With the rollout of Integrated Battle Groups, India is implementing a brigade-centric model nearly two decades after the US Army and about a decade after the PLA.
The military's balance between manpower and technology must always be carefully calibrated to ensure an optimal mix, which is what the Agnipath scheme has embarked upon.
It is time for Indian military leaders to realise that their inability to implement an important political mandate is because of inter-Service and intra-Service disagreements.
It seems CDS eligibility has been tweaked to pick a specific retired Lt Gen or Army Commander. The spin of 'deep selection' to find the 'meritorious' is just a charade.
The delay in announcing the next CDS could also be due to the political leadership undertaking a deep search among all eligible retired and serving officers.
Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.
Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.
Just three days into a war fought with Integrated Battle Groups, the government will announce that the treasury is empty and ammunition is exhausted. Ultimately, slogans like ‘it is time to end the war, not the age of war’ and ‘India is a peace-loving country’ will be deployed—all just to save face and hide the humiliation of relying on 29.5 squadrons of aging fighter jets.
Just three days into a war fought with Integrated Battle Groups, the government will announce that the treasury is empty and ammunition is exhausted. Ultimately, slogans like ‘it is time to end the war, not the age of war’ and ‘India is a peace-loving country’ will be deployed—all just to save face and hide the humiliation of relying on 29.5 squadrons of aging fighter jets.