Does India Have a New Playbook for a New Afghanistan?
Talking to The Hindu last week, Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s special presidential envoy for Afghanistan commented, “I believe that New Delhi’s policy of avoiding any engagement with the Taliban h... Read more
India, China Disengage at Ladakh Standoff Points, Commanders to Meet Tomorrow
China is withdrawing soldiers deployed in the Galwan area of eastern Ladakh and thinning out troops in the Pangong Tso sector where it was locked in a standoff with Indian military for a mon... Read more
Defence Lacks Money for Self-Sufficiency
THE one irrefutable input in augmenting atmanirbharta, or self-sufficiency, to fulfil India’s assorted materiel requirements, as recently promulgated by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman i... Read more
India Working on Two Roads in Ladakh Amid Border Row
India is working on two key roads near the China border in eastern Ladakh — the site of a tense weeks-long border stand-off with its northern neighbour — to provide connectivity to an import... Read more
Tata Lockheed to Accelerate Manufacturing in Hyderabad
Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Ltd, a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Lockheed Martin, is seeing growth opportunities through its operations in Hyderabad,... Read more
MHA Holds Discussions With 17 Companies for Making Arms
The Union home ministry has held discussions with 17 private Indian companies including Larsen & Toubro and Godrej for local manufacturing of small arms for central armed police forces... Read more
Afghanistan: Pakistan Proxy Haqqani Network Driving Taliban’s Strategy
UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team in its 11thannual report addressed to the Security Council Committee concerning the Taliban and other associated individuals and entities... Read more
Defence Procurement Procedure – 2016 (DPP-2016) introduced many significant policy changes pertaining to India’s defence acquisition. But the most significant reform measure of DPP-2016 lies... Read more
India has no Reason to Engage the Rogue Terrorist Regime of Taliban
The U-turns have always had a special significance in politics, diplomacy, and philosophy. Karl Marx turned Hegel’s spiritual dialectics upside down and named it dialectical materialism, the... Read more
Philippines Plans to Procure Brahmos Land-Based Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile System from India
The development of BrahMos is based on the Russian made P-800 Oniks / Yakhont supersonic anti-ship cruise missile. The BrahMos propulsion is based on the Oniks, while the guidance system was... Read more









