China Offers a New Normal to End Ladakh Border Standoff. India Shoots it Down
The Indian Army will continue to sit it out along the 1,597 km Line of Actual Control in East Ladakh till China restores status quo ante, people familiar with the development told Hindustan... Read more
Clean Sweep for Rajapaksas in Sri Lanka
Editor’s Note The Sri Lankan elections have gone as expected with SLPP very comfortably poised to rule the country. There are challenges that it has to grapple with, both internally and in i... Read more
Defence Ministry Removes Report of Chinese Intrusion from Website, Looks at Prolonged Standoff at Pangong Tso
Describing the Chinese aggression in Ladakh as “transgressions”, India has said the standoff is likely to be “prolonged” amid China’s demand for India to move back further in the region alon... Read more
Despite repeated requests from Pakistan to hold a foreign ministers’ meeting on Kashmir, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has shown reluctance to convene such a conference, prom... Read more
Boeing is showing growing interest in selling its F-15EX twin-engine multi-role fighters to the Indian Air Force. Back in February, Boeing Vice President Pratyush Kumar stated the company wa... Read more
The Indian Army has, startlingly, been operating without a carbine, a fundamental infantry weapon for close quarter battle (CQB), since the mid-1980s, despite its continuing deployment on co... Read more
The Aircraft Research and Design Centre (ARDC), a vibrant wing of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), has completed the structural design of the new variant of Light Combat Aircraft, called... Read more
Burden of OFB: Liability at Armed Forces’ Cost
Editor’s Note The issue of corporatisation of the OFB has raised the anticipated storm of protests. Over 80,000 employees, attuned to an easy life, with no accountability whatsoever, are up... Read more
US Looking to Ramp Up Arms Sales to India, Including Heavy-Lifting Drones: Report
The US is looking to ramp up arms sales to India, including those of armed drones that can carry over 1,000 pounds of bombs and missiles, said a media report, noting the “new push... Read more
Green Top Near Pangong Emerges as Thorn in LAC Talks as China Digs in at Key Vantage Point
Green Top has embedded itself like a thorn at the heart of the disengagement process on the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh and is threatening to poison the wider India-China talks aimed at... Read more