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TopicMountain Strike Corps

Topic: Mountain Strike Corps

As tensions with China continue, beefed-up Mountain Strike Corps reaches Arunachal for exercise

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The exercise will see use of various IAF assets and integrated operations with a focus on springing offensive capabilities in short period of time.

China in focus, Army’s Strike Corps units reach Ladakh as part of ‘rebalance’ strategy

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Strike Corps units, which have been dual tasked with focusing on Pakistan and China, reach Ladakh amid massive deployment by China.

Ladakh face-off has become Mexican standoff. LAC could heat up in summer

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The onus to disengage in Eastern Ladakh is on China rather than India, which only reacted to the PLA’s aggression.

Army plans to keep 2 strike corps for mountains facing China amid Ladakh crisis

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
I Corps, deployed on western border with Pakistan, is being realigned to focus on northern theatre, while 17 Corps will focus on eastern theatre.

Amid China stand-off, Mountain Strike Corps to get its own artillery brigade

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Work has already begun on raising the new artillery brigade, which will see larger deployment of the Ultra Light Howitzers besides other guns. 

Army to debut its Mountain Strike Corps next month, at HimVijay exercise in Arunachal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The exercise will be held at over 10,000 ft next month and will see, for the first time, Army's integrated battle groups that are self-sufficient agile units.

Modi will win 2019 thanks to Rahul Gandhi, and rifle-hunting for the Indian Army

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Mountain Strike Corps shelved, and Arun Jaitley makes Modi soften stand on Section 377

Sanya Dhingra -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

Indian Army puts Mountain Strike Corps aimed at China in cold storage

Sujan Dutta -
The instant order to stop ‘new raisings’ – create battalions with fresh recruits – has been prompted by financial constraints.

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Opinion

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

Phiroze J Shroff -
If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

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Economy

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

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New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Defence

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

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New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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