One of the worst kept secrets about rural India is that despite accounting for two-third’s of the country’s population and nearly half of its gross domestic product, their access to formal credit is less than 10 percent. Part of the reason is that most of rural India till recently was unbanked. All this is changing […]Read More
As the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, commonly known as NATO, marked 75 years of its existence, its top diplomats met in Brussels. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the grouping was stronger than ever before. The timing is rather awkward, coming in the midst of Russia’s war in Ukraine, a military conflict that’s now […]Read More
It’s an academic centre par excellence, rated the No. 1 institution in India for the last eight years in the engineering category. It has the country’s first university-based research park where the industry and academia collaborate to create an innovation ecosystem. Welcome to IIT Madras, which is also the testbed for research and development in some […]Read More
The significance of India controlling the heights of Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh against the China threatRead More
The significance of Air Force Station, Thoise in Ladakh against India’s Pakistan-China two-front threat. Don’t Miss ‘The Himalayan Front’, Part X. Coming Up on Friday, March 22, 2024. In this episode, we film the Indian Air Force’s aircraft and helicopters at the strategically located base. It is critical for the Indian Army’s deployment at the […]Read More
India’s China, Pak Ladakh Front and the significance of critical connectivity. Watch this exclusive interview in Chiling, Ladakh with Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan, the Director General (DG) of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). “Making a road is a measure of a nation’s sovereignty,” he tells us. He adds, it also exercises command and control and […]Read More
Ex-ISI Chief Faiz Hamid’s Brother In The Dock The arrest of a revenue officer Najaf Hamid, by Pakistan’s Anti-Corruption Establishment, suggests the new government is cracking down on those who were involved in Nawaz Sharif’s removal from power in 2017. Najaf Hamid is the brother of former ISI chief Gen Faiz Hamid, who is accused […]Read More
The Guns Of Kyapho & Ptso. In a documentary series, ‘Along The China Front: Commanding The Tawang Heights’, Part IV, we travel from Tawang to the Kyapho model border post along the Tibet border. We also document the Pankang Teng Tso or PTSO Lake area. In addition, we get a glimpse of the Indian Army’s […]Read More
India’s infra thrust to Ladakh to counter the China, and Pakistan two-front threat. India’s military is in the fourth winter of its advanced forward deployment against China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. China’s renewed aggression in 2020 led to the deadly Galwan clashes in June […]Read More
Your one-stop destination for all the top international stories of the day. Japan’s First Private-Sector Rocket Explodes Seconds After Launch Seconds after its launch, Japan Space One’s rocket called Kairos exploded, with a trail of smoke, fire and fortunately no injuries. The solid fuel rocket blew up on its inaugural mission. Space One was attempting […]Read More
Here’s a word of advice from Ambassador Mohan Kumar, who was India’s lead negotiator at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or GATT, the forerunner of the WTO (World Trade Organisation): “Forty per cent of your GDP is trade. So if you have to become a $5 trillion, $7 trillion, $10 trillion economy and […]Read More
In a bid to make India a global hub for semiconductor manufacturing, design and technology, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for three key projects – two in Gujarat and one in Assam. India currently employs 2 million people in the electronics manufacturing sector. That’s a number the government wants to push up to […]Read More
China’s just-concluded annual political jamboree, commonly known as two sessions, threw up some surprises. The press conference by the premier at the end of the legislative meetings, a three-decade old practice, was cancelled. Many see this as a move to weaken the institution of the premier and consolidate more powers in the hands of Xi […]Read More
Ajay Bisaria, a veteran diplomat who served as India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan and then Canada before retiring in June 2022, has been in the news recently over his book ‘Anger Management, The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship Between India And Pakistan,’ which critically examines how the relationship between the two countries has evolved since partition. Clearly […]Read More
Your one-stop destination for all the top international stories of the day. Doval And Netanyahu Meeting: Did US Encourage New Delhi For Action On Gaza Tensions? Ajit Doval’s visit to Israel and the meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be influenced by two key factors. First, the United States wants to encourage the Israeli […]Read More
Your one-stop destination for all the top international stories of the day. Far Right Party Chega Make Big Gains In Portugal Polls In Portugal’s elections, the centre-right Democratic Alliance has edged out the Socialist party by just two seats. The answer to who will govern Portugal could still be weeks away. The clear winner though […]Read More
You may have heard of India’s Quantum Mission but what about the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)? Also, the Hydrogen Valley Innovation Cluster? These are some of the deep tech areas that are the subject of the government’s focus, the idea being to develop expertise, knowledge and skills for the future, a future that may […]Read More
The deadly June 2020 Galwan clashes, between the Indian and Chinese armies, have changed the rules of the strategic game in terms of India’s foreign policy and military posture. As a result, Post Galwan, China’s PLA failed in two more incursion attempts in Yangtse, Tawang sector in western Arunachal Pradesh at the other extremity of […]Read More
India’s handling of the diplomatic tension with the Maldives has come in for praise from the former President of the island nation – Mohamed Nasheed. Speaking to an Indian TV channel, he said, “When the president of the Maldives wanted the Indian military personnel to leave, you know what India did? They did not display […]Read More
It’s been over a week since the conclusion of the ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Abu Dhabi. The meeting underscored the divisions worldwide over trade issues, from agricultural subsidies to fisheries and even investment facilitation, says Mohan Kumar, former Indian ambassador to France and lead negotiator at GATT, the forerunner of the […]Read More
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