentalist, Greta Thunberg, on supporting farmers agitation in India led to a massive response by the Indian government and known Indian personalities. These pro-agitation comments were supported by politicians from UK […]
Does Indian foreign policy need a rethink? 29 Jan 2021 Chatham House, an international affairs think tank in UK stated in a recent report, ‘While giving India the attention it deserves, the UK government needs to accept that gaining direct national benefit from the relationship, whether economically or diplomatically, will be difficult.’ It questions India’s diplomatic policies by stating, […]