NEW DELHI: No mention of returning to the status quo ante in the India-China joint statement is “problematic” because it “leaves India with very few options and the military one is a very real one,” says academic and author Dr Ayesha Ray about the outcome of the meeting between External Affairs Ministers Dr S. Jaishankar and Wang […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With tensions rising on the India-China Line of Actual Control, all eyes are on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who is in Moscow for the SCO foreign-ministers summit. He is expected to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on resolving the standoff in Ladakh. Hopes of a breakthrough are muted given […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Pakistan may be tempted to join good friend China in opening another front against India if the current military stalemate in Ladakh persists, feel former military officers Maj Gen BK Sharma (Retd), Director of USI and Lt Gen GS Katoch (Retd), member of India’s oldest military think tank in this episode of Strategic Insight […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Call it sheer coincidence, but Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s weekend transit halt in Tehran took place ahead of the much delayed intra-Afghan negotiations in Qatar on Monday. The meeting was at Iran’s request and the subject of Singh’s discussions with his counterpart Brigadier General Amir Hatami centred, not suprisingly, on peace and stability […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing India-China border confrontation, there is a possibility that external affairs minister S.Jaishankar and defence minister Rajnath Singh may talk to their Chinese counterparts in Moscow on the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meetings. While Singh reached Moscow on Wednesday to participate in the SCO defence ministers’ meeting, Jaishankar will […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The PLA Air Force is being modernised very rapidly and is being used for strategic coercion. It is inducting long range vectors, depending upon no-contact warfare strategy. India needs to be not only aware of these changes in the PLAAF but also take countermeasures although the Indian Air Force is still ahead in terms […]Read More
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NEW DELHI: An ambitious Rs 33,500 crore plan is in the works to transform the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The plan is to be executed by 2025 with the biggest chunk of the pie—Rs 6,600 crore—being invested in improving air connectivity. There’s a proposal to construct two Greenfield airports, one each at Port Blair and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: One reason why India could proportionately and timely respond to China’s aggressive expansionism in eastern Ladakh is the improved border infrastructure it has built over the past couple of years. Two roads—the ones that connect Leh with Manali and Srinagar—are already in place. Now, the Border Roads Organisation is stepping up work on […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The first woman to stand for election as Sikyong (Prime Minister) of Tibet’s government exile in Dharamsala, has called on India to acknowledge her homeland’s occupied status. India “must abandon its very cautious position with regard to Tibet,” Gyari Dolma said during a recent webinar organised by the Foundation for Non-violent Alternatives, adding […]Read More
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