European countries have called for India to play larger role in peaceful resolution of Russia-Ukraine war. India among prominent players deploying peacekeeping troops for UN missions.
The veteran of Battle of Chhamb in 1971 and architect of Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka, Gen Kalkat was first recipient of India’s highest wartime service medal.
Covering a most brutal fratricidal war for a decade, I had never imagined returning to a serendipitous Sri Lanka as a tourist without fear, writes Shekhar Gupta, Editor in Chief, ThePrint.
Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
Absolutely the right decision. Recall the foresight of PM Vajpayeeji in declining to send a division of the Indian Army to Iraq.