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Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd)

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Col (Retired) Vinayak Bhat served in the Indian Army for over 33 years. He was a satellite imagery analyst for more than two decades and served in high altitude areas of J&K and North East. An alumnus of NDA, Pune, he was a mountaineer during his young days, climbing peaks like Stok Kangri and Nun Peak. Follow him on Twitter @ rajfortyseven.

How China has stepped up under-sea information-gathering in Bay of Bengal

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 25 December, 2019

This ‘Green Corridor’ in PoK will ease agricultural goods movement from Pakistan to China

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 20 December, 2019

This facility near Islamabad is where Pakistan trains men to protect its nuclear arsenal

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 17 December, 2019

These are the test facilities where China is working towards its Mars probe dream

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 9 December, 2019

Pakistan Navy’s nuke storage facility at Arabian Sea port of Ormara sees massive expansion

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 3 December, 2019

Infrastructure in Tibet gets a big boost as China stepped up focus after Doklam face-off

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 29 November, 2019

Is the situation in Kashmir returning to normal? These satellite images hold the answer

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 11 November, 2019

North India’s toxic air: NASA images show just how big the stubble burning problem is

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 6 November, 2019

After Uyghurs, another Muslim minority is under fire in China

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 2 November, 2019

What ISIS chief al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria looked like before US got him

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 30 October, 2019

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On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

Opinion

Vivan Sundaram built his theatre of art around the avant-garde spirit

Arun Vadehra - 30 March, 2023

Sundaram’s larger-than-life influence on the community, history and global trajectory of Indian art is a hallmark of our cultural treasures.

Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan moves SC seeking stay on conviction, SC to hear matter on April 5

Supreme Court’s ‘guilt by association’ verdict risks innocents getting targeted under...

30 March, 2023

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh | ANI file photo

Amritpal’s rise and fall expose a vulnerable Punjab. Minority bashing will...

30 March, 2023

Economy

Bhutan - People standing in queue outside ATM

RBI data reveals demonetisation was the epitome of whimsical, illogical policymaking

Praveen Chakravarty - 31 August, 2017

The government wanted demonetisation to combat three problems. None of them seem to have been solved.

Defence

Source: Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd.)

How China has stepped up under-sea information-gathering in Bay of Bengal

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) - 25 December, 2019

Satellite images show that Chinese ships have been frequently getting near Indian waters in the Bay of Bengal. ThePrint takes a look at these ships.

National Interest

Illustration: Soham Sen | ThePrint

Four reasons the Sikhs are hurting. And it’s not about the...

Shekhar Gupta - 25 March, 2023

'Causes' of anger are dera threat to Sikhism, incarceration of ‘Bandi Singhs’, inaction in sacrilege cases, & ‘if BJP-RSS want Hindu Rashtra, what’s wrong with Sikh Rashtra?’