-The writer is an Indian Army veteran and a defence analyst. He has keen interest in Geo-strategic affairs and writes regularly on internal and external affairs issues related to India and neighbours. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda
Indian Airspace witnessed the arrival of Top guns with wonderful 5th generation Thunderbirds, after covering thousands of miles like Demoiselle Canes and Flamingos flocking together and gracefully, landing in deserts of Rajasthan across the...
It was a glorious moment for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on September 4 when it deployed India’s new ‘Eye in the Sky’ by successfully placing the EOS-05 spacecraft in its intended orbit...
As the sun set on September 13, 2026, the Russian President’s Flying Kremlin, IL-96-300PU, took off from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, for Moscow, after the successful conclusion of the 18th BRICS Summit....
On August 26, 2026, Wednesday, at 0820 hours, as per Nepal Standard Time, the inhabitants of Gyirong (Tibet) and Rasuwagadhi (Nepal) experienced the first mild tremor, followed by a severe tremor of magnitude 5.2....
On July 26, 1999, 27 years ago, the guns fell silent after 83 days of intense fighting on the Ladakh and Karakoram ranges in the Himalayas. Then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, admiring the...
Two powerful earthquakes hit the northern coastal state of La Guairá in Venezuela a few hours before sunset on June 24, 2026. Caracas seismic centre recorded the first tremor of 7.2 magnitude on the...
On the auspicious occasion of the summer solstice, marking the pinnacle of light and life, at midday on June 21, 2026, the longest day of the year, three indigenously built Naval vessels were commissioned...
War clouds were hovering over the Strait of Hormuz in Gulf since mid-January 2026. Two nuclear powered aircraft carriers, USS Abraham Lincoin and USS Gerald Ford had already reached the Indian Ocean and were...
On January 21, 2026, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) task force landed at Pituffik Air Base in Greenland for a joint exercise with clearance from the Danish Air Force. NORAD is a...
Air India One (Boeing 777-300 ER) gently took off from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia, at 1400h and landed perfectly at 1805h at Muscat International Airport on December 17, 2025, and gradually taxied...
At 1300h on November 26, 2025, Indian meteorological satellites reported a depression forming up at the southeast coast of Sri Lanka in the Bay of Bengal. The depression was continuously monitored by the Indian...
The announcement of Gaza Peace plan is like a gentle shower on Gaza region which was under devastating inferno for the last two years ago, when Hamas terrorists had launched Operation Al Aqsa Flood...
As the pair of two MiG 21 Bison of Panthers Squadron led by Squadron Leader Priya Sharma in the lead fighter jet and Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh in the second aircraft lined-up...