The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying the US Congress of this possible sale on Monday, according to an official statement. Harpoon is an anti-ship missile.
Across Myanmar demonstrators marched Sunday with banners banners reading “strength for the revolution”.Myanmar’s junta chief said Sunday that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August Continue Reading
Source: TNN A top Maoist leader, who was carrying Rs 4 lakh reward on his head and involved in many offences, surrendered before the police in Balangir district on Sunday. Continue Reading
Fighting is raging around three major cities in southern and western Afghanistan as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces.Taliban fighters have entered parts of Herat, Lashkar Gah Continue Reading
Russia’s newly unveiled Checkmate stealth fighter jet seems to have good prospects, and it is expected to be competitive against the US F-35 in the international arms market. It may Continue Reading
Source: The Hindu The visit to China is the first from the group in the wake of its gaining key ground in Afghanistan, including in Badakshan province which borders China’s Continue Reading
The Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed to carry out peace talks after attacks on the capital.
Later this year the 4th round of 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue is scheduled to take place in DC and defence Minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar will travel to the US to attend this meeting. The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit ahead of Foreign Ministerial Quad talks later this year is another indication of how important the US-India bilateral relationship has become for regional and global stability.
Source: Asia Times with Additional Inputs The annual MAKS aerospace show kicked off its 2021 installment at Zhukovsky Airport outside Moscow – not with a bang, but with multiple bangs. Continue Reading
India needs to closely monitor the emerging situation in Myanmar, where China is making further inroads after international sanctions were imposed on the country after the military coup in February, Continue Reading