Exploiting Indian fault lines The Excelsior 15 Feb 2022

Exploiting Indian fault lines The Excelsior 15 Feb 2022

Exploiting Indian fault lines The Excelsior 15 Feb 2022           Any protest in India is exploited on fault lines by adversaries for creating turmoil within the country or for their own gains, the Hijab controversy being no different. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests were flagged by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan as a threat to Pakistan. He stated that […]

Power of the Indian buyer The Statesman 15 Feb 2022

Power of the Indian buyer The Statesman 15 Feb 2022

Power of the Indian buyer The Statesman 15 Feb 2022           India today is a global power, an economic powerhouse and a market which no global manufacturer wishes to let go. On Pakistan’s Kashmir solidarity day, a number of global companies’ Pakistani partners commented on Kashmir on social media networks. Most prominent was car maker Hyundai, which has a large […]

Is Pakistan ruing its blunder for backing Taliban in Afghanistan India News Network 08 Feb 2022

Is Pakistan ruing its blunder for backing Taliban in Afghanistan India News Network 08 Feb 2022

Is Pakistan ruing its blunder for backing Taliban in Afghanistan? India News Network 08 Feb 2022           Moeed Yusuf, Pakistan’s national security advisor, visited Kabul recently and was assured by the Taliban leadership that it would not permit its soil to be used to target neighbouring countries. It demanded similar concessions from Pakistan. Pakistan is known to be supporting the […]

China-Pakistan proximity and India The Excelsior 08 Feb 2022

China-Pakistan proximity and India The Excelsior 08 Feb 2022

China-Pakistan proximity and India The Excelsior 08 Feb 2022           Speaking on the motion of thanks to the President’s address, Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi, blamed the current government for pushing Pakistan and China into a closer embrace. He stated that keeping the two countries apart had been the ‘single biggest strategic goal of India’s foreign policy.’ The fact remains that […]

Decoding the defence budget The Statesman 08 Feb 2022

Decoding the defence budget The Statesman 08 Feb 2022

Decoding the defence budget The Statesman 08 Feb 2022           The current budget allocations by the Finance Minister indicated an upswing in government expenditure providing a boost to the economy. Economic development and national security go hand in hand. Addressing a seminar in Delhi in Feb 2018, General Rawat, then army chief, stated, ‘Economic rise takes place if the country […]

How Ukraine crisis has ensured China is no longer the primary nation on global radar First Post 07 Feb 2022

How Ukraine crisis has ensured China is no longer the primary nation on global radar First Post 07 Feb 2022           The resignation of the German naval chief, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach, over remarks on Ukraine at the Manohar Parrikar IDSA in Delhi displays the sensitivity of the west on Russia’s build up along the Ukraine border. During his interaction […]

Neutrality best option for India in Ukraine crisis The Statesman 01 Feb 2022

Neutrality best option for India in Ukraine crisis The Statesman 01 Feb 2022

Neutrality best option for India in Ukraine crisis The Statesman 01 Feb 2022           India has close strategic ties with Russia and the US, both of whom are locked in a tense situation over Ukraine. While US claims that Russia is likely to invade Ukraine, both Russia and Ukraine state they seek a diplomatic solution, instead of conflict. The Ukrainian […]

Republic day and Kashmir The Excelsior 01 Feb 2022

Republic day and Kashmir The Excelsior 01 Feb 2022

Republic day and Kashmir The Excelsior 01 Feb 2022           There were two heart-warming videos marking celebration of Republic day, which displayed a changed atmosphere in the valley. The first was a group of youth walking proudly with a 30-foot tricolour on Gupkar road, which has the residences of Mehbooba Mufti, Farooq and Omar Abdullah’s, in Srinagar. Mehbooba had stated […]

Why hesitation in appointing a CDS Chanakya Forum 28 Jan 2022

Why hesitation in appointing a CDS Chanakya Forum 28 Jan 2022

Why hesitation in appointing a CDS Chanakya Forum 28 Jan 2022           देश के पहले रक्षा प्रमुख (सीडीएस) जनरल बिपिन रावत की 08 दिसंबर 2021 को हेलीकॉप्टर दुर्घटना में हुई दुखद मृत्यु ने उन सुधारों को धीमा कर दिया, जो सशस्त्र बलों में हो रहे थे। सीडीएस के रूप में जनरल रावत ने स्वतंत्रता के बाद से सशस्त्र बलों द्वारा […]

Why all song and dance over ‘eternal flame’ and ‘Abide With Me’ is politically motivated First Post 28 Jan 2022

Why all song and dance over ‘eternal flame’ and ‘Abide With Me’ is politically motivated First Post 28 Jan 2022

Why all song and dance over ‘eternal flame’ and ‘Abide With Me’ is politically motivated First Post 28 Jan 2022           The decision of the government to merge the flames at India Gate with the recently constructed national war memorial resulted in an unprecedented political controversy. Added to this was the dropping of ‘Abide With me’ from the Beating of […]