Def Min’s buylist an attempt to augment IAF
15 Oct 2016 4:29 AM ISTNewly ‘emboldened’ defence ministry and ‘Hanuman’-like Indian Air Force (IAF) appear to have pitched forth, for a 42-squadron service. The goal is oft...
Indian Army’s modernisation push will help reduce asymmetry with Chinese counterparts
9 Aug 2016 5:50 AM ISTIndia may have between 10-12 years to reduce the asymmetry for its forces when compared to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China. Many military...
CPM top brass focus on tackling dissent, prevent split in party
24 Jun 2016 4:24 AM ISTThus, while the pro-Congress coalition lobby of the West Bengal state committee survived by the skin of their teeth as they were universally...
US scuttled Indo-Pak peace efforts: Sinha
23 Jun 2016 5:17 AM ISTThe US and India has a tacit understanding that neither will ‘surprise’ each other on sub-continental issues. But in March, 2004, when the George W...
Navy plans design changes in ‘conventional’ ships
9 Jun 2016 5:51 AM ISTTo make the Indian navy have a much smaller carbon footprint on the blue waters, the service has plans of making design changes of its ships in three...
Modi under pressure to join broad anti-IS coalition
3 Jun 2016 5:32 AM ISTIn that light, Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar’s recent visit to the UAE – delayed by a couple days for unknown reasons – has special...
P75I: Plans in choppy waters much before any submarine sees light of day
13 May 2016 4:56 AM ISTFor, the strategic partner (SP) that the designated four domestic shipyards need to access technology to build the subs has not yet been identified....
Narendra Modi of political Buddhism
28 April 2016 4:04 AM ISTLike the much reviled political Islam, Christianity has remained a political religion. It is the Treaty of Westphalia that severed the direct contact...
‘Govt deal on Rafale jets overpriced’
19 April 2016 7:00 AM ISTThe price at which the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is negotiating the 36 Rafale jets, at $200 million each, is being considered as an “overpricing”...
Indo-US logistics deal focuses on ‘interoperability’
15 April 2016 5:51 AM ISTThe Logistics Support Memorandum of Agreement (LSMOA), which was signed between the government and the US department of defence this week, needs to be...
Can Marx coexist with Ambedkar?
14 April 2016 3:06 AM ISTThe Kollam temple fire emerged on the news horizon at about 7:00 pm on Sunday. By 9:00 pm, VS Achuthanandan, the former Chief Minister of Kerala and...
Security threats to areas along LAC may be lessened
22 March 2016 4:52 AM ISTThe transformation of the command and force structures of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Army and Navy, besides the structures of the higher...
