The India-Tibet border with disputed territories marked in yellow. India and China never shared a common border until China annexed Tibet, a process it started in 1950. This brought the dragon right to our doorstep. With its annexation of Tibet,...
CRPF jawans in an anti-Maoist operation in West Bengal.The Indian Express carried an op-ed by Mutha Ashok Jain, on September 9, titled “Practice of reserving cadre posts for certain services is exclusionary, must be reconsidered” made for...
An Indian village right on the India-Tibet LAC in Uttarakhand. The transgression by the China’s People’s Liberation Army soldiers in Barahoti, Uttarakhand on August 21 raised an alarm in the Indian media a few days ago. While such tr...
The United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, while speaking to media in September, warned of the growing signs of a new Cold War-like situation and cautioned the United States and China to desist from reproaching each other. There are, on ...
Taliban fighters riding a Humvee left by US forces, in Kabul.Afghanistan is transitioning from one crisis to another. Strategically located at the crossroads of the old silk route connecting the east with the west, Afghanistan and India have a strong...
Washington: A day after landing in the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met five CEOs of top companies in Washington DC on Thursday.During his meeting with the CEOs, issues like technology, drone, defence, renewable energy, 5G among others...
Chennai: Ministry of Defence (MoD) placed an order with Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, Chennai for supply of 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A for the Indian Army on September 23.The order, worth Rs 7,523 crore, will provide further boos...
New Delhi: Indian Army’s Fire and Fury Corps on Wednesday celebrated its 22nd Raising Day at Leh, with a solemn Wreath Laying ceremony at Leh War Memorial, to honour the brave soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice during various operations in...
New Delhi: The teams of scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) celebrated ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’, commemorating 75 years of India’s Independence, in villages of border areas.The scientists from Defence...
Mombasa: INS Talwar is at Mombasa in Kenya for participating in the multinational Exercise Cutlass Express – 21.On the sidelines of this exercise, the ship is also undertaking a bi-lateral exercise with the Kenya Navy towards enhancing interope...