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Listen to this article: Chandigarh: If there is one enduring feature of India’s defence procurement, it is the tendency of the Ministry of Defence...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: World Bicycle Day is a reminder of a simple truth: the cycle remains one of the most efficient, affordable and...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Every major Indian city has a social type that comes to define it: New Delhi has its politicians and power...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: On May 30, when United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue in...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Cyclists and pedestrians – among the most overlooked and vulnerable users of India’s roads, whether in cities,...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The Indian Navy will no doubt be jubilant that nearly three decades after it set in motion the concept that led to...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Amid growing concerns in the Indian Air Force (IAF) over Pakistan’s prospective acquisition of China’s...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The hoary French adage, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” – the more things change, the more...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Do you even recall the last time you simply arrived at somebody’s house unannounced? Not sent the now-obligatory...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The recent halving of a retired Indian Army officer’s monthly pension by military fiat over largely unproven...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The grounding of two RAF F-35B “Lightning II” naval variant fighters for over two months at Lajes Airport in...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The term ‘strategic’ has become the tadka, or heavily spiced seasoning, of modern discourse. It is liberally...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: A little-remembered, and often overlooked aspect of Pakistan’s founding history, is that it spent seven years...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) grand aerobatic display on May 11 over the Somnath Temple, in the presence of Prime...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The image of the United States (US) as the so-called indispensable global power is rapidly eroding, as...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Chandigarh, the “City Beautiful”, widely considered among India’s most liveable places, presents a...
Listen to this article: During my growing-up years in Punjab over seven decades ago, daleri – that intoxicating blend of self-assurance, humour,...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The appointment of Lieutenant General (Retd) N.S. Raja Subramani as India’s next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Yet again, India revived discussions earlier this week over the long-delayed transfer of the BrahMos cruise...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Service veterans have expressed unease over a senior Indian Army officer’s meeting with Union road and transport...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The commissioning of PNS Hangor, the first of eight Hangor-class air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: It is tempting – especially in sections of the media and some official commentary – to portray the imminent...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: Over the past several decades, the US has cultivated a mythology of military competence and moral clarity in its...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: With Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Germany to deepen defence ties, a stubborn reality overshadows the visit:...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The outcome of India’s Atmanirbhar or indigenous military aviation ambitions is determined less by design...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Unquestioning media portrayals of the recent technical agreement between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Everlasting investigations by successive governments into numerous alleged corruption cases in material...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The contrast between Indian and Pakistani diplomatic styles –currently unfolding in the ongoing Islamabad talks...
Listen to this article: The recent commissioning of INS Aridhaman, the Indian Navy’s (Indian Navy) third indigenously designed Arihant-class...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: India’s quest for military airpower dominance continues to be undermined by its most enduring weakness –...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The enduring five-week-long US-Israel bombing campaign against Iran, aimed at extinguishing its nuclear programme,...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Extended delays in developing the Indian Navy’s (IN’s) Twin Engine Deck-Based Fighter or TEDBF, alongside the...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Armed forces veterans were once again troubled by the conduct of the Army chief, general Upendra Dwivedi, who...
Listen to this article: Pakistan’s emergence as a diplomatic interlocutor in the enduring ‘engagement’ between the United States and Iran, has...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: It is instructive to recall the enduring legacy of Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw on his 111th birth anniversary...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Senior military veterans and serving officers reacted with disbelief and disquiet to Lieutenant General Neeraj...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The ongoing visit to New Delhi by the US under secretary of defence for policy Elbridge Colby – marked by his...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The haphazard execution of the US-Israel war against Iran – combined with the abrasive and often openly...
Listen to this article: When India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan speaks of India pursuing a sixth-generation fighter, as he...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The recent unveiling of the Defence Forces Vision 2047 document by defence minister Rajnath Singh has been...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The return of an impulsive Donald Trump to the US presidency has triggered quiet unease in London in recent...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The Indian Air Force (IAF)’s recent accident involving a Sukhoi Su-30MKI multi-role fighter in Assam, in which...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: In recent months, a stream of media reports have portrayed a large majority of Mahindra Thar jeep owners as...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: At a time when garbage heaps have become a depressingly familiar feature across urban India, Chandigarh has...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Whenever Israel confronts major military, multi-front crises like the ongoing war it has started with Iran and...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: As the war rages on in the Persian Gulf between Iran and the US–Israel combine, naval planners around the world...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The escalating confrontation between Iran and the US-Israel combine has revived a far wider and more dangerous...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: A broad cross-section of Indian military veterans has expressed concern over what they describe as an “enduring...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government axed Edwin Lutyens’ bust from Rashtrapati Bhavan in the name...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Israel, beginning February 25, places defence and military...