For New Delhi, the central task is not to eliminate dependence on China overnight, but to manage it intelligently while gradually building alternatives.
Apex court upbraided the Lok Sabha Leader of Oppn over remarks on 2020 Galwan Valley clash. ‘If you are a true Indian, you would not say all these things,’ judge said.
External affairs minister is on 2-day visit to China, his first since 2020 Galwan clashes. He’s set to meet Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi before going to Tianjin for SCO meet.
Winter season is declared in Ladakh starting 15 November and the Army has to stock up for the next six months as the passes in the region shut down due to heavy snowfall.
Pictures had emerged of Chinese soldiers carrying rifles and iron rods with machete-like heads in the vicinity of India’s forward locations on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in 2020.
Even the worst critics of Gen Sundarji agree that no other General of the Indian Army possessed his intellectual depth, strategic perspective, and the will to transform. He dragged the Army by its bootstraps into the 21st century.
Speaking at Mayo College in Ajmer, Gen Naravane elaborated on his argument by saying that ‘for a very long time, India was shying away from calling out China as No. 1 threat’.
From coastal Andhra Pradesh to Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab, from bonfires in UP to midnight pledges in Chennai and Lahore, Vande Mataram was a war cry to galvanise people toward azaadi.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
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.
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