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. […]
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 […]
Why protests against Agnipath scheme for entry in the armed forces don’t make sense Taaza Khabar News 22 Jun 2022 Two days after the announcement of the Agnipath scheme, large parts of North India including Bihar, Haryana, UP, Himachal, J and K, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan experienced protests, some peaceful, largely violent. These regions are the main catchment areas […]
Agnipath scheme has benefits but also drawbacks Amar Ujala 17 Jun 2022 केंद्र सरकार ने हाल ही में चार साल की अवधि के लिए लगभग 45-50,000 युवाओं को सशस्त्र बलों में शामिल करने की योजना अग्निपथ शुरू करने की घोषणा की है। इन सैनिकों को अग्निवीर कहा जाएगा। यह प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय की परिकल्पना है और उसी के माध्यम से […]
Agnipath scheme has its reasons, but government should have initiated it as a pilot project First Post 15 Jun 2022 The erstwhile Tour of Duty, renamed as the Agnipath recruitment scheme, was announced in a press conference by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, accompanied by service chiefs on 14th Jun. Under this scheme, recruitment would be undertaken for a […]
The government pushes its agenda The Excelsior 27 May 2022 Service HQs are currently concentrating on countering the proposed Tour of Duty (TOD) scheme as also manpower reduction demands pushed by the government. In case the TOD is thrust down, then the forces need to minimize shortcomings and obtain the best from the worst. The TOD is basically a […]
When India showed the steel to punish anti-India forces in its neighbourhood First Post 26 May 2022 It has been eight years since the Modi government took charge in Delhi. A lot has happened since then. The cross-border strike in Myanmar, on bases of NSCN (K), in retaliation to an ambush on an army convoy in Chandel district in […]
All elements of governance must be on the same page The Statesman 24 May 2022 Speaking on theaterization, the new army chief, General Manoj Pande, in his first interview, stated, ‘In so far as the studies which the Army was required to undertake for land theatre commands, these are in the final stages of completion and will be submitted […]
Hair-brained schemes will undermine our defence The Statesman 03 May 2022 Addressing the Rashtriya Raksha University last month, the ex-army chief, General Naravane, stated, ‘Whenever we talk about the armed forces, and whenever we talk about investments and expenditures made for the armed forces, we should see this as an investment — an investment on which you get full […]