Nine months after clearing the UPSC CAPF exam, hundreds of candidates still don’t know if they are in BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, or SSB. ‘This is very unprofessional and disheartening’
For much of India, Manipur is a distant dot on the map, largely absent from the national consciousness. The government’s indifference to Manipur’s plight is reinforcing this narrative.
CAPF personnel in LWE-affected areas deal with ‘perpetual stress’ & harsh terrain. Directive has been issued to use less oil and more millets in preparation of food for troops.
Annual 'marginal increase' in budget allocation goes in salaries & allowances, leaving little for development & modernisation, say officers part of forces that make up the CAPF.
The ongoing India-China stand-off in Ladakh hasn’t been considered for gallantry awards yet, but could be for the next round, ahead of Republic Day 2021.
Let’s not mince words in condemning IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar's unprofessional comments about the integrity of CRPF, over which IPS wants to retain its stranglehold.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
The CIA wrapped up its covert Tibetan programme after the Kissinger – Nixon foray to China in 1972. They have done the sane to so many others.