Europe’s focus on equal & flexible partnerships for more comprehensive security mean EU has struck right opening notes to emerge as a global security provider.
Indian Army still has regiments with caste, religion, and community names, and asks for caste certificates during recruiting. It's time to build a truly inclusive military.
There is a golden opportunity for PM Narendra Modi to travel to Russia and Ukraine with a proposal I have outlined here, which includes reverting to pre January 2022 positions.
Four out of seven Advanced Light Helicopters India sold to Ecuador in 2008 crashed within a few years. India's defense exports must be quality controlled.
If it wasn’t Stalin calling for a 'voice of unity’' and criticising the scrapping of reservation for Muslims, it was Shiv Sena’s Udhhav Thackeray questioning the PM.
Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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