What India Must Watch Out for While Negotiating Defence Contracts With Foreign Vendors
The numerous foreign delegations that frequently visit New Delhi to negotiate defence contracts and agreements present a study in contrast, as both sides wriggle through knotted procurement... Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping asks PLA troops to prepare for war amid border row with India: Reports
In a controversial move, Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops to prepare for war amid border row with India, according to reports on Wednesd... Read more
India demolishes China’s new excuse for Ladakh stand-off in 3 points
India has rejected Chinese contention that its border infrastructure upgrade along the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the crux of on-going military tensions, saying the People’s Li... Read more
US body on artificial intelligence calls for creating India-US strategic tech alliance
WASHINGTON: The US should build a formal tech alliance with India that will help develop an overarching Indo-Pacific strategy focused on emerging technology, an independent federal commissio... Read more
India and US explore pacts on technology; soft power; defence for 2+2 meet
NEW DELHI: India and the United States discussed concluding pacts on technology, people-to-people contact and parliamentary exchanges, besides the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (B... Read more
Ladakh’s ‘Fire & Fury’ Corps gets New Commander in Lt Gen PGK Menon Amid China Tensions
Amid the continued tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China, Lieutenant General P.G.K. Menon will take over as the new commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps, also k... Read more
India, China Say Latest LAC Talks Were Positive, Push for Mutually Acceptable Disengagement
The seventh round of corps commanders’ talks between India and China Monday at Chushul were “positive, constructive and had enhanced understanding of each other’s positions”, the two countri... Read more
Engaging Quad Partners on Reforming China-Centred Economic Globalisation is a Rare Opportunity for India
The Quad, or the quadrilateral security dialogue between India, US, Japan and Australia, is now emblematic of the geopolitical churn in the eastern hemisphere. Less noted but equally signifi... Read more
Japan Protests to China for Entering Japanese Waters
Tokyo has lodged protests to Beijing over the entry of Chinese coast guard ships into Japan’s territorial waters off disputed East China Sea islands and their refusal to move out for a third... Read more
Experts Debate the Necessity of Second Mountain Strike Corps for China Border
The very first China-centric Mountain Strike Corps (MSC) which was envisaged a decade ago had its blueprint rolling in 2013 with an initial raising cost of approximately Rs 65,000 crore. But... Read more