By Captain Sanjay Prashar Kochi port in Kerala on India’s West coast and Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on the East-end of India were the newest merchant shipping crew change destinations over the last three months. Cargo ship-owners have diverted their vessels to the two […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening global security, health and economy, India and European Union (EU) today agreed to strengthen response capacities, apart from calling for free, transparent and prompt sharing of information on such threats. Of course, they did not directly name China […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: The precarious situation that one of India’s private shipyards finds itself over its debts has put the navy in a quandary over how to proceed with a Rs 20,000-crore ($2.65-billion) tender for building four amphibious warships. One of the options being considered […]
New Delhi: India can handle China militarily with the qualitative defence capabilities that the Indian armed forces possess today, but the military action should be the last resort, said a former Corps Commander, who was tasked with defending Arunachal Pradesh from the Asian dragon’s aggression while in military […]
(Editor’s Note: The opinions are that of the writer’s.) By Abhijit Iyer-Mitra India‘s adherence to the “One China“’ policy has arguably been more fervent and stricter than People’s Republic of China‘s own adherence to this policy. Consider this, Taiwanese firms get privileged access in Beijing, trade links between […]
(Editor’s Note: The opinions are that of the writer’s.) By Siddhartha Sharma For over three decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has spread propaganda and pumped corporate earnings, through channel stuffing, to portray China as an economic powerhouse in the region. The CCP’s mendacious propaganda has now tied […]
New Delhi: The new, emerging World Order will witness an economic and a diplomatic cold war between the current global power, the United States, and the rising competitor, China, even as the latter would try to either upstage the former as the leader of international institutions such as […]
New Delhi: Keen to play a larger international role in the likely China-dominant, post-COVID-19 World Order, India today formally launched its campaign for an elected seat at the coveted United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and spelt out its vision for a reformed global system. India’s Minister of External […]
New Delhi: India and Australia today signed a slew of agreements and declared their intent to work together to face the post-COVID new world order in which an aggressive China may play a dominant role. The two nations also enhanced their strategic ties to a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership‘ […]
(Updated with a geopolitical analyst comment in para 6) New Delhi: India and Australia today upgraded their strategic ties to a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’, and signed military logistics and defence science and technology agreements in an effort to build on their tactical intent to work closely in the […]
New Delhi: Dr Vivek Lall, one of the most prominent Indian-origin leaders in the global aerospace and defence sector, was today appointed as the Chief Executive at the American company General Atomics Global Corporation. He will be responsible for expanding GA Global’s footprint world over and manage sales, […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India’s navy has got one lean-and-mean fighting machine from the United States that can carry out integrated missions with platforms of American-origin operated by friendly nations in the Indian Ocean Region. And the Indian Navy is pretty happy that it has got […]
Bangkok: India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh is here to attend the 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) and he used that occasion today to talk improved defence ties with Thailand, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, apart from his earlier meeting with the US defense secretary Dr Mark […]
