Afghan leaders arrive in Pakistan after Taliban captures Kabul
As the Taliban took control of Kabul, a delegation of the Afghan political leadership, including Speaker of the House of the People Mir Rehman Rehmani, arrived in Islamabad, a media report s... Read more
India evacuated its embassy in Kabul this morning amid escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. A special Air Force flight brought back the envoy, along with other staff members and IT... Read more
ISRO soon to carry out static test of solid fuel engine for small rocket
The Indian space agency is gearing up to test the solid fuel motor of its small rocket under development, said a senior official. The official also said the space agency is planning to fly t... Read more
Quality of India’s military leadership under test. Moral fibre can overcome political bias
The recent news of the Indian Ministry of Defence examining the selection criteria to the higher echelons of the military hierarchy took me back to what I wrote in 2017 – “India’s march to m... Read more
Border disputes? Let’s make boundaries irrelevant without changing them: Shivshankar Menon
Do we in South Asia have more trouble with our borders, boundaries and frontiers than other parts of the world, and, if so, why? I think not. Objectively speaking, even subregions where mode... Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will begin a four-day visit to the US from Monday to attend a number of UN Security Council events including a briefing on terrorism that will be held... Read more
See Russia and China launch joint military drills
Russia’s defense minister on Friday hailed joint war games with China this week as a sign of increasingly close military cooperation that should expand further. Sergei Shoigu flew to China t... Read more
HAL’s ‘Made in India’ civil aircraft carries out Ground Run and LSTT
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) successfully carried out the Ground Run and Low Speed Taxi Trials (LSTT) of the Hindustan-228 (VT-KNR) aircraft on Sunday, for DGCA ‘Type Certificat... Read more
United Nations Security Council to meet on Monday to discuss Afghan situation
With Kabul falling into the hands of the Taliban, the UN Security Council under India’s current Presidency will hold an emergency meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on Monday, the... Read more
Why the Quad might or might not work
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in India recently ostensibly to discuss Afghanistan and China. Both the US and India find themselves on the losing side in Afghanistan so what was th... Read more