India-Iran Relations Need To De-Hyphenate From Riyadh And Islamabad
Iranian President Hassan Rouhaniby Tridivesh Singh Maini and Manish VaidThe removal of sanctions on Iran has opened new vistas for many foreign investors and the recent back to back visits of Iran by...
View ArticlePathankot Probe: NIA Wants to Visit Pakistan, But Will the 'Neighbour' Allow?
After some of the statements made by Pakistan's senior government officials, the move intends to prompt Pakistani authorities in speeding up its investigation into the Pathankot attack.On Tuesday, the...
View ArticleSenior US Lawmakers Want PM Modi To Address US Congress
WASHINGTON: The leaders of the US House of Representatives foreign affairs committee called on Tuesday for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting of Congress during a visit to...
View ArticleMinister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Stresses on Indigenous...
Rao Inderjit Singh on Tuesday said the government is taking a number of measures to promote indigenous development and manufacture of defence equipment, adding that the Defence Procurement Procedure...
View ArticleRace for Latest Class of Nuclear Arms Threatens to Revive Cold War
Russia's Topol-M is a cold-launched, three-stage, solid-propellant, silo-based or road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can also carry 4 to 6 MIRV warheads along with decoysby William...
View ArticlePAKISTAN: War without End
by Ajit Kumar SinghOn April 13, 2016, at least seven policemen and four ‘criminals’ were killed in an exchange of fire in the Kacha (riverbed) area of the Indus River between Districts of Rajanpur and...
View ArticleAppoint GOC-in-C/Corps Commanders on Basis of Merit, Not ‘Residual Service’:...
A panel on military reforms has recommended to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to review the current policy of appointing Army Commanders (GOC-in-C) and Corps Commanders on the basis of their ‘residual...
View ArticleIndia, OIC And The Kashmir Charade
Pakistan’s diplomats go with a standard para on Kashmir to the OIC meetings and others simply approve it without any discussion. Islamabad claims a major diplomatic “triumph”; and Delhi rejects the OIC...
View ArticleNuclear Security Summits: The Road Not Taken
by Zia Mian and M.V. RamanaNuclear Security Summits have yielded little by focussing on securing small amounts of nuclear material. Any real progress must entail the U.S. and Russia reducing stockpiles...
View ArticleIndia, China Hold 19th Round of Talks to Resolve Border Dispute
National Security Advisor Ajit DovalBEIJING: India and China today held the 19th round of talks to resolve the vexed border dispute amid a growing discord between the two nations over Beijing blocking...
View ArticleMove Over Tejas. India Wants A Second Line of Fighter Jets
by Sudhi Ranjan SenNew Delhi: India is keen on manufacturing a second line of fighters besides Tejas, and within 6 months, will begin the process of deciding which foreign manufacturer will make the...
View ArticleFirst Export Contract for BrahMos Cruise Missiles To Be Signed in 2016
An Asian-Pacific country will sign a contract on the delivery of Russian-Indian BrahMos cruise missiles by the end of 2016.KUALA LUMPUR– The first export contract on delivering Russian-Indian BrahMos...
View ArticleIndian Army Undertakes War Games To Deal With A Nuclear Attack
Exercise Shatrujeet : Validating Cold Start Doctrine to fight after A Nuclear Attack ?Jaisalmer: A strike formation of the Army on Thursday undertook drills to counter any tactical nuclear attack on...
View ArticleWary of NIA Crackdown, ISIS Big Fish Ask Indian Scouts to ‘Lie Low’
NEW DELHI: Top Islamic State (ISIS) handlers based in Syria have reportedly instructed their contacts in India to "lie low for some time" in the wake of the NIA's multi-state crackdown in January on an...
View ArticleChina Confirms Another Test of New Long-Range Missile
China's DF-41 (Dong-Feng 41) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)BEIJING: China's Defence Ministry on Thursday indirectly confirmed a report it had carried out another test of a new...
View ArticleShould Next-Gen Guns Kill or Wound? Army Debates
NEW DELHI: Should it be a rifle that "kills" the enemy soldier or terrorist? Or, should it merely "wound"? With the decade-long hunt for a new-generation assault rifle still nowhere near finalization,...
View ArticlePakistan Army Chief Sacks 12 Officers Over Graft
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif has sacked 12 army officers, including two generals, over corruption charges.The officers include one Major General, one Lieutenant General, five...
View ArticlePrivate US Firms Oppose ISRO Launching US Satellites
WASHINGTON: Amid the US' push to expand cooperation with India in the space sector, the country's nascent private space industry has expressed its opposition to the large scale use of low cost ISRO...
View ArticleNATO-Russia Talks End in 'Profound Disagreements'
NATO and Russia ran up against "profound disagreements" over Ukraine and other issues as their ambassadors met on Wednesday for the first time since 2014, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said.The two...
View ArticleChina Offers Electronics for Russian Rocket Engines
China is ready to share radiation-resistant electronic components used in spacecraft construction with Russia in exchange for the technology of building liquid-fuel rocket engines, a senior Roscosmos...
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