ADE provides a glimpse of Air Launched Nirbhay

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG Nirbhay AL-1 (Air Launched) was spotted at Bengaluru-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) complex in a video interview conducted by Defense correspondence Dr. Anantha Krishnan M. Stacked at a corner, Nirbhay AL-1 showed many of the design changes which is expected from an air-launched variant which has been […]

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Indian Army to equip Rudra, LCH attack copters with fire-control radars

SOURCE: Tribune News Service The Indian Army’s attack helicopters are to be equipped with airborne fire control radars that will overcome the operational limitations being imposed by the present systems being used and consequently enhance their combat potential. This will require a comprehensive upgrade by retrofitting the required hardware and the avionics suite and integrating […]

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After GRSE, Govt signs contract for 8 ASWSWC with Cochin Shipyard Limited

SOURCE: UNI The government on Tuesday signed a contract for construction of 8 Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASWSWC) for Indian Navy with Kochi-based Cochin Shipyard Limited. On Monday, the government had also awarded a contract worth of Rs Rs 6,311.32 crore to Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) to build same numbers […]

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India replies to Chinese media criticism of navy

SOURCE: HT Indian Navy personnel are unprofessional, prone to errors and unprepared to tackle emergencies, a Chinese state media article has said, commenting on a fire that claimed the life of a naval officer on India’s aircraft carrier, INS?Vikramaditya, last week. In its response, the Indian Navy said it “prides itself on the highest level […]

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ISRO Launch of RISAT-2BR1 Radar Imaging Satellite to Happen by End-May 2019

SOURCE: NEWS18 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its latest radar imaging satellite (RISAT), the RISAT-2BR1, by the end of next month. The update comes through an IANS report, which cites unnamed sources within ISRO to reveal that the launch will reportedly take place on May 22, as per the present […]

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2 months after Balakot, Pakistan changes nuclear weapons tune – they’re for deterrence only

SOURCE: THE PRINT Pakistan has hinted at a significant change in its policy on the use of nuclear weapons. Islamabad, which has never hesitated to brandish its nuclear arsenal whenever tensions with New Delhi rose significantly, has now said that nuclear weapons are meant for deterrence and should not be mentioned lightly. The comments were […]

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Sri Lanka mistook Indian alert as bid to create rift with Islamabad

SOURCE: ET Sri Lanka had refused to pay heed to India’s alert on possible suicide attacks and the involvement of extremists based on its belief that New Delhi is trying to pit Colombo against Pakistan by pointing fingers at the island’s Muslim community. Senior Lankan officials (defence secretary and police chief who have now been […]

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US claims India not using Afghan soil against Pakistan: Wells

SOURCE: PAKISTAN OBSERVER Declaring terrorists attacking Pakistan as its enemies, the United States on Wednesday said it does not have the ‘evidence’ suggesting that India is using the Afghan soil to perpetrate terrorism in Pakistan.“I don’t have the evidence what you’re referring to, but our policy is clear that no country should support non-state actors,” […]

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India expects China to yield on Azhar today

SOURCE: DH NEWS India’s fingers are crossed as it expects China to finally lift its “Technical Hold” on the process at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to sanction terrorist leader Masood Azhar, who is based in Pakistan and has been masterminding attacks in India. A breakthrough in India’s negotiations with China seems imminent […]

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IAF holds competition to select drones for relief ops

SOURCE: TNN The Indian Air Force (IAF) is working on an ambitious project of using drones in cases of natural calamities like flood, earthquake, Search and Rescue (SAR), etc., for immediate response and for leading humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations. In this regard, the IAF has started a competition on April 22 for checking […]

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Are there warmer currents between New Delhi and Beijing after India took part in the Chinese navy’s anniversary celebrations?

SOURCE: SCMP The participation of two Indian battleships – INS Kolkata and INS Shakti – in the International Fleet Review organised as part of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s 70th anniversary celebrations last month could very well signal a thawing of relations between the two Asian behemoths. The Indian Navy’s involvement coincided with Foreign Secretary […]

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A Washington pipe dream

SOURCE: THE HINDU US. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on April 22 that the United States would not issue any additional ‘Significant Reduction Exceptions’to existing importers of Iranian oil who had received such exemptions last November. Mr. Pompeo declared that the objective was to bring Iranian oil exports to “zero”. India, China and Turkey, […]

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Balancing Iran, US ties to get harder for India

SOURCE: ASIAN AGE Two senior American officials — US principal deputy assistant secretary for state Alice Wells and assistant secretary for defence Randal G. Shriver — were in New Delhi last week to, besides discussing other issues, convey Washington’s ending of the waivers for India and other countries importing Iranian oil. The timing was bad […]

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J&K Governor’s Twitter Account Hacked, Made To Follow Pak PM: Office

SOURCE: NDTV The office of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday said that his official Twitter account was hacked and he was made to follow Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Mr Khan was “un-followed” the moment the discrepancy in the account was noticed, the office said in a release, adding that the […]

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ISPR says impossible to Hide F-16 debris but then accuses India of hiding Su-30 debris

SOURCE: NITIN GUPTA / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG In a recent press conference hosted by Major General Asif Ghafoor who is the Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Ghafoor tried to cover up for the Dubuis claims, ISPR had made on the aftermath of the aerial dogfight which took place over both sides of […]

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Ukraine’s Antonov suspends An-132D development with Saudi Arabia, Looks to India for partnership

SOURCE: Russian Aviation Insider The suspension of the An-132D multi-purpose transport project, one of the most promising enterprises of Antonov, Ukraine’s only aircraft manufacturer, has been confirmed by Aleksandr Donets, the president of the company, in an interview with a local news wire UNIAN. The twin-engined turboprop is a new-generation version of the original 1976 […]

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Military movement under Brahmaputra on drawing board

SOURCE: ET The government is exploring the option of constructing a strategic tunnel under the Brahmaputra river in Assam for unhindered movement of military vehicles. The tunnel would be located on the upstream of the Brahmaputra near Tezpur in Assam, connecting north and south banks of the river, top government officials said. Its length is […]

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Anti-airfield weapon by 2020: DRDO

SOURCE: ENS Scientists at DRDO’s Research Imarat Centre in the city are working day and night to develop an Smart Anti Airfield Weapon for the Indian Air Force. The project can be finished by 2020 if the Air Force wants the same, officials said. The weapon, which has been under development for the last four […]

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India Set To Get Defence Cyber Agency to Fight Pak, Chinese Hackers

SOURCE: ANI In a bid to bolster its capabilities to tackle threats emanating from hackers, mostly from China and Pakistan, India is all set to have Defence Cyber Agency (DCA) by next month. This agency will be headquartered in the capital. Senior Navy officer Rear Admiral Mohit Gupta will be the first head of this […]

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China Says “Positive Progress Made” On Masood Azhar’s Blacklisting At UN

SOURCE: NDTV China said on Tuesday that on designating Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN, “positive progress” had been made. Beijing also said the problem would be “properly resolved” but did not give any timeline, days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. China put a […]

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Why India must take note of US-China-Russia pact on peace process in Afghanistan

SOURCE: TNN A new trilateral agreement — between US, Russia and China — on the future of the peace process in Afghanistanhas given the process a new face with important implications for India and its future engagement with Afghanistan.The US special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, Chinese Special Envoy Deng Xijun and Russian Presidential Representative Zamir Kabulov met […]

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‘India in middle of polls, let Iran oil imports continue’: Sushma Swaraj to Pompeo

SOURCE: HT External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to her US counterpart Mike Pompeo on Saturday about flexibility in US sanctions on Iranian oil imports but America’s top diplomat was non-committal, people familiar with developments said. During the phone call, Swaraj said India should be allowed to import Iranian crude for some more time without […]

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COMCASA to grow India-US military ties: Indo-Pacific US Air Force chief

SOURCE: ET The top US Air Force commander for the Indo-Pacific region has said that the US-India agreement to share highly sensitive information will help grow military ties and the different origins of the aircraft of the two countries were not a barrier to working together. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the US Pacific Air […]

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Pakistan Army fishes in troubled waters of Sri Lanka via fake twitter ids

SOURCE: ET Even as Sri Lanka grapples to come to terms with one of worst terror attacks in recent years, Pakistan Army is fishing in troubled waters. Pakistan based and Pak Army supported twitter handles are busy spreading propaganda against India using fake Sri Lankan ids, ET has learnt. Not long after Twitter blocked hundreds […]

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PhD Scholar Among 6 Terrorists Arrested For Jammu And Kashmir Car Blast

SOURCE: NDTV A PhD scholar is among six terrorists caught in connection with the explosion inside a car on Jammu-Srinagar highway last month, when a convoy of the CRPF was passing, the police said. Police said the case – which triggered memories of the February 14 Pulwama attack – has been solved. The police, however, […]

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No proof to back army’s Yeti footprints claim, say experts

SOURCE: HT Scientists and experts said on Tuesday there is no evidence to back the presence of the mythical Yeti after the Indian Army said it has sighted the footprints of the ape-like creature of folklores in eastern Nepal. The army tweeted late on Monday to say that one of its mountaineering expedition had come […]

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Pak legislator to play Burhan Wani in film

SOURCE: TNN Pakistani legislator and controversial televangelist Aamir Liaquat Hussain will be playing the role of Burhan Wani in an upcoming film on the slain commander of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.The film’s director, Ayub Khosa, said during a talk show on a local TV station on Monday that he had decided to make a “clean, […]

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‘Took 22 pages, yet no complete regret’: SC on Rahul Gandhi’s Rafale affidavit

SOURCE: HT Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday offered to file a fresh affidavit in the Rafale contempt case after the Supreme Court made it clear that the judges weren’t convinced with his last affidavit that ran into 22 pages but did not spell out that he regretted his statement. “You take 22 pages to […]

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Nirbhay cruise missile will get New Indigenous Seeker and Manik engine in the next test

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG Senior Scientists at India’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) while speaking to Defense correspondence Dr. Anantha Krishnan M, have confirmed that seventh trial of India’s long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile ” NIRBHAY ” will feature an Indigenous Seeker and Small gas-turbine Manik Engine developed by GTRE, which they […]

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Defence ministry awards Rs 6,311-crore contract to GRSE for anti-submarine warfare boats

SOURCE: HT   The defence ministry on Monday awarded a Rs 6,311-crore contract to public sector shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) to supply anti-submarine warfare boats to the navy, a ministry spokesperson said. Of the eight anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASWSWC) on order, the yard will deliver the first ship in […]

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DRDO missile was the 1st choice, not Spice-2000

SOURCE: DECCAN CHRONICLE The day after the Pulwama attack, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) received directions from the highest authorities to prepare to strike back to avenge the deadly terror strike in the Kashmir valley. Officials from the National Security Agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the three serving chiefs of the Indian […]

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Army invokes emergency powers for missile deal

SOURCE: THE HINDU The Army is in the process of procuring Spike-LR Anti-Tank Missiles from Israel and Igla-S Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORAD) from Russia through a set of new financial powers for emergency procurements sanctioned by the Defence Ministry earlier this month, Defence sources said. “Under the latest emergency financial powers, armed […]

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India was 4th biggest military spender last year

SOURCE: HT India was the world’s fourth biggest military spender last year behind the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia, according to new data think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on Monday. India was the fifth largest military spender in 2017. France also figures on the list of top five spenders that […]

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‘Inspired’ by Lanka Blasts Mastermind, ISIS Suspect Held for Planning to Carry Out Similar Attack in Kerala

SOURCE: NEWS18 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a 29-year-old Palakkad resident for allegedly conspiring to commit a terrorist act through Kasargode ISIS module. The arrested has been identified as Riyas A, alias Riyas Aboobacker, alias Abu Dujana, who has reportedly confessed to have been inspired by Zahran Hashim, the alleged mastermind behind the last […]

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India, Pakistan hike defence spending in 2018: SIPRI report

SOURCE: PTI India increased its defence spending by 3.1 per cent to USD 66.5 billion in 2018 while Pakistan hiked it by a hefty 11 per cent to touch USD 11.4 billion, according to a new report on global military expenditure released on Monday by a leading Swedish think tank. The total world military expenditure […]

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Cyclone ”Fani” Forces Air Force To Postpone BrahMos Missile Testfiring

SOURCE: NDTV In view of the cyclone storm ”Fani”, the Indian Air Force (IAF) and BrahMos Aerospace have put on hold the testfire of the air-launched version of supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft. The air-launched version of the BrahMos was to be testfired by the Air Force over southern India this week […]

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Pakistan says ready to take Indian journalists to Balakot

SOURCE: HT Pakistan’s military on Monday contended the Indian air strike in Balakot in February had not resulted in loss of lives or damage to infrastructure even as it warned New Delhi not to test Islamabad’s resolve. Addressing a news conference at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, chief military spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor repeated […]

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Masood Azhar likely to get global terror tag this week

SOURCE: HT China is expected to lift its hold on blacklisting Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar at a UN sanctions committee on May 1, paving the way for further global financial sanctions against the banned group, people familiar with the development said. Azhar’s designation as a global terrorist would be a major diplomatic victory […]

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We suffered ‘no damage’ in Balakot air strike: Pakistan Army

SOURCE: PTI Pakistan’s military on Monday once again claimed that there was “no damage” in the Balakot air strike carried out by India and asserted that it will facilitate the Indian journalists if they wish to visit the area to “see the truth”. Addressing a press conference at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan military […]

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Kerala-based ISIS suspect inspired by Sri Lanka bombing plotter caught: NIA

SOURCE: HT The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a 29-year-old suspect linked to the Islamic State terror group, who allegedly wanted to carry out a suicide attack in Kerala, the anti-terror agency said. It added Zahran bin Hashim, the April 21 Easter Sunday’s suicide bombings mastermind in Sri Lanka and National Towheed Jama’at […]

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Sushma Swaraj speaks to US on Iran oil issue

SOURCE: HT External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to her US counterpart Mike Pompeo on Saturday about flexibility in US sanctions on Iranian oil imports but America’s top diplomat was non-committal, people familiar with developments said. During the phone call, Swaraj said India should be allowed to import Iranian crude for some more time without […]

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ISIS Chief Refers To Sri Lanka In First Video In Five Years

SOURCE: NDTV The Islamic State group’s elusive chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has purportedly appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released Monday by the jihadist organisation. It is unclear when the footage was filmed, but the man said to be Baghdadi referred to last week’s deadly attack in Sri Lanka […]

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‘Yeti’ Footprints Sighted By Expedition Team, Tweets Indian Army

SOURCE: NDTV The Indian Army on Monday claimed to have sighted footprints of the Yeti, a mythical creature that many over the decades claimed to have seen, but not been able to show proof of. Sharing images on their official Twitter handle, the Indian Army said their Mountaineering Expedition Team found the Yeti’s “mysterious footprints measuring […]

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Indian carrier’s fire likely result of lax military regulation: Chinese experts

SOURCE: Global Times Chinese military experts on Sunday said that India’s military culture cannot keep up with its ambitious weapon and equipment development, which might be the reason behind its aircraft carrier’s fatal fire on Friday.  A fire broke out at the engine room of India’s aircraft carrier Vikramaditya while it was entering harbor in Karnataka’s […]

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Sri Lanka ‘reaches out’ for NSG help

SOURCE: ET Sri Lanka — stunned by a spate of terror attacks— has sought assistance from India’s elite anti-terror commandos for operations as well as investigation against local terror cells. Colombo has informally reached out to New Delhi over dispatching NSG commandos, sources said. India, however, as a matter of principle does not want to […]

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Pak Says Open to Masood Azhar’s Listing as Global Terrorist, But Adds Pulwama Condition

SOURCE: NEWS 18 While India grapples with the blacklisting of Masood Azhar in the United Nations Security Council, Pakistan has said that it is open to the listing of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief, as long as it was not related to the Pulwama terror attack. The comments were made by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Mohammad […]

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Did Pak use F-16 post-Balakot? US says can’t share info with India

SOURCE: ENS The US has refused to share any information with India on the use of F-16 fighter jets by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in its bid to strike Indian military installations and subsequent dogfight with Indian Air Force (IAF) jets on February 27, according to a report. “Soon after we were informed by […]

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China spends more on defence than India, Japan, Korea, Australia put together

SOURCE: Tribune News Service In what outlines a growing militarisation in Asia and also China’s rapidly expanding prowess, Beijing is spending more dollars on defence than what India, Japan, Australia and South Korea do collectively. The expenditure on defence means the annual outlay on modernsation, new equipment, warships, planes and missiles besides running expenses like […]

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China likely to remove hold on UN listing of Masood Azhar as global terrorist

SOURCE: ZEE NEWS China is expected to remove its hold on the listing of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist in coming few weeks, multiple sources have told Zee Media. Though a time frame has not been decided, sources on the condition of anonymity said that they are quite positive and hopeful. China […]

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DG ISPR Ghafoor admits Initial claim of ” Two Indian Pilots ” in custody was error on his part

SOURCE: GEO TV Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Monday asserted that there is no organised terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan. Briefing the media regarding the recent tensions between India and Pakistan and other security matters, the military spokesman said, “We can say with evidence that now there is no […]

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Fire on the ‘sword arm’

SOURCE: The Tribune After Lt Commander DS Chauhan died on board the country’s only aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, serious questions regarding accidents on vital military assets need to be answered. What led to the accident should be established: was it material failure, an equipment malfunction or just plain breakdown in standard operating procedures? After a […]

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Jaish-e-Mohammad, Islamic State terrorists planning fidayeen attacks in India, warn intelligence agencies

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA Indian Intelligence agencies have warned that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is in touch with terrorists linked to Jaish-e-Mohammad and Islamic State terror group to carry out fresh attacks in India. In a report sent to the Home Ministry, the IB agencies mentioned that ISI organised a secret meeting between the terrorists of […]

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Turkey seeks to de-hyphenate Indo-Pak ties as Presidential adviser visits Delhi to prepare for PM visit

SOURCE: ET Turkey aiming to de-hyphenate its ties between emerging ally India and traditional ally Pakistan sent its Presidential Adviser Ibrahim Kalin to Delhi this week who sought wide-ranging counter-terror-de-radicalisation cooperation besides steps to add meat to the economic quotient of the partnership. India utilised the visit to seek partnership to address menace of cross-border […]

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India’s Act East Policy: Indian and Japanese navies sharpen their anti-submarine warfare

SOURCE: FE In keeping with ‘rule-based order,’ Indian and Japanese Navies have been working in close coordination in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden (GoA) for the past few years. For the third time Japanese aircraft detachment conducted joint exercise with Indian Navy off Goa at INS Hansa which concluded last week. The focus […]

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Jawa Motorcycles Reunite 1971 Indo-Pak War Veteran IAF Fighter Pilots Known as Hell’s Angels

SOURCE: NEWS18 Jawa Motorcycles India recently concluded a fundraiser event in Mumbai collecting as much as Rs 1.49 Crore by auctioning 13 motorcycles. The event was organized by Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd. parent company of Jawa who re-launched the iconic motorcycle in collaboration with Mahindra. The objective of the event was to collect the funds […]

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Nirmala Sitharaman Reaches Kyrgyzstan For Defence Ministers’ Meet

SOURCE: ANI Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meet in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan today. The two sides discussed regional and bilateral security issues during the meeting. The Defence Minister is in Kyrgyzstan on a three-day visit […]

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A Second Astra BVR-AAM variant to get Go-Head Soon

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG India’s all-weather beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile Astra missile has been cleared for a limited production run recently and pre-production samples ordered by Indian Air Force will be getting an indigenous RF Seeker which was also tested successfully in the recent tests, thus replacing Russian Agat 9B1103M active radar […]

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Super ULH: Kalyani’s Next Generation Mobile Howitzer will provide crucial firepower to India’s Cold Start Doctrine

SOURCE:  ABHOY ROY / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG Kalyani Group has confirmed that they are working on an Ultra-Light Howitzer which they call ” Super Ultra-Light Howitzer ” incorporating hybrid recoil technology which will bring, the weight of the gun to just 3.2 tons. Super ULH can be towed just like regular Howitzers in […]

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INS Vikramaditya will take part in exercise, says Indian Navy

SOURCE: ENS Three days after the fire accident on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which claimed the life of a naval officer, the Indian Navy has confirmed that the vessel will participate in the joint exercise with the French Navy as scheduled from May 1. Speaking to The New Indian Express, Indian Navy spokesperson Captain […]

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ASAT a testimony to Indian technological capabilities: DRDO Chairman

SOURCE: THE HINDU The Anti-Satellite Test (ASAT) has demonstrated the capabilities of indigenously-developed Indian technologies to carry out a critical mission with high degree of precision, said G. Satheesh Reddy, Chairman of DRDO, here on Sunday. All the critical systems, including the software and sensors, were developed by a team of scientists from various specialisations […]

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Pakistan says it is on the road to major change, but few are fully persuaded

SOURCE: REUTERS Something very significant is under way in Pakistan, the government in Islamabad would like you to believe. A small group of foreign journalists, Reuters correspondents included, was given Pakistan’s new narrative by Prime Minister Imran Khan, its army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and other top government officials and generals during a visit […]

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BRI a chance to make US see Pak at par with India

SOURCE: Deccan Chronicle China’s President Xi Jinping hosted the Second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on April 26/27 — 125 countries and 40 international organisations have joined the Belt and Road Initiative. The BRI is an enormously ambitious project which envisages the linkage of the entire Eurasian mega-continent, and its near and far periphery […]

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4 terrorists planning to disrupt Lok Sabha polls in Valley: Central Intelligence Agencies

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Four terrorists are on the prowl to target political leaders and disrupt Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, central intelligence agencies told security forces this week and directed them to make efforts to trace and arrest them. The terrorists have been identified as Zahid Hussain, Haroon Abbas Wani, Osama Bin Javed, […]

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India’s war plans lack synergy without a CDS

SOURCE: State Times Daily The creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was among the major recommendations of the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by then Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani that analysed the report of the Kargil Review Committee. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) headed by then Prime Minister Vajpayee […]

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Forces prepare to deal with cyber attacks on key infrastructure

SOURCE: TNN Cyber weapons can be far deadlier than missiles, apart from being cloaked in anonymity to baffle an adversary. India may still be far away from establishing a desperately-needed military cyber command but is now taking some steps to prepare for battles in the virtual world, especially with China rapidly building its cyber warfare […]

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Indian Navy ships Kolkata, Shakti arrive in South Korea to participate in ADMM-PLUS

SOURCE: ANI In a demonstration of the country’s ‘Act East’ policy and Indian Navy’s increasing footprint and operational reach, Indian Naval Ships Kolkata and Shakti arrived at Busan, South Korea on Sunday on a three-day visit. This visit is a part of the deployment of the Eastern Fleet to the South China Sea on April […]

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Muslim residents raised first alert about terror safehouse raided by Lankan army

SOURCE: ENS IT WAS a group of local Muslim youngsters that first raised the alarm about the terrorist safehouse near the coastal town of Kalmunai in Sri Lanka’s eastern Ampara district, leading to a raid by security forces Friday night killing 15 people inside, residents told The Indian Express. The alert was sounded by one […]

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Gender Equality In Army

SOURCE: KASHMIR TIMES The recent announcement of the Indian Army to induct women as soldiers in Military Police is a small step, though long overdue, on the road to provide gender equality. This is also being seen as a big leap in providing full parity between men and women in the armed forces of the […]

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3 Jaish terrorists responsible for attack on police post arrested: Cops

SOURCE: PTI Three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists, involved in Friday’s attack on a police post here, have been arrested, police said here on Sunday. “We have arrested three persons so far in connection with the Chanapora attack case,” senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Srinagar Haseeb Mughal told reporters here. The SSP identified the arrested terrorists […]

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Himachal Pradesh: 10 dead as bus falls into gorge, but Indian Army steps in to rescue 25

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Ten passengers died while 25 others were injured in a road accident at Nainikhad, 20 km from Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh, on Saturday evening when a bus fell into a gorge after the driver lost control of the vehicle. The Indian Army was then roped in to rescue the injured passengers waiting […]

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UAE-based Indian couple survive Sri Lanka bombings, man had witnessed 26/11 terror attacks too

SOURCE: ANI A Dubai-based Indian couple narrowly escaped the blast at Colombos Cinnamon Grand hotel, which was one of the eight targets of the April 21 serial bombings in Sri Lanka, the media reported on Sunday. Abhinav Chari and his wife, Navroop K. Chari were in the island nation for a business trip and were […]

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US Refuses to Share Info on Pakistan’s Use of F-16, Says India Understands Position: Report

SOURCE: NEWS18 The US government has reportedly declined to share information with India on the use of F-16 fighter jets by the Pakistan Air Force in its attempted air raids on Indian military installations in Jammu and Kashmir on February 27. “Soon after we were informed by the Indian side about Pakistan using F-16 aircraft […]

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Lockheed’s F-16 hard sell: Pros and cons of buying the American fighter

SOURCE: BUSINESS TODAY When Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot down an F-16 Falcon over Pakistan occupied Kashmir on February 27, it was a case of sheer bad timing for Lockheed-Martin. Just a week earlier, at the Aero India Show in Bangalore, the US aerospace giant had launched a repackaged F-16 as a brand new F-21 […]

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No Need for India to Send NSG Commandos, Sri Lanka Can Tackle Terror On its Own: Mahinda Rajapaksa

SOURCE: NEWS18 Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s former president who is being increasing looked at by the island nation for a strong-willed response to the new threat of Islamic terrorism, has thanked India for the help in uncovering the plot but said he does not want any foreign forces, like the National Security Guard, on its […]

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Black box of IAF Mi-17 that crashed in Kashmir 27 Feb missing, villagers may have stolen it

SOURCE: THE PRINT The black box of the Mi-17 V-5 helicopter that crashed in Budgam on 27 February, while the Indian and Pakistani air forces were locked in a dogfight 100 km away, is missing, a top Indian Air Force (IAF) source told ThePrint. Six IAF personnel and a civilian were killed in the crash. […]

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At nuclear test site, nationalism is a hard sell

SOURCE: LIVE MINT In the perpetually hot, dust-blown highway between Jodhpur and Jaisalmer, hidden amidst babul trees, is a road that leads toward a village which has begun to call itself ‘shakti stal’. The inspiration behind the name is India’s second nuclear test in 1998, which went by the code word Operation Shakti. The heavily-guarded […]

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Indo-US aerospace JV to serve export, domestic markets

SOURCE: THE HINDU Chennai-based Rialto Enterprises Pvt Ltd, which is part of the ?600 crore Rayala Corporation that is engaged in the manufacture of auto parts, high precision components, food products and toothbrushes (for Procter & Gamble), and US-based $50 million Carr Lane Manufacturing have formed a 30:70 joint venture to make aerospace components (non-flying) for […]

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Steam pipe blast caused fire on aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya: Sources

SOURCE: ENS A blast in a steam pipe in the engine room of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is believed to have led to the fire that claimed the life of a naval officer on Friday at INS Kadamba naval base here. Nine others were injured in the accident. The blast damaged the fuel pipe causing […]

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PM aping Israeli tactics

SOURCE: HANS NEWS SERVICE I am overly excited like most of the Indians at the statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a poll rally in Rajasthan on April 21. Modi asked, “Is India’s nuclear arsenal for Diwali?” The crowd burst into chanting his name hearing this and applauded in approval. Modi continued to stoke […]

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India has to Resist China’s Mind Games

SOURCE: ENS An effect of Pulwama, Balakot and the general elections has been the dwindling focus of national security from other issues, primarily Sino-Indian relations. A good reminder is given by China’s Global Times, the organ that played the role of being the instrument of China’s psychological operations during the Doklam crisis. In a not […]

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Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor no longer listed under BRI umbrella

SOURCE: THE HINDU India’s decision to skip the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) may have led to the exclusion of the Bangladesh- China- India- Myanmar (BCIM) Economic corridor from the list of projects covered by the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) umbrella. In an annex tagged with the Joint Communiqué of the Leaders’ Roundtable […]

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Bomber involved in Sri Lanka blasts visited India twice in 2017, shows Intel

SOURCE: HT Indian investigators have found that Mohammad Mubarak Azaan, one of nine suicide attackers involved in the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, visited India twice in 2017, according to a top intelligence official who didn’t wish to be named. Azaan is the second Sri Lankan attacker identified by security agencies who travelled to […]

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Pakistani refugees, asylum seekers harassed in Sri Lanka after Easter Sunday blasts

SOURCE: PTI Nearly 1,600 refugees from about 15 countries, mostly from Pakistan, are facing threats and have been attacked in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday bombings which killed over 250 people, an official said Sunday. Sri Lanka Sunday marked a week since the coordinated blasts hit three churches and three luxury hotels, killing 253 […]

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Gen Suhag is a curious choice for Seychelles

SOURCE: SUNDAY GUARDIAN LIVE Last Thursday the government named former Army Chief, General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next high commissioner to Seychelles, a 459 sq km archipelago comprising 115 islands in the Indian Ocean and located 1,500 km from Somalia and Kenya on the mainland of East Africa. General Suhag will be the seventh […]

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Nation, family bid final adieu to Indian Navy officer Lieutenant Commander DS Chauhan

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA The nation and family of braveheart Indian Navy officer Lieutenant Commander DS Chauhan on Sunday bade farewell as his final rites were performed at his hometown in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam town. The Navy officer lost his life while trying to douse a fire on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The rites were […]

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NIA searches at 3 places in Kerala as part of probe into ISIS module

SOURCE: ET The National Investigations Agency (NIA) on Sunday carried out raids at three places in Kerala in connection with the Islamic State (IS) Kasaragod case and claimed to have seized diaries with handwritten notes in Arabic and Malayalam, DVDs of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. The controversial TV evangelist is wanted by Indian agencies and […]

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India to test air-launched version of BrahMos, missile to be used for Balakot-like operations

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to test fire the air-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in next few days, following which India would enable it to carry out Balakot-like airstrikes using made in India weapons. The BrahMos test is planned in next few days from a Sukhoi aircraft, […]

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Fire accidents on warships a big worry, say experts

SOURCE: ENS Repeated fire accidents in Indian warships have become a major concern, say maritime experts. After a series of fire accidents in the Western Naval Command in Mumbai, fire fighting has become an important task for the crew. The INS Vikramaditya has witnessed two accidents and three deaths in the last three years. In […]

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ISI ‘bid to woo J&K students in Turkey’

SOURCE: Tribune News Service With the Indian Army and other security agencies going all out against terror outfits and terrorists in the Kashmir valley, intelligence agencies have sent a report to the government indicating that Pakistan’s ISI is now targeting those Jammu and Kashmir students who have gone to Turkey on scholarship to brainwash them […]

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Separatist links: Amarinder Singh says Canadian PM Trudeau playing with fire

SOURCE: UNI Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s affinity with separatist militants was like playing with fire. The Chief Minister said that the appointment of a wanted terrorist to spearhead the `Khalistan Referendum 2020’ campaign exposed the true motive and intent behind the separatist movement and […]

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‘Rahul Gandhi tried to create a Bofors out of Rafale deal’

SOURCE: THE WEEK Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” The same thing happened when Congress president Rahul Gandhi tried to fool all the people recently with […]

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Army on toes to fence out Pak terror

SOURCE: Pioneer With at least 20-25 km of anti-infiltration fence on the Line of Control (LoC) still down due to heavy snowfall in the North Kashmir region — which is most vulnerable to infiltrations by terrorists — the Indian Army is on a heightened vigil on the border, especially amid reports that the elite Special […]

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China removes BRI map that showed Arunachal & J&K part of India

SOURCE: ET China on Saturday removed map from website of Belt and Road Initiative (BR) Forum which had shown entire Jammu & Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and India as part of BRI. As the second edition of Belt and Road Initiative Summit got underway in Beijing this Thursday, ET had reported […]

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Karnataka man, father of Kargil martyr, got ‘insight’ about attack during meditation

SOURCE: NEWS NATION The details of the Karnataka terror alert, which was later declared as hoax prove that the truth is stranger than fiction! The baffling findings point to a ‘premonition’ that led to the terror alert. Speaking to News Nation, KV Sharath Chandra, IG central range Karnataka said that Sundara Murthy, a retired army […]

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Treating Pak As Friend Will Be India’s Biggest Weakness: General VK Singh

SOURCE: ANI General VK Singh (retd), Union Minister of State for External Affairs, today said that Pakistan can never be a friend of India. Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters here, the former Chief of Army Staff said if India ever considered Pakistan as its friend, it would be the biggest weakness […]

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Indian Air Force Doctors dance with patients on Happy song like there is no tomorrow. Video goes viral

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY Remember the epic dance by Royal Air Force Officers of the 68 Course Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) of Wellington on the viral dance number Psy’s Gangnam Style that went viral in 2013? Then, this new viral video of Indian Air Force Doctors dancing on Pharell Williams’ Happy song at the No. […]

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Janhvi Kapoor’s next film titled Kargil Girl awaiting clearance from Ministry of Defence; Here’s why

SOURCE: PINKVILLA Janhvi Kapoor announced her arrival last year with Dhadak and lapped up some pretty envious brand endorsement deals in the coming months. Now, the late Sridevi’s daughter is prepping for her next film whicih is a biopic of Indian Air Force Officer Gunjan Saxena. The first photo of Janhvi in a pilot’s costume […]

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‘He killed 4 IAF men and Kashmiri Pandits’: Twitterati fumes as Cong’s PC Chacko praises Yasin Malik’s ‘courage’

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Senior Congress leader PC Chacko on Saturday lauded separatist leader Yasin Malik for showing “courage” and not surrendering before the government in New Delhi. Malik, who is the chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), is in judicial custody till May 24 in connection with a terror funding case. Comparing Malik […]

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Bollywood’s love affair with the intelligence forces

SOURCE: THE HINDU Fifty days after the Pulwama terrorist attack, acknowledged as an intelligence failure even by the BJP-appointed governor of Jammu and Kashmir, the Hindi film Romeo Akbar Walter arrived. John Abraham plays a bank clerk, recruited by RAW to gather information in Pakistan as rumours of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 swirl […]

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Quit Kashmir Valley if Article 370 damaging: PDP to Centre

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti stoked a fresh controversy by asking the Centre to ‘quit’ Kashmir if they believe that special status under Article 370 and Article 35A has caused maximum damage to the restive state. “If they (the Government of India) feels […]

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Sri Lanka serial blasts: NIA likely to question IS associates of Coimbatore module

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY The National Investigative Agency (NIA) is desperately looking for clues in connection with the Sri Lanka serial bombings, sources have told India Today TV. The agency is expected to question alleged associates of the Islamic State (IS) Coimbatore module to see if there is any connection to the Sri Lankan attackers. NIA […]

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Malaysia interested in Indian-made fighter jet

SOURCE: TNN Light combat aircraft Tejas built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, which was displayed recently in Malaysia, garnered a very good response form the government of Malaysia, director general of life sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ajay Kumar Singh said here on Wednesday. “A lot of carbon composites have been used in the […]

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Australia wants to sell India its next CQB rifle — here’s what they’re offering

SOURCE: MILITARYTIMES Since 1989, the Australian Army has used a domestically produced version of Steyr Arms’ Armee-Universal-Gewehr (Universal Army Rifle, or AUG), officially known as the F88 Austeyr, as its standard-issue service weapon. A joint partnership between Thales Australia and the Kalyani Group now plans on offering the Indian military an export version of the F88 […]

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Mi17 chopper downed in ‘friendly fire’? IAF trashes report, says no connection between polls and probe

SOURCE: NEWS NATION The Indian Air Force on Saturday rejected a media report, which had said that the Court of Inquiry into the Mi17 chopper crash on February 27 was put on hold due to ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The report published in leading daily Business Standard had said that the CoI looking into the […]

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‘Spooked’ Pakistan continues to keep air space closed for Indian aircraft

SOURCE: THE PRINT Exactly two months after the Indian Air Force’s strikes on Balakot, a spooked Pakistan continues to keep its air space closed for Indian aircraft. Sources in the civil aviation ministry said though Pakistan has been opening its airspace in portions, it is still closed for Indian carriers. Most of the foreign airlines […]

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Ties with India “only problem” for peace in region: Pak PM Imran Khan

SOURCE: The Pioneer. Pakistan’s relationship with India remains the “only problem” for peace and stability in the region, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said and expressed hope of establishing a “civilised relationship” with New Delhi after the Lok Sabha elections are over. Unless there is peace and stability in region, economic prosperity is difficult for […]

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INS Vikramaditya fire: Navy says aircraft carrier will participate in ‘Varuna’ exercise, Karwar base contradicts

SOURCE: ENS With just four days to go for an Indo-French naval exercise, questions are being raised on the participation of the host country’s only aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in it.Though highly placed sources in the Indian Navy told TNIE that the vessel will participate in ‘Varuna’ exercise, insiders in the INS Kadamba Naval Base […]

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Army opens ‘risky’ roles for women but Indian Navy won’t have women sailors anytime soon

SOURCE: THE PRINT Earlier this week, the Army took a step forward to giving more active military duties to women when it announced that it would for the first time begin recruiting women in the military police. While the Air Force has already opened up the role of fighter pilots to women, the Navy is still some […]

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Sri Lanka gun battle with militants kills 15, U.S. pulls citizens out

SOURCE: REUTERS A gun battle between troops and suspected Islamist militants on Sri Lanka’s east coast left 15 dead, including six children, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people on the island. The shootout at a safe house erupted on Friday in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara district, […]

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US imposes sanction on Pakistan; may deny visas to deportees

SOURCE: PTI The US has imposed sanctions on Pakistan after Islamabad refused to take back its citizen deportees and visa over-stayers from America, warning that it may withhold visas of Pakistanis beginning from its senior officials. The State Department on Friday said that consular operations in Pakistan remain “unchanged” as of now but as a […]

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Karnataka Police pick up former army official for ‘hoax’ terror threat call

SOURCE: HT Karnataka Police picked up a retired armyman late Friday night after he reportedly called the police control room claiming to have information about possible terror attacks in major cities in the southern and western parts of the country, forcing authorities to issue an alert across seven states and a Union Territory. Swamy Sundar […]

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Jinnah too played a role in India’s freedom, development: Shatrughan

SOURCE: ANI Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha said that Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah was part of the Congress family and praised him for his role in independence and development. Addressing a public rally in Sausar, Madhya Pradesh, on Friday, Sinha said the Congress belonged to Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi. […]

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Pakistani Hindus aspire for ‘better future’ with PM Modi’s citizenship promise

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Hindus who migrated from Pakistan to India say they are delighted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of Citizenship Amendment Bill as possessing Indian citizenship means one step forward towards a better future. For now, that dream seems entirely blurred in reality as migrants still hope to receive basic amenities, rehabilitation packages, […]

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Garden Reach Shipbuilders Commissions Fast Patrol Vehicle ‘ICGS Priyadarshini’

SOURCE: EQUITY BULLS The First of the Class of 05 Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs), named “ICGS – Priyadarshini” built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata was commissioned at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh today by Additional Director-General Kripa Ram Nautiyal, PTM, TM, CGC (ES), in the gracious presence of Inspector General Sivamani Paramesh, PTM, […]

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Why ” Technological asymmetry ” Won’t come by chasing ” Meteor” or “Rafale”

SOURCE:  RAVI PAI / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG It was 10.08 am in the morning when a single Sukhoi-30MKI guarding a military installation at 15000 feet when a 3-4 formation of F-16s flying at over 40000 feet fired the first salvo of 4-5 AIM-120 C-5 AMRAAM missiles at the lone Sukhoi-30MKI, which nearly allowed […]

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Meet, World’s most expensive K2 Black Panther tank offered to India

SOURCE: TUSHKAR SHIRODKAR / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG K2 Black Panther, the main battle tank of South Korea has been reportedly been offered to India under Make in India category to replace aging T-72 Main Battle Tanks. Under Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV) requirements , Indian Army is scouting for next-generation Main Battle tanks […]

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IAF Probe finds IFF system switched off in Mi-17 Helicopter allegedly brought down by SPYDER Air-defence Battery

SOURCE: Ajai Shukla / Business Standard The Indian Air Force (IAF) has been told to keep on hold the findings of a “court of inquiry” (CoI) that has conclusively determined that an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter was shot down by an Indian missile battery that was guarding Srinagar air base. A senior helicopter pilot, of the […]

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Russia to build two Project 11356 frigates for India’s Navy by 2023

SOURCE: TASS The Yantar Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) will complete building two Project 11356 frigates for the Indian Navy by 2023, CEO of Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport (part of the state hi-tech corporation Rostec) Alexander Mikheyev said on Friday. “We have signed all the schedules and the production programs and the […]

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China deploys H-6 bomber in Tibet, just 200 kilometers from border with Sikkim

SOURCE: ZEE NEWS Despite the bitter Doklam standoff with India in the recent past, China is still quietly building up its military presence in Tibet and upgrading many airfields for military use. According to the latest Indian intelligence agencies’ report, China has deployed one of its deadliest H-6 bomber in Hoping airfield of  Tibet Autonomous […]

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Indian Navy working on mega expansion plan, 200 Warships , 24 Submarines, 500 aircrafts

SOURCE: ET The Indian Navy is working on a mega plan to significantly boost its operational capability by inducting new warships, submarines and aircraft besides expand its overall influence in the strategic maritime zones, officials said Thursday. Under the plan, the Navy aims to have 200 ships, 500 aircraft and 24 attack submarines, they said. […]

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Lessons from a military encounter

SOURCE: THE HINDU Talking to one’s adversary in the midst of a war, a limited war or even hostility is often viewed as undesirable in the public mind. However, the lesson from the long history of warfare and India’s own experience in dealing with past crises is that talking to one’s adversaries is a crucial […]

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Yasin Malik to face trial in IAF man killing, Rubiya case

SOURCE: PTI Decks were cleared Thursday for the trial of JKLF chief Yasin Malik in Jammu in two nearly 30-year-old cases relating to gunning down of IAF personnel and the Rubiya Syed kidnapping, with the Jammu and Kashmir high court striking down a 2008 order that had transferred their hearing to Srinagar. In a 27-page […]

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Optimistic Of Masood Azhar’s Listing As Global Terrorist By UN, Says UK

SOURCE: PTI The UK Friday said it was optimistic that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar will soon be declared a global terrorist by the United Nations even as it called for “verifiable” and “irreversible” action against terror groups by Pakistan. British High Commissioner Sir Dominic Asquith, talking to reporters, also said that Britain was actively […]

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Days after Easter bombings, fresh explosions hit Sri Lanka

SOURCE: ANI A few days after a series of explosions hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka’s Colombo, three more explosions rattled Saindamarudu area in the country’s Kalmunai city on Friday. No casualties or damage to property has been reported yet.The explosions were reported while security forces were carrying out searches to nab suspects of […]

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Article 370, 35A Have Done Maximum Damage To Jammu And Kashmir: PM Modi

SOURCE: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Article 370 and 35A have done maximum damage to Jammu and Kashmir and only former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s formula of “Insaniyat, Kashmiriyat and Jamhooriyat” will work in Jammu and Kashmir. He also referred to the BJP’s alliance in Jammu and Kashmir with the […]

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Navy officer killed dousing fire on INS Vikramaditya got married last month

SOURCE: HT A 30-year-old navy officer died on Friday morning as he valiantly fought a blaze onboard aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya when India’s largest and most expensive warship was pulling into Karwar harbour in Karnataka, a navy spokesperson said. Lieutenant Commander DS Chauhan courageously led the firefighting efforts in the affected compartment of India’s only […]

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India, Turkey on ‘same page’ as US threatens sanctions over Iran oil import

SOURCE: HT India and Turkey have discussed how they can work together to counter terrorism and common challenges such as the US decision to end exemptions to sanctions on Iranian oil imports, Ibrahim Kalin, senior advisor to the Turkish president, said on Friday. Kalin, who held talks with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and foreign […]

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Seven states put on alert after terror attack call to police

SOURCE: HT Seven states, including all south Indian ones, were put on alert late on Thursday after the Bengaluru police received a tip-off about a possible terror attack on multiple cities and the gathering of a group of terrorists in Tamil Nadu’s Ramnathapuram. The alert comes at a time when security and intelligence agencies are […]

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New AIIMS in J&K to have ‘bunkers’ as safety measure

SOURCE: HT Beds for patients in overground bunkers, a single access gate with security cover, and a peripheral surveillance track road around the campus boundary. These are some of the security measures planned for the two All India Institutes of Medical Sciences to come up in troubled Jammu and Kashmir, according to the masterplan accessed […]

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Naval LCA prototype moves for final phase of shore-based trials

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY The twin-seat trainer naval variant of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA-N) is moving to a test facility in Goa for the final phase of its trials even as uncertainty hangs on the future of the project for an indigenous aircraft carrier-based fighter jet. In 2017, the Navy cited its unhappiness with the […]

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Vigilance chief recommends action in Rs 7,900-cr IAF project scam, even as BEL’s management hunts down whistleblowers

SOURCE: FIRST POST The top vigilance officer in Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has recommended action in the Rs 7,900-crore air defence scam uncovered by Firstpost, but it is learnt that the top management has launched a hunt to identify the whistle blowers in a bid to cover up the revelations, which point towards a conspiracy […]

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Navy officer dies in fire on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya near Karnataka’s Karwar harbour

SOURCE: HT A naval officer on Friday died trying to control the fire on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya near Karnataka’s Karwar harbour. A case of fire was reported on board INS Vikramaditya this morning when the ship was entering the harbour in Karwar. Lt Cdr DS Chauhan led the firefighting efforts in the affected […]

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When a spy story from India-US mission during the Cold War spooked an IAF pilot

SOURCE: THE PRINT Spies are known to often play games and sometimes even journalists aren’t spared. One such incident was revealed by Shekhar Gupta in his article “Once upon a Spooky time…” Here’s another spooky story that many of us in the Indian Air Force didn’t know about for decades. Being a helicopter pilot in the IAF takes you […]

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Modi’s nuclear threat is not the end of No First Use, it’s from Obama & Theresa May playbook

SOURCE: THE PRINT Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s language of deploying nuclear weapons in an election rally in Rajasthan’s Barmer may not be the best, but it isn’t as if this was nuclear war mongering or that India has changed its nuclear doctrine to first-use. This is a classic example of nuclear signalling that has been […]

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Dr Shireen Mazari cautions against US push to make India member of NSG : Pakistani Media

SOURCE: DAWN Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Thursday cautioned against the US push to make India a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). “India’s membership would put Pakistan at a severe disadvantage. India’s rapid modernisation of its nuclear forces is adversely affecting the strategic stability in the region,” she said speaking […]

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2nd BRI Summit under way in Beijing: China gets map right on Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh

SOURCE: ET As the second edition of Belt and Road Initiative Summit got under way in Beijing on Thursday, China has displayed a map with BRI routes that curiously shows entire Jammu & Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as part of India. The map also surprisingly portrays India as part of BRI even when India boycotted […]

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China’s Xi defends Belt and Road project, India skips event

SOURCE: THE HINDU Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sought to allay growing concerns that his trillion—dollar Belt and Road project was pushing poor countries in a “debt trap” and pledged to make the connectivity scheme transparent. At the opening ceremony of the second edition of the three-day Belt and Road Forum, Mr. Xi sounded […]

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Unlike in Pakistan, Indian forces scrounge for funds

SOURCE: Asia Times If Pakistan is in an economic mess, the main reason is its military, which controls the politicians, judiciary and administration. It seems to run the country and execute the country’s foreign and defense policies, but the blame for the policy failures is reserved for politicians. But this did not affect Imran Khan […]

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Top defence companies from South Korea looking for ventures in India

SOURCE: FE Following the successful induction of the K-9 Vajra-T 155 mm, 52 calibre gun in the Indian Army, built jointly by L&T and Hanwha Techwin, several defence and aerospace companies from South Korea are seeking joint ventures in the defence sector to participate in ‘Make in India’ initiative. At a one day seminar in […]

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Vice-Admiral’s daughter fighting Modi govt has been living in Navy facility against rules

SOURCE: THE PRINT Rhea Verma, the lawyer who has dragged the Modi government to the Armed Forces Tribunal for overlooking her father, Vice-Admiral Bimal Verma, for the post of Indian Navy chief, has allegedly been living at a Naval officers’ mess in the heart of the national capital for more than a decade in violation […]

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‘Will seek Pakistan help to trace terrorists if needed’: Sri Lanka PM

SOURCE: HT Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe sent written responses to e-mailed questions from Hindustan Times on Easter Sunday’s suicide attacks on churches and hotels in Colombo, in which 253 people, including at least 45 children, were killed and hundreds injured. Till the time of going to press, 76 arrests were made which, according […]

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Air Force top brass of India, Bangladesh meet at IAF Station Tezpur

SOURCE: The Statesman As part of the ongoing defence cooperation initiatives between India and Bangladesh, a high level team led by Air Vice Marshal FM Fazlul Haque from Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) visited the IAF Station Tezpur on Wednesday. The Air Marshal and his team were received by Air Commodore Tejpal Singh VM, Air Officer […]

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India pressurising Interpol for red corner notice: Zakir Naik

SOURCE: PTI Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Thursday accused the Indian government of engaging in a “witch-hunt” and putting pressure on the Interpol to issue a red corner notice against him. In a statement issued here, Naik, who fled India in 2016, said he was aware of the “pressure the Indian government was applying […]

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“Curbing Insurgency In Northeast My Biggest Achievement”: Rajnath

SOURCE: PTI Curbing insurgency in the Northeast has been his biggest achievement as home minister, according to Rajnath Singh who says Naxal violence in the country is also on the wane.Mr Singh said as home minister, he worked, among other things, towards curbing insurgency in the Northeast and Naxalism in parts of the country. “Insurgency […]

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Secret Israeli Unit Verified F-16 Kill by India ??

SOURCE:  MILTON D’SOUZA / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG According to unnamed sources, Palam Air Base recently had visitors from a team of engineers and airforce officials representing Israeli Military and Israel Aerospace Industries and ELTA, where India’s three airborne early warning and control systems (Awacs) Phalcon Air-borne Radar system mounted on IL-76 aircraft are […]

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Future Ready Combat Vehicle: South Korean ready to build FRCV armoured vehicle under Make in India

SOURCE: FE South Korea based Hyundai Rotem is ready to produce $ 5 billion Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV) for the Mechanised Forces in compliance with `Make in India’ policy, if it is awarded the contract to build more than 2000 units. An FRCV, not to be confused with Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) is […]

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India-Pakistan dogfight: Could have inflicted heavy damage if we had ‘tech asymmetry’, says IAF

SOURCE: PTI If the Indian Air Force possessed high levels of “technological asymmetry”, then it would have been able to inflict heavy damage on Pakistan during the adversary’s unsuccessful aerial raid on February 27, according to an IAF report. The report analysed various aspects of IAF’s air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist training camp in […]

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ISRO Postpones Chandrayaan-2 To July After Israel’s Failed Moon Mission

SOURCE: PTI Wary of failure after Israel’s unsuccessful attempt to land on Moon, Chandrayaan-2 has been further postponed to July, an ISRO official said. There were also reports of the Moon Mission’s lander facing minor damage, but the official did not comment on it. “We saw Israel’s example and we don’t want to take any […]

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India alert ‘2 hours’ before bombings

SOURCE: The Telegraph Sri Lankan intelligence officials were tipped off about an imminent attack by Islamist militants hours before suicide bombings killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Till now, only an Indian alert issued on April 4 was known. The Islamic State on Tuesday […]

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Military Court Gives Centre 3 Weeks To Decide Plea Against New Navy Chief

SOURCE: PTI A military tribunal on Thursday gave three weeks to the Defence Ministry to decide on a petition by Vice-Admiral Bimal Verma, challenging the appointment of Vice Admiral Karambir Singh as the next Navy Chief overlooking his seniority. Vice Admiral Verma, the senior-most naval commander, on Tuesday once again moved the Armed Forces Tribunal […]

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After Iran coercion, US to address India’s concerns

SOURCE: Tribune News Service The US will seek to mitigate the gang-press on India that led to its turning away from oil trade with Iran by engaging New Delhi in conversations on issues that impinge on its strategic calculations. The top official for South Asia from the US State Department, Alice Wells, is already in […]

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China’s ‘new missiles’ threaten US presence in Asian waters

SOURCE: ENS Chinese President Xi Jinping has elevated his country’s missile forces to a level where they pose an unprecedented challenge to the aircraft carriers and bases that form the backbone of American military primacy in Asia, a Reuters special report reveals today. Many of the missiles in Beijing’s arsenal now rival or outperform those […]

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NIA arrests two from Kashmir for ‘links’ with Pulwama suspect

SOURCE: ENS The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested two youths from Kashmir on suspicion of their involvement with a suspect being probed for his alleged connections with the attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama on February 14. The agency took into custody Tanveer alias Tanveer Ahmad Ganie, 29, and Bilal Mir alias […]

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Congress has no issues with Rafale jet, problem is with how ‘contract was signed’

SOURCE: THE PRINT After the Congress launched a full campaign against the Modi government over allegations of corruption in the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets, top sources in the party have told ThePrint that it has no issues with the aircraft and the deal would go through smoothly if it comes back to power. […]

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Nalini, convicted for killing Rajiv Gandhi, moves court seeking early release

SOURCE: HT Nalini Sriharan convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has moved a petition before the Madras High Court (MHC) on Thursday, seeking direction for implementing the Tamil Nadu Cabinet’s September resolution, asking the Governor to release her and six other convicts. According to Nalini, it is more than six months […]

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India, China begin to prepare for 2nd informal summit

SOURCE: HT With nearly a month to go for the results of the general election, India and China have quietly begun preparing for the second informal summit between their top leadership that is expected to build on the gains of the first such meeting in Wuhan and bridge differences on key issues. New Delhi initially […]

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Free run for radicals in Kashmir, surveillance in China

SOURCE: State Times Daily Alongside terrorists attacking security forces and stone pelters obstructing anti-terror measures, a new dimension in the Kashmir unrest is discernible in terms of a whole hog social media war, spreading lies, presenting fabricated stories maligning the armed forces and twisting the facts. Kashmir has a whole lot of technology savvy talent. […]

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Former army chief General Dalbir Singh appointed Indian envoy to Seychelles

SOURCE: HT Former army chief General Dalbir Singh was on Thursday named as the Indian high commissioner India to Seychelles, an Indian Ocean island nation. A ministry of external affairs statement said Gen Singh is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Gen Singh was the army chief when India carried out surgical strikes against […]

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Why Air Force Has Not Shown Video Proof Of Balakot Strike

SOURCE: NDTV An Indian Air Force review of the February 26 air strike on the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist camp in Balakot confirms that while its bombs struck their targets accurately, the key Israeli air-to-surface missiles called the Crystal Maze, which would have provided a live video feed of the weapons hitting their targets, was not launched. […]

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From INS Vikrant to INS Imphal, how names of Indian Navy ships have evolved over the years

SOURCE: THE PRINT Last weekend, the Indian Navy launched a stealth guided-missile destroyer, called INS Imphal. It is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam class, and will be commissioned by 2023. This is the first instance of an Indian Navy ship being named after a city from the country’s Northeast. Nongthombam Biren Singh, the Chief […]

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Indian Army to build tunnels to store ammunition

SOURCE: THE HINDU Indian Army is planning to construct underground tunnels for storage of ammunition along the border with China and Pakistan and Public Sector Undertaking NHPC Limited is being roped in for the purpose, army sources said. “Indian Army is in the process of executing pilot projects for construction of semi underground and cavern […]

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Chinese submarine movements in Indian Ocean down, Pakistan Navy remains choked in

SOURCE: ET Chinese submarine movements in the Indian Ocean Region have reduced significantly, with no detected presence since October last year when a deployment had to be aborted mid-way, due to a suspected technical fault, government sources have told ET. While the Chinese 32th escort task force is replacing the 31st in the Gulf of […]

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India needs to execute its vision on regional connectivity

SOURCE: HT The second Belt and Road Forum starts in Beijing on Thursday. Around 40 world leaders are expected to be present. However, India has once again decided to sit out — it had not participated in the first edition held in 2017. The reasons for sitting out in 2017 remain valid till today. India’s […]

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Weapons, wars and a cost-effective strategy

SOURCE:  The Tribune AFTER the Balakot airstrikes, the role of weapons in the war strategy is being hotly debated. A major milestone was the downing of Pakistan’s F-16 by India’s vintage MiG-21. Similarly, memorable battles have been fought and won against technological odds in India’s military history. Nevertheless, superior weapons are being emphasised upon for […]

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IAF pilot drops 2 fuel tanks after bird hit

SOURCE: TNN Panic gripped Maheshnagar area of Ambala Cantonment after Rolan village residents heard a loud sound of something dropping from the sky at around 4.25 am on Wednesday morning. As per sources, two fuel-drop tanks were dumped by a Jaguar fighter jet pilot in empty agricultural fields at Rolan village after one of the aircraft […]

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Chinese military silent over Pakistan naval ships absence at Chinese navy fleet review

SOURCE: FE The Chinese military said on Thursday that it “always attached importance” to relations with the Indian and Pakistani counterparts and was ready to make more efforts to advance the ties, but kept silent over the absence of ships from its all-weather ally at the fleet review of the 70th anniversary celebrations of China’s […]

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Credit To Indian Army As 69 Terrorists Killed So Far This Year, Including 25 From Terror Outfit

SOURCE: INDIA TIMES A total of 69 terrorists have been killed and 12 apprehended in Jammu and Kashmir; 41 out of these 69 have been killed post the Pulwama attack in February 14, the GOC, 15 Corps, KJS Dhillon told during a press conference.  In Srinagar, the press conference was held and it was presided […]

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100-year-old Dehradun shop gets order for khukris from US army officer

SOURCE: HT A 100-year-old Dehradun-based Khukri manufacturing shop has received an order of 60 Khukris from a serving US army official, which the owner of the shop claimed will be used in operations in overseas expedition in Gulf region. The Khukri manufacturing shop named Satish Khukri received an order of 60 Khukris few days back […]

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British legal team takes Christian Michel case to UN alleging ‘torture’ by India

SOURCE: PTI UK-based legal team on behalf of AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case accused Christian Michel has approached the UN, alleging that he was “unlawfully” handed over to India where he has been held in “squalid conditions” in violation of human rights and subjected to “torture”. Michel is currently being held in judicial custody in Delhi’s […]

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The two millionaire brothers behind Sri Lanka’s suicide attacks that killed 359

SOURCE: REUTERS Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become. Two brothers who lived at the white house on Mahawela Gardens have emerged as key players in suicide […]

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In a first, Indian Army to recruit women in military police. Here’s how you can apply

SOURCE:  ENS The Indian Army, for the first time, has released a notification for the recruitment of women military police. The official job portal of the Army – joinindianarmy.nic.in – has detailed out the application process, which will begin from April 25, 2019, till June 8, 2019. The candidates have to appear for a written […]

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11 Indians among 359 killed in Sri Lanka blasts

SOURCE: PTI The number of Indians killed in the massive Easter Sunday bombings rose to 11 on Thursday, as one more person succumbed to injuries, taking the total number of foreigners who died in the attack to 36, according to the Lankan Sri foreign ministry. Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said that as […]

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LCA-Navy NP-1 Preps for Carrier Trials in Final standards

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG / IMAGE CREDIT DEB RANA/ADA   After Hectic round of trials with Arrestor Hooks and software upgraded, Pilot controlled Leading Edge Vortex Controller (LEVCON) system, LCA-Navy NP-1 is all set to head back to the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) facility commissioned into the Indian Navy at […]

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Post-Balakot, Pakistan scrambled jets from 8 bases. Was 10 minutes late: IAF report

SOURCE: HT “The strategic-surprise” of the Balakot airstrikes by the Indian Air Force in the Khyber Phaktunwa region of Pakistan on February 26 was “complete and total” despite Pakistan being on high alert, according to a report on “the lessons learnt” from the operation, which also mentions that five of the six designated targets were […]

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Meet Waqar Ahmed ,Lashkar terrorist who came from Pakistan

SOURCE: ANI Security forces on Wednesday presented a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist before the media, saying he had been operating in Srinagar city for two years and was now trying to resurrect militancy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The joint press conference by the Army and the police was addressed by Lt Gen K.J.S. […]

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‘Kazakhstan may scale up supply of uranium to India’

SOURCE: HT Kazakhstan, the world’s largest producer of uranium, is looking at scaling up its supply of the key energy source to India from 5,000 tonnes during 2015-19 to more than 7,500 tonnes over the next five years, Kazakh ambassador Bulat Sarsenbayev said on Wednesday. The Central Asian nation, with the second largest uranium reserves […]

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Five of six designated targets were hit in Balakot airstrike: IAF review

SOURCE: ENS An Indian Air Force review of its February 26 air strike on Balakot in Pakistan has shown that its aircraft hit five of six designated mean point of impact (DMPI) on buildings in the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training complex. The detailed review, two sources conversant with it told The Indian Express, focuses on the […]

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Jaish chief Masood Azhar resurfaces in Bahawalpur, claims never visited hospital in last 17 years

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar is active once again and is planning to carry out more terror attacks in India. Intelligence report accessed by Zee News reveals that the Jaish chief recently resurfaced in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur and held a meeting with top commanders of the banned terror group. The report added that […]

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41 terrorists eliminated post-Pulwama terror attack: Indian Army

SOURCE: ANI The Indian Army has eliminated 41 terrorists after the February 14 Pulwama attack, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 15 Corps, Lt. Gen KJS Dhillon, said on Wednesday. “This year, a total of 69 terrorists have been killed and 12 apprehended. Post Pulwama, 41 terrorists have been killed out of which 25 were from […]

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No one ready to lead Jaish-e-Mohammad in Valley: Army

SOURCE: HT Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, Corps Commander of Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, on Wednesday claimed that no one was coming forward to take over the leadership of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Kashmir Valley following the offensive launched against the outfit to avenge the February 14 Pulwama terror attack. “And I want to assure you that […]

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Chinese Officers Treated To Chole Bhature Onboard INS Shakti

SOURCE: NDTV Chinese naval officers were treated to chole bhature, an Indian preparation made of chickpeas and served with bread made of white flour on the side, on board Indian Navy’s INS Shakti during the international fleet review at Qingdao. On Sunday, two Indian battle ships, including the biggest indigenously built stealth destroyer INS Kolkata, […]

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In India’s Intel To Lanka On Attacks, Terrorists’ Names, Address, Targets

SOURCE: NDTV Ten days before the Easter bombings, India had sent Sri Lanka a detailed advisory that warned not only of the suicide attacks, but the group involved, the names of its leader and other members. 359 people had died and around 500 wounded in the string of bomb blasts on Sunday that targetted hotels […]

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India seeks right balance of ties with US, Iran

SOURCE: ET India is looking to balance its ties between the US and Iran even as New Delhi plans to source oil from alternate sources following expiry of waiver for Iranian oil imports from early May. New Delhi plans to assert its strategic autonomy by continuing to pursue its partnership with Tehran in long-term strategic interests, according sources. […]

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Two Japanese navy planes land in Goa

SOURCE: TNN As part of the steady increase in Indo-Japanese military-to-military cooperation, two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) P-3C long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft arrived at the naval airbase INS Hansa in Goa where they will participate in a joint exercise with the Indian Navy.The two Japanese submarine hunters landed at the naval airbase at 4.30pm […]

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2 Terrorists Shot Dead In Jammu And Kashmir’s Anantnag

SOURCE: NDTV The security forces shot dead two terrorists in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district this morning, news agency ANI reported. A search operation is going on, the police said. Jammu and Kashmir Police tweeted arms and ammunition have been recovered from the encounter site. More details are awaited.

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Indian Army wants ” Desi BM-21-Grad ” Multiple Rocket Launcher for Mountain terrain

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG The Directorate General of Air Defence Artillery of Indian Army has proposed, local development of Medium Range Precision Kill System (MRPKS) to be equipped for its light regiments and to also replace its aging Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm BM-21 “Grad multiple rocket launcher systems from its inventory. […]

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Should the Indian Navy worry about China’s new warship?

SOURCE: THE WEEK China’s massive naval parade at Qingdao on April 23 to mark the 70th anniversary of the creation of the People’s Liberation Army Navy turned out to be an anti-climax as smog played spoilsport. However, one ship among the 32 PLAN vessels on display triggered plenty of curiosity as its silhouette emerged through the […]

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US Still Investigating Pakistan’s Use of F-16 Jets Against India After Balakot Strike

SOURCE: NEWS18 Almost two months after India asked the US to examine Pakistan’s use of F-16 jets on February 27 in retaliation to the Balakot strike, News18 has learnt that a US investigation is still underway on the use of the military equipment. This is contrary to the claims made in a report by a […]

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After Pulwama, Government Clears Purchase Of Mine-Protected Vehicles Worth Rs 613 Crore For Paramilitary Forces

SOURCE: INDIA TIMES The terror attack on a Central Reserve Paramilitary Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama, in February, was one of the deadliest of its kind targeting the Indian security forces. The attack, which left more than 40 CRPF men dead also exposed how vulnerable the paramilitary troops are. This is not just in Jammu […]

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India sent three alerts to Sri Lanka before Easter Sunday attack

SOURCE: HT India sent as many as three alerts to Sri Lanka, including one on the day of the Easter Sunday attack that left 321 people dead and 500 injured, according to senior intelligence officials familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. The first alert was on April 4, and it came […]

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DG ISPR anti-India game

SOURCE: DailyExcelsior The recent attacks on Hazara Shia’s in Quetta and the case of the gunmen storming a bus moving between Karachi and Gwadar had the Pak Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) working overtime to place the blame on India. Even the foreign office spokesperson joined the anti-India bandwagon. In a statement, post the […]

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10 Kashmiri Militants in Pakistan Involved in Cross-LoC Trade, Sent Funds to Fuel Unrest: Officials

SOURCE: PTI At least 10 militants, who had crossed over to Pakistan, set up businesses across the border with the active aid of ISI and were involved in the recently suspended cross LoC trade to provide funds to terrorists and separatists in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. These Jammu and Kashmir natives are either based […]

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Must focus on critical challenges to technical indigenisation: Nirmala Sitharaman

SOURCE: ENS Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday exhorted the Commanders of the Indian navy to delve deeper and focus into the “critical” areas of technology for indigenisation, where the country lags. Speaking at the first edition of the Naval Commanders’ Conference of 2019 —scheduled from April 23-25 — Sitharaman urged the Navy to lead […]

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US Says Chabahar Port Project Won’t Be Impacted By Iran Oil Sanctions

SOURCE: PTI The Chabahar port project, being developed by India in Iran, is a separate exception and will not be impacted by US President Donald Trump’s decision not to renew exemptions that let eight countries including India to buy Iranian oil without facing tough American sanctions, a State Department official said. The Chabahar port, considered […]

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Made in India, for the world: this startup incubated at IIT Madras is an Uber for putting satellites in orbit

SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS Launching a satellite is, quite literally, rocket science. Which means it is also expensive. While the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has become a popular option to launch satellites from across the world at affordable rates, launching a small satellite remains a challenge. For one, small satellites are often the last choice […]

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India prepared to deal with US decision on Iran oil waivers: MEA

SOURCE: PTI India Tuesday said it was adequately prepared to deal with the impact of the US decision to end waivers that allowed it to buy Iranian oil without facing sanctions. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the government will continue to work with partner nations, including the US, to find all possible ways […]

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China, India to feature in UK-Bangladesh strategic dialogue

SOURCE: BD NEWS24 The visiting British Permanent Under Secretary to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sir Simon McDonald, has said that China and India will feature in the third strategic dialogue with Bangladesh on Wednesday. Replying to a question on what will be discussed in the regional connectivity and stability context, he said Bangladesh […]

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With Iran And Trade Rifts, India Feels Brushed Aside By Donald Trump

SOURCE: AFP US President Donald Trump might count Prime Minister Narendra Modi among his international allies, but New Delhi is smarting over unexpected US decisions it sees as ignoring the interests of an increasingly close partner. The Trump administration this week said it would start to sanction countries that do not comply with its orders to […]

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China’s global influence is expanding

SOURCE: SUNDAY GUARDIAN LIVE Beijing is expanding its soft power influence in a range of ways, none more important than its growing influence in the Western press. As part of Beijing’s attempt to exert influence in foreign affairs, its state-run media companies are expanding their integration with Western news outlets. The CCP has rapidly expanded […]

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After the Kaveri program Disaster, India needs a Public-Private Consortium to build aircraft engines

SOURCE:  RAVI PAI / FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG At recently concluded Aero India 2019, It was more or less confirmed, quietly by everyone at GTRE Stall, that plans to develop a new engine based on Kaveri engine is more or less over and India will not be pursuing co-development offer from France anymore since […]

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