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'The Himalayan Frontier', Part X in our series of on-the-ground reports from Eastern Ladakh and Siachen.Read More
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'The Himalayan Frontier', Part X in our series of on-the-ground reports from Eastern Ladakh and Siachen.Read More
The Siachen Glacier is a critical, strategic triangle that India has wedged between Pakistan and China. That happened in April 1984, when India foiled Pakistan’s preparations to militarily occupy the Siachen Glacier. The surprise move pre-empted the Pakistan Army’s Operation Ababeel. In fact, this year, 2024, is the 40th anniversary of Operation Meghdoot. Given that, […]Read More
The Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh and its criticality Read More
On its 189th Raising Day on 24 March, join us as we unveil the untold stories of courage, sacrifice, and service of the legendary Assam Rifles - sentinels of peace in some of the most challenging terrains of our nation. Witness the resilience and dedication of these brave soldiers as they uphold the spirit of unity and safeguard Indian borders. Read More
How is the Indian Air Force dealing with the two-front China and Pakistan threat in Ladakh? “The way to deal with these two fronts is by better tactics, by better deployments”, Air Commodore D.S. Handa, Air Officer Commanding (AoC), Air Force Station (AFS) Leh says. In this exclusive interview, in front of a Mig-29, at […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s premier defence research body—the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)—which was set up over 60 years ago needs to change the way it operates. That’s what a committee headed by K. VijayRaghavan, former principal scientific advisor to the government, has recommended. So what is wrong with DRDO and what changes has the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Talks with China are continuing at both military and diplomatic levels but we are also maintaining a robust posture along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), says Army Chief General Manoj Pande. In an exclusive interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Gen. Pande also answered questions about the controversy surrounding the […]Read More
UDHAMPUR, J&K: More than three years and a half after the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh began, the “situation is stable but sensitive and not normal,” says Northern Army Commander Lt Gen. Upendra Dwivedi. In an exclusive interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. […]Read More
As Israel’s war in Gaza following the October 7 attack by Hamas enters its third month, the public perception in favour of Israel appears to be shifting as Hamas releases pictures of dead and maimed victims — mostly children and elderly Palestinian civilians – killed in the relentless Israeli attacks. Undeterred, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sushant Sareen is not known for mincing his words. In this edition of The Gist, the Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation who ranks among the leading Indian experts on Pakistan and India’s place in the world discusses the issues of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Khalistani terrorist living in the US that […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A decade and a half has passed, yet the wounds of one of India’s worst terrorist attacks remain raw and the emotional scars refuse to heal. The 26/11 Mumbai attacks did not just expose holes in the intelligence and security set-ups but showed how all norms of responsible reportage by a section of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It would be extremely naïve and dangerous to assume that the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy initiative, is losing steam, says Dr Walter C Ladwig III, a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at King’s College, London. Dr Ladwig, who specialises in the US foreign policy, South Asian […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Reports of a possible ceasefire in Gaza to enable the release of some Hamas-held hostages and Palestinian prisoners in Israel are yet to be confirmed, but Tel Aviv has practical reasons for wanting one. Ever since the war, the shekel has plummeted to an eight-year-low, the central bank has slashed the projected growth […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “It’s been a month since the October 7 Massacre. While the world might have moved on, we don’t have that privilege. Hamas started this war—yet it’s a war we must fight. A war we must win.” The Israeli defence forces know what they want as the offensive against the Hamas terror network in Gaza […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The world will have to unite much more strongly against terror, says Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. The attack on Israel(by Hamas) was designed to get maximum response but it turned out to be a miscalculation, he told StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale on ‘The Gist’. The former diplomat, who has served […]Read More
The Israeli death toll has crossed 1,200, including more than 120 soldiers; a heavy price for such a small country. The worst is feared for Israeli hostages taken away by Hamas into the rabbit warren of streets that make up the Gaza Strip. Could this have been avoided? The Netanyahu government had been warned by […]Read More
DHARAMSHALA: A backchannel dialogue is underway between the Dalai Lama’s representatives and China. It’s too early to say how it will pan out, said Penpa Tsering, Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharmsala. Speaking on The Gist, he said the Dalai Lama is clear about autonomy for Tibet under Chinese rule, but what China […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Uneasy ties between India and Canada dipped further this week after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau told parliament that there were “credible allegations” linking Indian agents to the killing of pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar (already branded a terrorist by India) in Canada in June this year. India has denied the allegations and has […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Three years ago, the Indian Army gained strategic heights on the Kailash Range along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, thereby forcing the Chinese troops to come to the negotiating table. That was the largest build-up along the LAC, says Lt Gen Savneet Singh (Retd), who led the operation as […]Read More
KARGIL: This Independence Day, team Stratnews Global brings you the story of Hunderman, the last village of Kargil. Hunderman was part of Pakistan when both countries got divided in 1947. But post the 1971 war between the two nations, Hunderman became a part of India, following victorious operations by the Indian Army. Watch the full […]Read More