Article by Shantanu K. Bansal On October 26, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, defence secretary Mark Esper arrived in India. Soon after their arrival the Raksha Mantralaya made a Continue Reading
News Synopsis A wonderful day with 50 UN member countries ratifying new Treaty to ban nuclear weapons altogether, and it comes into force. All nuclear weapon states (including India & Continue Reading
Recently, Russia showcased Ilyushin IL-76 a medium-range, multi-purpose, military transport aircraft doing practical bombing and firing from aerial cannons at ground targets. The flight altitude varied from 300 to 1000 Continue Reading
A ground-breaking report prepared by Northrop Grumman for the ‘US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’ provides a clinical insight into the history of Chinese cyber-warfare and its modest beginnings. Which Continue Reading
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), deployed along with the Army on Indo-China border, has got a weapons upgrade, V-SAT systems for better border communication, better vehicles, apart from bullet resistant jackets Continue Reading
The COVID-19 pandemic has blunted but not stopped Chinese military modernisation. Defence spending increases may be less but military procurement and R&D (particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence) are Continue Reading
In Pic: France territories across the world. The Australian newspaper commented: “France is the last European power to change its vision of China and the region. In September, Germany, Europe’s Continue Reading
Article by Shantanu K. Bansal The then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi in 2019 said that the “CBI had not been able to meet the standards of judicial Continue Reading
The Asia Power Index 2020 ranked India as the fourth most powerful country in Asia, trailing after the US, China and Japan. According to Lowy Institute, a Sydney based independent Continue Reading
The first woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Wing Commander Vijayalakshmi Ramanan (Retd.) passed away in Bengaluru on Sunday night at the age of 96. She had pursued Continue Reading