China’s President Xi Jinping made his first visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region as national leader this week, and urged people there to “follow the party”, the official Xi... Read more
Chinese expansion in Pacific waters raise security concerns
In the last three years, China’s footprint in the South Pacific has become so large and its behaviour in other parts of the world so much more assertive, that alarm bells have started to sou... Read more
Taliban in Afghanistan’s Balkh province are recruiting local people and collecting funds forcefully, ANI said citing officials. The Taliban are reportedly forcing the people to give th... Read more
Afghanistan’s neighbour Tajikistan holds largest-ever military exercise amid Taliban advance
Tajikistan, Afghanistan’s neighbour in the north on Thursday held its largest-ever military exercise involving its entire army. The Central Asian country’s President Emomali Rakh... Read more
Taliban Smuggling Drugs to West, Australia via India, Officials Call Recent Arrests ‘Tip of Iceberg’
A Taliban connection in a drug smuggling case to the West through Hyderabad and other Indian cities has emerged in an investigation by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). In the p... Read more
In September 2016, activists in Britain managed to breach the security of London City Airport and get onto the runway. There, they erected a tripod and locked themselves onto and around it.... Read more
CDS chairs meet to resolve differences
The meeting to iron out differences on raising of theatre commands and allocations of operational assets was held on Monday under the chairmanship of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipi... Read more
Russia is waiting for the Indian Armed Forces’ decision on the purchase of Ka-31 radar surveillance helicopters, Director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitr... Read more
Talking to the Taliban is Indian challenge
The world watches as the US withdraws from Afghanistan leaving the country in the throes of civil war. It will complete its withdrawal in the next few weeks by when clashes between the Talib... Read more
In May, the Wall Street Journal reported that the F-35 sale to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may not go ahead partly out of concerns Abu Dhabi may grant Beijing a military base on its soil.... Read more