India-US deal has long-term import

SOURCE: DECCAN CHRONICLE. Whatever the play of words that separates the LEMoA (Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement) from the standard Logistics Supply Agreement the US signs to gain military logistics support from its foreign allies and partners, there can be no quibble about the fact that India and the US have reached a military agreement […]

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India can do a lot, Modi will be remembered: Balochistan leader in self-exile

SOURCE: HT A decade after he left Pakistan and went into self-exile in Britain, the scion of the ruling family of one of the country’s largest princely states says his sole aim is regaining independence for Balochistan, which was annexed at the point of a gun. Like other Baloch nationalists, Mir Suleman Dawood Jan Ahmedzai, […]

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Army tries to rein in the hands that Tweet, WhatsApp

SOURCE: TNN Concerned over a spate of messages against the armed forces, with some also targeting the Army chief specifically, the Indian Army has issued a revised policy on social media for its personnel. The controls have been made wider and more specific, say sources. This is the third time in recent years that fresh […]

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New defence deal a firm indicator that US regards India as a rising, responsible global power

SOURCE: FIRSTPOST Strange it may seem, but it is true that the most important outcome of the ongoing visit of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to the Unites States has been grossly underplayed. And that is understandable, given the opportunity this development will provide to the Modi government’s formidable critics in the days to come. It […]

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Did You Know Pakistan Rejected The UN Resolution It Swears By? Doesn’t Want A Plebiscite In Kashmir Either

SOURCE: INDIATIMES Every time the situation is tense in Jammu and Kashmir, without fail Pakistan starts ranting about UN Resolution of 1948, and how Kashmiris should be given the right to exercise self determination through plebiscite. Few know that the very UN resolution Pakistan swears by was out-right rejected by it since it never wanted […]

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‘Scorpene’ navy chiefs may discuss leak during global symposium in US

SOURCE: TNN The navy chiefs of India, Australia, Malaysia, Chile and Brazil – countries that operate variants of the Scorpene or have ordered the submarine – could end up discussing the leak scandal during an upcoming symposium in the US, a source told Hindustan Times on Wednesday. The International Sea Power Symposium (ISS), to be […]

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India’s UNSC bid complicated, will take time: US

SOURCE: ANI U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said the process of India’s UNSC bid is complicated and it will take time. “There is a way but it is complicated (India’s UNSC bid). We are working on it. We are in support of some of the reforms (in UN). But it is going […]

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