The 12-year timeline for CCS to clear purchase of advanced towed artillery gun systems exposes crippling inefficiencies in India’s defence procurement. Such inertia could jeopardise national security, with delayed and outdated technology. Timelines must be slashed, accountability fixed, and systems overhauled to deliver capabilities when they are needed the most.
Punjab govt has done well by cracking down on agitating farmers
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has done well to crack down on agitating farmers. Guaranteed MSP demand is short-sighted and unreasonable. Farmers’ unions have little public support. They can’t hold government to ransom. They’re hurting trade and industry and keeping investors away. Mann must deal with them firmly in Punjab’s interest.
Sidelining Ukraine as US, Russia decide its fate doesn’t bode well for other territorial disputes
Sidelining Ukraine as US, Russia decide its fate is alarming—not just for Zelenskyy but also for other countries that have territorial disputes with bigger powers. Russians sit pretty at this juncture. The nation they invaded has been abandoned by its main ally, which is dictating what peace should look like.
This could be a thrust are for CDS.