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S-400 Triumf: Indian Air Space’s Protective Umbrella

India has been looking for an impregnable air dome system since the China-Pakistan unholy alliance cemented over the years, and now, with the deteriorating situation in Bangladesh, a multi-front war scenario is emerging. The...

Intervention – The Only Resort

Secularism, a Western import essentially means the state to be irreligious or in the French sense of laicite – to be strictly irreligious. It was an invention of the Italian diplomat and philosopher Niccolo...

10 Qualities of Effective Military Leadership

"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers,” says Ralph Nader. This quote emphasises the importance of military leaders who are expected to replicate leadership qualities within their team and...

Leadership Lessons from the Battle of Zojila

Military history is rich with lessons in leadership, innovation, and bold decision-making, and few battles exemplify these qualities as vividly as the Battle of Zojila (Zoji La) fought in November 1948. This pivotal engagement...

Why is HB Report on 1962 War Not Being Declassified?

Did the HB Report on the 1962 war suggest the war might have been triggered by India provoking China through its ‘Forward Policy’ launched in 1954? Under this policy, Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru...

Polarisation and Criminalisation of Politics: An Escalating Menace to Democracy

All eyes are on the assembly elections for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), which will be held from September 18 to October 1, 2024. In particular of interest are the polls in J&K...

Giving a Bharatiya Makeover to Modernisation

Evolution is a foundational principle of science. The concept of evolution originated in the landmark yet controversial 1859 book of Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species. Contrary to the popular perception that the universe...

Playing the Balancing Game

  The foreign policy of a country is said to be a matter of stability. Respecting the initiatives of the predecessor administrations on key national issues that have international ramifications is seen as a way...

The Great Ideological Divide

Ideology, it seems, never went away from the ideational landscape of the world. It ebbed for a few decades after the cold war but now it seems it is back and with a vengeance....

The Human Rights-Sovereignty Debate in a Globalised World 

  It is official. The British Parliament has officially passed the Anti-Migrant Bill, the flagship piece of legislation of the Rishi Sunak-led Conservative Government. The legislation aimed at sending illegal migrants who arrive in Britain via...

Threats of Election Manipulation Spooks Democracies

Disinformation Empire: The boom in technology, especially in AI with sophisticated tools such as voice cloning, adaptive imaging, and generative videos, has considerably eased out routine activities while also making them a lot more vulnerable...

The Mystery Behind Battle Tank Names

Guess what Arjun, Bhishma, Abrams, Panzer, Patton, Stuart, and Sherman have in common? Well, all of them were battle tanks named after legendary historical figures. Throughout history many tanks have been named after famous...

Rocket Science: The Physics of Reaching the Cosmos

What is Rocket Science?: Rocket science involves utilising rocket propulsion to transport anything from fireworks to crewed spacecraft. The core principle of rocketry is based on Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion, which has been...
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