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Spy Balloon: China Tests US Sky, Sharpens its Surveillance Tools at Huge Diplomatic Costs

  Accusation and counter accusation between the US and China over the controversial balloon, described as Beijing’s surveillance airship and spotted over northern US sky in the last days of January and early days of...

An Overview of the Defence Budget 2023-24

  At Rs 5,93,538 crore, the total defence outlay for the financial year (FY) 2023-24, including the outlay of Rs 1,38,205 crore for defence pensions, represents a 13.02% year-on-year growth over the current year’s budget...

Defence Budget 2023-24: What to Expect?

  The primary, if not the only, expectation the armed forces have from the union budget is that the finance minister will pull a rabbit out of the hat and allocate whatever funds are demanded...

China’s Unrestricted War Overshadows America

  Delivering a talk at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan recently, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine needs NATO’s continued support for as long as it takes, because if Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Defence Budget 2023: Sun Shines, Clouds Prevail And Storms Loom

  The exhilarated motto “India First, Citizen First” is indeed as inspirational as "Today's era must not be of war", yet devoid of the geo-political context and realities of threats to the nation. To keep both...

Mind Control and the Psychological Dimension of Wars in Future

  Wars - in the future - may not just be fought with weapons and physical strength. There was a time when armies could only kill or harm enemies they could see or touch. Not...

Amid Border Tension, Defence Allocation Touches 13.18 per cent of Total Outlay of Union Budget 2023-24

New Delhi: With tensions continuing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Line of Control (LOC) with China and Pakistan, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave the armed forces a much...

Expectation From India’s Defence Budget

Significant Expectations As the general budget will be presented in the parliament today, significant expectations are riding on the defence segment. The country has seen some steady growth as far as defence outlay is concerned....

Fissures in Defence Allocation

Ahead of the presentation of Union budget in Parliament on February 1, India's defence sector deserves to be in the spotlight due to increased volatility with belligerent neighbours. That apart, the political and military...

Peacebuilding and Reconciliation: Ushering in An Era of No War

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones,” said Albert Einstein. This grim observation was made in the aftermath of...

President Sisi’s Visit Rekindles India-Egypt Relations, Strategic Partnership Forged

New Delhi: The three-day visit to India by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was indeed a boost to relations between nations which spawned the oldest civilizations and in contemporary international scenario, Egypt is a...

With Many Firsts, Colourful 74th Republic Day Parade Showcased Emergence of a ‘New India’

New Delhi: The 74th Republic Day parade amid much pomp and colour had many firsts to its credit with it being held for the first time at the ceremonial Central Vista avenue, renamed Kartavya...

Need for India to Pursue a Civil-Military Fusion

  Now a day, many nations have embarked on the path of creating a Civil-Military Fusion (CMF).  Basically, dual-use technologies and collaborations lies at the heart of any civil-military confluence. It ensures that civil and...
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