Larsen & Toubro’s Make in India Success Story in Defence Sector
In an exclusive interaction JD Patil, Senior Executive Vice President (Defence Business), Whole Time Director & Member of the Board, L&T talks to Financial Express Online. In the l... Read more
Modi 2.0: National Security Agenda Needs to be Top Priority
Riding a massive mandate on a plank of national security, the task for the Modi 2.0 government is cut out in the defence sector. Setting the tone of the agenda for the new government the Na... Read more
India’s Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar is to be the new UNMISS (United Nations Mission in South Sudan) Force Commander(FC). Since February 2019, SNI has been reporting on moves to name... Read more
Can the PLA Get Across the Taiwan Strait?
The Pentagon’s recently released 2019 China Military Power Report says PLA forces cannot conduct a full-scale amphibious assault on Taiwan – and are “less likely” planning for one. The repor... Read more
Gadchiroli Naxal Attack: A Wake Up Call
The Gadchiroli Naxal attack on May Day comes just days after BJP’s Dantewada MLA Bhima Mandavi being killed in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh on April 9. At least 21 persons dying in two bac... Read more
Forgotten in History’s Labyrinths: The Major Who Won us Tawang
Editor’s Note Major Bob Khathing commanded a small force of the Indian Army and established India’s sovereignty over Tawang in 1951. Seventy-two-years after independence, it seems we have fo... Read more
Bridging the Gulf: Fruits of Act West Policy
Gulf nations’ first Hindu temple’s foundation stone laid on April 20 in Abu Dhabi was an occasion for rejoicing by thousands of Indian expatriates living in the region. The plan to build the... Read more
The Plan to Resurrect the North Korea Nuclear Talks
Once Air Force One was wheels-up from Hanoi, Vietnam, last February, the American president phoned his South Korean counterpart and asked for help. Donald Trump had just walked out on nuclea... Read more
OFB’s Dhanush Handed Over to Indian Army
On 8 April, 2019, at the Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur, Mr Saurav Kumar DG Ordnance Factories and Chairman OFB flagged off not one gun but a whole battery of six to the Army. In attendance... Read more
Indian Defence Production on Fast Track
Five years back, we were still a million plus armed forces as we are today. However, the then Army Chief General V K Singh in his letter to the Prime Minister on 12 March 2012 informing that... Read more