Don’t overdo leasing of military equipment
Beset by a continuing financial crunch, India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and its armed forces have seized upon leasing an assortment of badly needed platforms and equipment from abroad to Continue Reading
More than 15,000 people from Myanmar shelter in Indian border state
The number of people from Myanmar seeking shelter in India has swelled to more than 15,000, with more likely to cross over as fighting intensifies in parts Myanmar following a Continue Reading
India loses ONGC Videsh Ltd-discovered Farzad-B gas field in Iran
NEW DELHI : India on Monday lost the ONGC Videsh Ltd-discovered Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf after Iran awarded a contract for developing the giant gas field to Continue Reading
How China’s new diplomatic swagger is hitting India’s neighbours
The comments of the Chinese envoy in Dhaka last week warning Bangladesh against joining the Quad point to the new kind of challenges that the Subcontinent — including Beijing’s friends Continue Reading
Sister ship or India’s Second Gen SSBN?
INS Arighat, the Indian Navy’s second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, will be commissioned into the Indian Navy in the next few months as it has completed much of its user Continue Reading
Is $1 billion cash enough to attract chip makers to set up fab unit in India?
CHENNAI: Global business collective The Valuable 500 has announced that it has reached its goal of 500 international organisations committing to put disability inclusion on their board agenda, making it Continue Reading
Myanmar military take rebel town of Mindat, Chinland
Myanmar’s military has entered a small town in western Chin state which took up arms against them three weeks ago.Activists from the volunteer Chinland Defence Force say they have retreated Continue Reading
Myanmar election: No evidence fraud in 2020 vote, observers say
Independent observers have rejected claims of voter fraud in Myanmar’s 2020 election, three months after the military took power in a coup.The Asian Network for Free Elections said the outcome Continue Reading
Why Govt Must Get TSMC, Intel, Or Samsung To ‘Make In India’
The coronavirus pandemic has had an unintended consequence. While people struggle for oxygen, medicines, and other medical equipment from the United States to Australia, the tech giants are struggling with Continue Reading
Myanmar: Tatmadaw deploys Chinese made drones to guide its lethal clampdown
Widening its clampdown, the Tatmadaw deployed Chinese-made drones across Myanmar to survey situations and to guide its trail to quell pro-democracy protesters. According to the latest report by Asia Times, Continue Reading