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On 15 January 1949, Field Marshal, then General, K. M. Cariappa was appointed as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. The day is...
On 15 January 1949, Field Marshal, then General, K. M. Cariappa was appointed as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. The day is...
A crisis is an opportunity riding a dangerous wind’ goes a Chinese proverb. The Chinese-perpetrated crisis in Eastern Ladakh seems to have inspired...
On 31 December 2020, the Indian Army appointed Major General Gautam Chauhan as the first head of its newly created human rights Additional Directorate...
The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, held on 16 December 2020, was mired in controversy over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi...
On 18 December India and China resumed diplomatic talks to find a solution for the months-long crisis in e ...
As we celebrate Vijay Diwas, commemorating India’s greatest absolute military victory, it is pertinent to look back at the lessons learnt and their...
On 4 December, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat was in Gorakhpur as the chief guest for the inaugural programme of the week-long 88th...
On 4 December — also my birthday — memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War invariably flood my mind. From 30 November to 6 December, my unit — 4...
On 20 November, General Angus Campbell, Australia’s Chief of Defence Force, set an example for all militaries to follow in upholding human rights....
Given the state of the economy and the proverbial ‘guns versus butter’ dilemma in a developing country, India’s defence budget is unlikely to...
The eighth round of Corps Commander-level talks between India and China were held on 6 November at Chushul. After the talks, both sides gave...
In public perception, the Indian armed forces are considered the most honest out of all government organisations. Consequently, the increasing...
For the past one month, the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has made the militaries world over sit up and take notice of the extensive...
Fifty-eight years ago on 20 October 1962, the Chinese began their “Counterattack in Self Defense on the China-India Border” to simultaneously...
The only thing worse than the lack of a political strategy to win the hearts and minds of the people of Jammu and Kashmir is the violation of human...
Through its intrusions since May, China has taken the clock back to 7 November 1959. The difference being that instead of isolated posts/patrols...
With diplomacy making no headway, the Indian Army and the PLA remain deployed to safeguard territory and conduct further operations in pursuit of New...
Twelve days after the foreign ministers of India and China met in Moscow, the two sides held the much-awaited Corps Commander-level talks at...
Since the five-point India-China joint statement made in Moscow on 10 September after the foreign ministers meet between S. Jaishankar and Wang Yi,...
Shorn of deception, disinformation and rhetoric, on the intervening night of 29 and 30 August, our armed forces launched a tactical operation with...
On 11 August, The Economic Times reported that the Army had conducted a court of inquiry with respect to the Galwan valley incident of 15 June in...
On 15 August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the soldiers safeguarding India’s sovereignty in eastern Ladakh. Ironically, a month earlier on...
If the People’s Liberation Army of China leads a technology-driven attack on the Indian forces in high altitude terrain, what are India’s options?...
In the first week of June, I had the opportunity to read the pdf version of a book written by a frontline young Lieutenant who had served in the...
In the first week of June, I had the opportunity to read the pdf version of a book written by a frontline young Lieutenant who had served in the...
Keeping in view the differential in technological military capabilities between the Indian Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army, and the...
The disengagement process between the Indian Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army at the face-off points in Eastern Ladakh has reached an...
Over the last 10 days “diplomatic and military sources” have been giving updates to the media on the disengagement process underway between the...
As per media reports, most of them based on sources, the disengagement of troops, from the face-off points in the Galwan River Valley and Hot...
Ideally, both India and China want to achieve their political aims without any further escalation of the military situation on the Line of Actual...
Ideally, both India and China want to achieve their political aims without any further escalation of the military situation on the Line of Actual...
The situation along the Line of Actual Control is tactical, but the intent of both sides is strategic, as it should be. The ultimate political aim of...
It is a national shame that one Colonel and 19 soldiers have been killed in action while many more injured in a “fist and club” non-military...
The situation along the Line of Actual Control took a dramatic turn after the rather disappointing and inconclusive Lieutenant General-level talks as...
The situation in eastern Ladakh at the face-off points between Indian Army and the PLA–Pangong Tso, Hot Springs and Galwan river–remains unchanged...
Something unusual has been happening on the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border between India and Tibet, for the past four weeks. On 10 May,...
The leaked excerpts from an internal study of the Army advocating the concept of three-year Tour of Duty is yet another reminder that the military...
It is empirical wisdom that external support is a prerequisite for any insurgency. The insurgencies in the Northeast were initially supported by arms...
There are conflicting versions of the timing and circumstances of the encounter at Chanjimullah village, Handwara. In my view, this is not...