Appointment is following a directive by Army chief who ordered the creation of the post across all Army commands, including at the level of the Chief of the Army Staff.
Following heavy rainfall, landslide hit near Chaten Brigade HQ in North Sikkim on Sunday evening, rescue operations are underway despite difficult weather & terrain.
Intense shelling by Pakistan during the recent conflict caused loss of local livestock, properties, and livelihood in the border villages & districts of the Line of Control (LoC).
We're used to framing the issue as one of deterrence, 'if you do X, then we will do Y and Z'. We should be moving toward compellence— 'if you do not abandon X, then we will do Y and Z'.
Rather than attempting to overthrow the current system, Chinese commentary positions the country as both defending existing frameworks and guiding their evolution.
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In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
1. Given the extremely short duration of the skirmish, there hardly was any time for China to actively involve herself.
2. Not to mention that India took great pains to tell one and all (likely incl China) well in advance that only ‘terrorist camps’ were targets. This ensured China would not react.
The moot point here is – if India were to walk into POK tomorrow with a view to free it of all terrorist camps and this action escalates into a 60 or 90-day war with Pak, will China remain a mute spectator? Or will she see this as an opportunity to ‘straighten’ the LAC in Ladakh & Arunachal? (That China will actively re arm/replenish Pak is beyond reasonable doubt.) Will China’s PLA take some active measures that force our Army to peel off urgently reqd fmns from the Western Front and move them to safeguard our Northern borders? Will Bangladesh sit tight and quietly mouth ‘Ami tomake bhalobashi’ to India?
If not, we had better be ready for 3 fronts (which can include a very restive population in the North East egged on by subversives in turn encouraged by BD and China) and not delude ourselves by mouthing platitudes or kicking the can down the road for someone else to sort out later saying ‘very difficult to define’.
Hi Snehesh – This is no contradiction; perhaps a strategic revision of Lft Singh’s view [that it is difficult to define support] particularly after Chinese responded to Lft Singh’s assertion!! ..And said that defence support is part of NORMAL cooperation that two friendly countries carry for each other!
After all, we do not want Chinese to be blatant / overt in their support’ isn’t it?
Can the government’s stand be consistent on any matter of national importance with international implications these days? I was genuinely impressed with the Deputy Chief’s briefing at FICCI event which gave a candid take on the conflict and its happenings and now the CDS comes out and contradicts him, Then there was the fiasco with supporting Dalai Lama’s succession plans with Kiren Rijiju coming out in support and then the MEA undermining him. Even with Op Sindoor, first it was dodging the question of losses, then it was a tacit admission of losses and now the Dassault CEO comes out and says that one aircraft was lost due to ‘technical failure’. Even though we defended ourselves against their loitering munitions and missiles well and inflicted serious strategic blows to their Air Force bases, our muddled messaging that is beginning to rival ‘A Comedy of Errors’ has led to a squandered PR op.
1. Given the extremely short duration of the skirmish, there hardly was any time for China to actively involve herself.
2. Not to mention that India took great pains to tell one and all (likely incl China) well in advance that only ‘terrorist camps’ were targets. This ensured China would not react.
The moot point here is – if India were to walk into POK tomorrow with a view to free it of all terrorist camps and this action escalates into a 60 or 90-day war with Pak, will China remain a mute spectator? Or will she see this as an opportunity to ‘straighten’ the LAC in Ladakh & Arunachal? (That China will actively re arm/replenish Pak is beyond reasonable doubt.) Will China’s PLA take some active measures that force our Army to peel off urgently reqd fmns from the Western Front and move them to safeguard our Northern borders? Will Bangladesh sit tight and quietly mouth ‘Ami tomake bhalobashi’ to India?
If not, we had better be ready for 3 fronts (which can include a very restive population in the North East egged on by subversives in turn encouraged by BD and China) and not delude ourselves by mouthing platitudes or kicking the can down the road for someone else to sort out later saying ‘very difficult to define’.
Hi Snehesh – This is no contradiction; perhaps a strategic revision of Lft Singh’s view [that it is difficult to define support] particularly after Chinese responded to Lft Singh’s assertion!! ..And said that defence support is part of NORMAL cooperation that two friendly countries carry for each other!
After all, we do not want Chinese to be blatant / overt in their support’ isn’t it?
Can the government’s stand be consistent on any matter of national importance with international implications these days? I was genuinely impressed with the Deputy Chief’s briefing at FICCI event which gave a candid take on the conflict and its happenings and now the CDS comes out and contradicts him, Then there was the fiasco with supporting Dalai Lama’s succession plans with Kiren Rijiju coming out in support and then the MEA undermining him. Even with Op Sindoor, first it was dodging the question of losses, then it was a tacit admission of losses and now the Dassault CEO comes out and says that one aircraft was lost due to ‘technical failure’. Even though we defended ourselves against their loitering munitions and missiles well and inflicted serious strategic blows to their Air Force bases, our muddled messaging that is beginning to rival ‘A Comedy of Errors’ has led to a squandered PR op.