In ‘Flying Blind’, Mohamed Zeeshan writes on how foreign policy is considered a 'luxury' & why India needs a coherent strategy for its relations with the world.
Russian Ambassador Nikolay R Kudashev said the S-400 programme is one of the flagship projects in further boosting military cooperation between the two countries.
According to sources, a debate over whether there should be some uniformity across all armed services, as is the case in the US, triggered an argument in the meeting.
If institutions under Gorakhnath Math are not part of the military’s restricted list, then I am sure neither would be institutions run by Darul Uloom Deoband.
The distinction between the govt and the military has got blurred, and neither is being held accountable for serious lapses with respect to national security.
Some half-baked economist came up with the specious argument to reform military life to save money — and CDS Bipin Rawat-led DMA swallowed the bait hook line and sinker.
A note by the Department of Military Affairs, headed by CDS General Bipin Rawat, proposes changes to the retirement age and pension policy, which could potentially cut costs.
Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement, the last of the key foundational agreements between India & US, was signed Tuesday. LEMOA was signed in 2016 and COMCASA in 2018.
About half-a-dozen Tejas aircraft are doing stints at various bases in the western sector, including at two locations that will host Tejas Mk 1A squadrons in the future.
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.
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
Another ignorant and misguided “outsiders” treatise on things they havent got a clue about! Please spend a week in a foreign mission and see what is going on before edifying everyone.
India doesnt have a shortage of officers, it has a shortage of clerical staff who should be doing the beaurocratic work, like issuing visas passports etc…Only then can those recruited and trained to do foreign policy can get their act together and do what they are paid to do, what they are trained to do.
Recall the Editor’s magisterial essay – about three years back – on the state of Indian foreign policy. It could not have reached that pass if our diplomats – whether 850 or 2,000 is a matter of detail – were contributing meaningfully to policy formulation, analysis, long term strategic thinking. In recent years, they have simply been executing / implementing decisions, some / many of which they ought to have urged strenuously be not taken / reconsidered.
But who is Mohamed Zeeshan? No profile given
Another ignorant and misguided “outsiders” treatise on things they havent got a clue about! Please spend a week in a foreign mission and see what is going on before edifying everyone.
India doesnt have a shortage of officers, it has a shortage of clerical staff who should be doing the beaurocratic work, like issuing visas passports etc…Only then can those recruited and trained to do foreign policy can get their act together and do what they are paid to do, what they are trained to do.
Recall the Editor’s magisterial essay – about three years back – on the state of Indian foreign policy. It could not have reached that pass if our diplomats – whether 850 or 2,000 is a matter of detail – were contributing meaningfully to policy formulation, analysis, long term strategic thinking. In recent years, they have simply been executing / implementing decisions, some / many of which they ought to have urged strenuously be not taken / reconsidered.