NEW DELHI: The 13th round of talks between the Corps commanders of India and China didn’t go as China watchers would have expected. India says it put forth constructive suggestions for resolving the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh but China neither agreed to them nor put forth any forward-looking proposals. In this episode of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Two weeks after our trip to Eastern Arunachal Pradesh, tonight Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale decided to take questions and answer queries live from our viewers on the highlights of the trip and his impressions about the changed circumstances in the area and why one should feel confident about India’s military preparedness in the […]Read More
ASSAM/ARUNACHAL PRADESH: The eastern sector of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China may have been less active compared to the northern sector so far as border skirmishes go but India is taking no chances. Infrastructure, both civil and military, has got a major boost. The Army and the Air Force are working in […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s India’s only region that has a dedicated ministry to look after its development needs. That’s because the Northeast largely remained out of focus as policy makers at the Centre seemed out of sync with public aspirations and ground realities in the decades that followed India’s Independence. That led to a sense of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With climate change manifesting itself in the form of extreme and erratic weather globally—heavy rain, intense heat waves, rising sea levels, wildfires, etc—the UN climate panel says failure to take act on the warning signs may have catastrophic effects. Now, we have got to make each day the day of climate, says Freddy […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The visit of US climate czar John Kerry to Delhi appears to have gone off well, going by media reports. But exactly what Kerry and his Indian counterparts agreed and disagreed upon will remain confidential. But Kerry’s push for “net zero” emissions is a pointer to his larger game plan. India’s former climate […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On this day 20 years ago, a string of terrorist attacks numbed America into a state of shock and disbelief. A band of Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes, of which two were rammed into the twin World Trade Center towers in New York. The United States went after Al Qaeda, waging a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s one of India’s finest military manoeuvres, one that came under pressure during the 1965 war with Pakistan. Fifty six years ago this week, India launched Operation Riddle, the motive of which was to threaten attacker Pakistan’s main city, Lahore. And Indian troops entered Pakistan by going across the international boundary in Punjab. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The last week of August holds special significance in the context of the Sino-India relationship (or confrontation). Twice in the last four years towards the end of this month, India has been able to frustrate China through its military manoeuvres, leaving the dragon on the defensive. In this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the first week of Taliban’s ascent to power in Afghanistan completes a week, many questions remained unanswered. Why did US leave in such a disorderly and disorganised fashion, leaving its Afghan friends and supporters in a precarious position? What happens next? Will China and Russia now step in to fill the void? […]Read More
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