India to Train Scientists of Countries Lacking Satellite-Building Capability
India has decided to train space scientists of countries that lack satellite-building capability. The country announced this initiative during the UNISPACE+50 meeting in Vienna recently.Read... Read more
Despite Modi-Xi Bonhomie, China Moves Into Arunachal Pradesh, Builds New Road and Barracks
The threat of the Doklam face-off escalating has receded in the wake of the meetings at Wuhan and Qingdao between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The issue, al... Read more
Govt Bans Offshoots of Al-Qaeda, IS in Anti-Terror Law
The government has banned the latest offshoots of al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) after finding that they are radicalising Indian youth for ‘global jihad’ and encouraging terror... Read more
Russia and India Had Big Plans to Build a Stealth Fighter. So What Happened?
India backed out of a $9 billion agreement to develop a fifth-generation fighter jet with Russia because it didn’t need Moscow’s help, according to a new report. On June 13, India’s Economic... Read more
India-Seychelles Committed to Assomption Island Project But 2018 Pact Not Going Forward: Barry Faure, Foreign Secy., Seychelles
EDITOR’S NOTE Of late India has stepped up its Indian Ocean engagement by entering into various agreements with smaller but strategically located island nations in the IOR. These natio... Read more
An Update on the Indian Navy: Submarine Modernization
On March 29 a chapter of Indian Navy’s flying prowess as part of its aviation arm, took a farewell bow as eight Tu-142MR (Tuploev) planes of the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 312 were dec... Read more
The Big Picture: The World’s Other Nuclear Weapons Hot Spots
For all the attention North Korea is getting, there’s a web of nuclear threats around the world that risk setting off an arms race all on their own — even if the North Korean threat goes awa... Read more
Sri Lanka and the World: Whither Political Prudence? – Analysis
There is piercing hopelessness for the future when listening to certain political rhetoric in Sri Lanka. The International Workers Day, a day to remember workers’ rights, was initiated from... Read more
Why Poland Wants a Permanent US Military Base, and is Willing to Pay $2 Billion for it
Poland’s government is interested in establishing a permanent U.S. military presence in their country and they’re willing to pay for it. The Polish defense ministry said there is a “clear an... Read more
On February 21, 2016, three men from the Indian Army’s elite Special Forces lost their lives while trying to evict two terrorists from Pampores Entrepreneurship Development Institute in the... Read more