Governments in the past appeared to believe the threat of conventional war to be negligible enough not to warrant even making up of deficiencies, let alone a sustained build-up.
This long-term Chinese strategy is best exemplified by the Middle Kingdom’s step-by-step encroachments into the sea between Vietnam and the Philippines.
Manvendra Singh
The farthest the RSS has gone to condemn Beijing is to call for a ban on its goods. But its mouthpiece Panchjanya has rebuked China as "shaken" and "frustrated".
Pragya Kaushika
These were the battles we thought we’d already fought. The slow recognition that caste is a plague upon Indian society. The hard-won right to choose your own partner.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
A very unfortunate incident and development. Standard operating procedures on the ground have kept an almost entirely undefined 2,200 mile LAC tranquil for decades. These have been buttressed by painstaking, incremental diplomacy that has sought to normalise a relationship where there is a great deal of mistrust. Those achievements are coming unstuck in a matter of weeks. Armed conflict, no matter how limited and localised, would set relations back severely. Both sides need to use the time that remains to defuse the situation at Doklam.
A very unfortunate incident and development. Standard operating procedures on the ground have kept an almost entirely undefined 2,200 mile LAC tranquil for decades. These have been buttressed by painstaking, incremental diplomacy that has sought to normalise a relationship where there is a great deal of mistrust. Those achievements are coming unstuck in a matter of weeks. Armed conflict, no matter how limited and localised, would set relations back severely. Both sides need to use the time that remains to defuse the situation at Doklam.