Summit that PM delivered The Statesman 12 Sept 2023 In a column published by multiple media outlets, just prior to the concluding 18th G20 summit, PM Modi wrote, ‘For India, the G20 Presidency is not merely a high-level diplomatic endeavour. As the mother of democracy and a model of diversity, we opened the doors of this experience to the […]
The Agniveer tale The Excelsior 09 Sep 2023 The Agnipath scheme leading to induction of Agniveers into the army is now a reality. Of the 40,000 due to be inducted this year, almost half have finished their initial training and joined their units. The balance would shortly follow. As per inputs available, levels of education of the current batch have […]
How Xi’s non-presence at New Delhi G20 summit will save blushes for both India and China First Post 07 Sep 2023 It is now official. Xi Jinping, the Chinese President will not be attending the G20 summit. Fareed Zakaria, a veteran journalist and geopolitical expert, stated in an interview that Xi Jinping missing the summit implies that China is […]
China’s cartographic aggression: Implications for India’s geopolitical landscape First Post 06 Sep 2023 On 08 May 2020, Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh virtually inaugurated a newly built 80 Km-road linking India’s Dharchula to the LAC via the Lipulekh pass. The intent was to facilitate movement of pilgrims to the Mansoravar lake in Tibet. Lipulekh is disputed between Nepal and […]
DRDO restructuring must not be delayed The Statesman 05 Sept 2023 The government last week announced the formation of a nine-member panel, comprising of former defence personnel, academia and industry, under the chairmanship of Vijay Raghavan, former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government, to undertake a detailed assessment of the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization). This follows years […]
A CPEC which stumbles on The Excelsior 31 Aug 2023 In a meeting, last week, with Pakistan’s former federal minister, Ahsan Iqbal and a Pakistani delegation, Chinese ruling Party Secretary, Ma Xingrui, stated in Urumqi, that the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, desired to make the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) an ‘exemplary’ project of the BRI (Belt Road Initiative), with Xinjiang […]
Can New Delhi and Beijing achieve a breakthrough The Statesman 29 Aug 2023 The only nation to challenge Chinese domination in the recently concluded SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) and the BRICS summit was India. India, whose Chandrayaan 3 mission successfully landed on the moon, during the BRICS summit, gave it a special moment. India disagreed with multiple Chinese proposals […]
India changing Chinese goalposts The Excelsior 25 Aug 2023 The nineteenth round of Indo-China talks at the military level held last week at the Moldo-Chushul border outpost was a rare two-day event. Much was expected as these were held just days before the Indian PM and Chinese President come face-to-face at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. Both are also […]
Pakistan’s diplomatic setbacks: A self-inflicted quagmire and India’s strategic successes First Post 23 Aug 2023 Asraf Jehangir Qazi, Pakistan’s former Ambassador to US, India and China writes in The Dawn, ‘Pakistan’s relations with India are hostile, largely due to India. Its relations with Afghanistan are strained because of strategic short-sightedness. Its relations with Iran are dubious because of US […]
Armed forces are playing a neutral role in Manipur The Statesman 22 Aug 2023 The Ipsos trustworthiness index of global armed forces of July last year, places India at the top with 64%. As per the Ipsos website this ‘reflects the confidence that people have in the integrity, bravery, and commitment to duty exhibited by armed forces members in […]