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 […]
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 […]
Why Xi’s military purge isn’t about corruption bit something more sinister First Post 7 Dec 2024The purge within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in China continues unabated. Latest inputs flowing from Beijing mention that Lin Xiangyan, the commander of its Eastern Theatre Command, committed ‘suicide’. The Eastern Theatre Command’s area of responsibility includes Eastern China, the East China Sea, and […]
Debate on women in command E TV Bharat 02 Dec 2024A letter, available on social media, written by a senior army officer to his superior, raising fingers on capabilities of women officers in command has reignited a debate on the subject. Women officers are here to stay and that is a fact. The current women officers in command are the […]
An effective constable of the Indian Ocean The Statesman 27 Mar 2024 After a nearly 40-hour operation, on 16th March, the Indian Navy’s INS Kolkata accompanied by INS Subhadra, employing sea-guardian drones, air dropping of marine commandoes from a C17 aircraft, led to the rescue of Maltese flagged MV Ruen from the hands of Somali pirates, who had seized […]
