Delhi celebrates International Museum Day with aplomb

There is no greater repository of cultural...

Music has always been my refuge: Eugenio Bennato

The legendary Italian folk musician and songwriter...

Phuket, surrounded by beautiful islands,rivals the Maldives and Bali

With endless coastlines, Southeast Asia offers a...

Dinesh Kumar

No less than men: Women in armed forces

A conservative Indian establishment overlooked the fact that women officers have been performing at par with their male counterparts. In fact, on occasions even...

CDS should not become another bureaucratic layer

Armed forces need to be better coordinated and the country should have a single point military advice.     Chandigarh: The government is expected to announce the much...

Operation Blue Star, 35 years later: Only lessons and no winners

It neither ended terrorism, nor religious militant politics, in fact it manifested itself in horrific proportions.   Four days from now, the Golden Temple in Amritsar...

Defective ammunition: Whose life is it anyway?

A Special Forces soldier or an artillery or armour regiment serves no purpose if equipped with defective or dud ammunition. Much of the problem...

Gen Suhag is a curious choice for Seychelles

Why would an Army Chief, who retired two-and-a-half years ago be posted to an island country that has gained strategic importance for India?   Chandigarh: Last...

Needed, urgent appraisal of India’s defence requirements, deficiencies

The IAF’s squadron strength is projected to fall to 21 squadrons by 2037. Where will that leave India’s air defence and strike capability?   Overnight the...

The worrisome state of Indian Army

Army Day on Tuesday, 15 January, will see an impressive display of soldiers and war-fighting equipment. But behind the pomp is an unsatisfactory story.   CHANDIGARH: Two...

1971 too far back: India no longer at peak of its military preparedness

India has been overtaken by geopolitical developments and considerable defence, security mismanagement.   CHANDIGARH: Exactly 47 years ago, the very nation created on the basis of...

Defence PSUs, ordnance factories are in dire need of overhaul

As is the case with the DRDO, many of the other DPSUs are engaged in producing non-defence items.   Chandigarh: India’s nine Defence Public Sector Units...

Credible nuclear triad: Not still quite there

In a rare public acknowledgment about India’s nuclear-submarine programme at the highest level, the Prime Minister earlier this week congratulated the crew of INS...

US-India edging closer to military partnership

The first-ever high level 2+2 meeting between the Indian and US Defence and Foreign Ministers held last month along with the American reiteration of...

DRDO has much to answer for its poor performance

On paper the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) comes across as formidable. It is currently engaged in about 70 projects that include making...

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img

Follow us