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Ravi Shankar has over two decades of experience in communications, print journalism, electronic media, documentary film making and new media. He makes regular appearances on national television news channels as a commentator and analyst on current and political affairs. Apart from being an acknowledged Journalist, he has been a passionate newsroom manager bringing a wide range of journalistic experience from past associations with India’s leading media conglomerates (Times of India group and India Today group) and had led global news-gathering operations at world’s biggest multimedia news agency- ANI-Reuters. He has covered Parliament extensively over the past several years. Widely traveled, he has covered several summits as part of media delegation accompanying the Indian President, Vice President, Prime Minister, External Affairs Minister and Finance Minister across Asia, Africa and Europe.
He can be reached at: ravi.shankar@bharatshakti.in
Political-Military Integration: How Communist China Shaped World’s Largest Military for Political Ends
As the Chinese Communist Party’s Military, PLA celebrated its 93rd anniversary on 1st August, it’s time to look at its credentials and role in keeping the Party in power. In the run-up to... Read more
Rafale Fighter Aircrafts Get Fully Operational, Strong Message For Enemies: Defence Minister
Describing the operational induction of first batch of five Rafale fighter jets into Indian Air Force (IAF) as a “game-changer” for India’s national security, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh... Read more
Political-Military Integration: How Communist China Shaped World’s Largest Military for Political Ends
As the Chinese Communist Party’s Military, PLA celebrated its 93rd anniversary on 1st August, it’s time to look at its credentials and role in keeping the Party in power. In the run-up to... Read more
China Rattled By News of Indian Warship Presence in South China Sea
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) mouthpiece Global Times recently raised the issue of Indian Navy warships operating in the South China Sea in an article titled ‘Is South China Sea card u... Read more
DRDO-Industry Collaboration: Leveraging Military Manufacturing Eco-System to Next Level
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is ushering into a new phase of reforms aimed at developing futuristic military weapons and supporting the government’s initiative to... Read more
Pakistan into Military Import Addiction, Buys Most Advanced Chinese Warships
China has launched first of the four most advanced naval warships meant for Pakistan at Chinese state-owned Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai on Sunday, 23 August. The Type 054A/P, a guid... Read more
Aatmnanirbharta and Indian Navy: A Match Made In Heaven?
On 8 August 2020, the Defence Minister announced an embargo on the import of over 100 defence weapons and platforms. This decision has been taken to provide an opportunity for the Indian Def... Read more
Understanding ‘PaukPhaw’:Can Myanmar Resist China’s Debt Trap
On 17 January 2020, President Xi Jinping visited Myanmar. The visit led to 33 bilateral agreements being signed to unleash the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) soft power which is not... Read more
Defence Ministry’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’Push: Import Embargo on 101 Items
Announcing a series of far-reaching reforms for the defence sector, taking to Twitter, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said “the Ministry of Defence has prepared a list of 101 items for... Read more
Lack of Human Rights in CCP’s China
The percepts of communist or socialist ideology positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy and capitalism, advocating a classless system. But exactly who are beyond the class divisi... Read more