US’ Legion of Merit Award for QUAD Architects Sends Multiple Messages
US President Donald Trump has mainstreamed the QUAD by awarding its original architects Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Mi... Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was earlier scheduled to visit India in late 2020, may visit the country during the first six months of next year, Russia’s ambassador to India, N... Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday, funding the development of an advanced stealth fighter and longer-range... Read more
S-400 Deal ‘Advancing Well’ Despite US Threat of Sanctions: Russian Ambassador
Russia’s ongoing deals with India for military hardware, including for S-400 air defence systems, are “advancing well” despite the threat of potential US sanctions, Russian ambassador Nikola... Read more
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) may induct an off-the-shelf fighter in the 2020s. This would not a new move or alteration of its plans. In fact, the PAF had sought an off-the-shelf fighter sinc... Read more
Indian Navy to Get Bigger, Improved and Better-armed SSBN ARIGHAT Early Next Year
The bigger, improved and better-armed Arighat is in the final stages of sea trials and is likely to be commissioned into service early next year. After teething troubles, India’s nuclear sub... Read more
Explained: Why is India Cautious as US Sanctions Turkey Over the S-400 Deal?
The United States has imposed sanctions on Turkey on Monday over Ankara’s acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence systems. Ankara acquired the Russian S-400 ground-to-air defenses in mid-20... Read more
Nepal PM gets House Dissolved, Sparks Protests
Triggering protests and the resignations of at least seven Cabinet-rank ministers, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli Sunday dissolved the country’s House of Representatives, which is the lower h... Read more
10 Years on, Tunisian Emotions Mixed in Birthplace of Arab Spring
In the heart of Tunisia’s central town of Sidi Bouzid is a statue of a fruit cart towering above the presidential seat of power — a homage to fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi’s storied role in... Read more
Focus on Multilateral Partnerships to Check Challenges Posed by China, Say Experts
Pointing out that China believing that its power based on its impressive economic growth gives it a position of pre-eminence in the Asian region and hence it need not adhere to any kind of a... Read more









