LEH: What forced China to disengage its troops from the north and south banks of Pangong Tso? What is it that India did right? India’s occupation of strategic heights on the Kailash range was the clincher, says Northern Army Commander Lt Gen YK Joshi. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Gen Joshi also explained […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Today, the Indian Army released images of Chinese troops disengaging from the north and south banks of Pangong Tso. As per the agreement reached by both sides last week, PLA soldiers were seen dismantling sangars and other temporary structures they had built and heavy machines were seen restoring the land form to what […]Read More

LEH: As StratNews Global had reported yesterday, the current phase of disengagement from the north and south banks of Pangong Tso is expected to be completed on Wednesday if everything goes as per plan. How are things proceeding on the ground? These exclusive pictures shared by the Indian Army say it all: the Chinese side […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Rakesh Verma, Founder & Managing Director, MapmyIndia and Rohan Verma, CEO & Executive Director discuss the partnership with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to offer India’s fully indigenous, mapping portal and geospatial services, what’s in store, ‘Aatma Nirbhar’ or ‘Make in India’, the competition, the government making map making completely unregulated as […]Read More

LEH: As agreed upon by India and China last week, disengagement of troops from the north and south banks of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh has gathered momentum and, if things proceed as planned, the current phase of withdrawal could get over in the next couple of days. In this broadcast from Leh, StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Chinese and Indian troops have begun disengaging from the north and south banks of the Pangong Lake, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament today. Outstanding issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh remain, he said, asserting that there will be no compromise on India’s sovereignty and not an inch […]Read More

NEW DELHI: For the eighth time in over 60 years, India is back as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council but this time the navigation through a host of international and regional issues could be particularly tricky. The reason is the military standoff with China on the Line of Actual Control that began […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Attempts by the central government at indigenization in a crucial sector such as Defence is getting pronounced. The ground work began in 2015, and the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) put out last year had several new features that lays emphasis on ‘Make in India’. The idea is also to export military wares. Recently, […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Amidst the pulls and pressures of coalition politics and with constant risk to his government from allies, how did Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as the Prime Minister of India, take decisions in national interest in the late 1990s? What prompted his decision to go in for the Pokhran II nuclear tests in May 1998 […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is seeking early delivery of the Russian-made S-400 air defence missile, anticipating continued trouble along the border with China in 2021 and beyond, sources have said. According to the agreed delivery schedule, first of the five missile systems is to be delivered by December 2021. However, the IAF […]Read More
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