General Bipin Rawat said around 500 infiltrators were waiting to infiltrate India at the reactivated Balakot terror camps months after the Air Force carried out strikes.
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, Gen. Bipin Rawat talks about Pakistan, Kashmir, China, the new Chief of Defence Staff post and Army reorganisation.
The light combat aircraft had successfully carried out an “arrested landing” last week, a key performance, showing its ability to land on board an aircraft carrier.
Pakistan was incapable of affording a full-blown war with India. But the response still had to convey an ‘impression’ to India and the world that Islamabad was willing to escalate the crisis.
The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
If this is true, it shows that there are no easy, obvious solutions to long standing problems. Whether it was surgical strikes, demonetisation ( to target fake currency ), the air strikes on the Pakistani mainland, the abrogation of Article 370. Presenting each innovation as a game changer, only to realise a little later that nothing has changed. One worries about increased alienation and what that might translate into. Just a couple of days back, a 15 year old boy committed suicide because he had been roughed up by soldiers and allied in for another session two days later. A bitter harvest awaits. We should do all that is poss to prevent that.
… all that is possible …
If this is true, it shows that there are no easy, obvious solutions to long standing problems. Whether it was surgical strikes, demonetisation ( to target fake currency ), the air strikes on the Pakistani mainland, the abrogation of Article 370. Presenting each innovation as a game changer, only to realise a little later that nothing has changed. One worries about increased alienation and what that might translate into. Just a couple of days back, a 15 year old boy committed suicide because he had been roughed up by soldiers and allied in for another session two days later. A bitter harvest awaits. We should do all that is poss to prevent that.
… called in …
Where was this reported Sir?