Indian Naval sub Arihant’s tragedyon May 17, 2019Indian armed forces are prone to accidents, but their navy has suffered more than its fair share of disasters. An article in India Today reported that since 1990, the Indian Navy (IN) has lost one warship in peacetime every five years. Since 2004, it has lost one naval combatant every two years. While peacetime losses of warships are not uncommon, the magazine mentioned that few global navies have … [Read more...] about Indian Naval sub Arihant’s tragedy
Unabated Israeli atrocities in Gazaon May 10, 2019Israel continues to pound hapless Palestinians in Gaza with airstrikes, taking a toll of women, children and old men. Amongst the victims was a pregnant woman, while amid the buildings targeted in the Gaza Strip was the Turkish Anadolu Agency office. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned the Israeli atrocities including the attack on the Turkish news agency. Israel claimed that … [Read more...] about Unabated Israeli atrocities in Gaza
Indian involvement in Sri Lanka carnageon May 4, 2019India has long been blamed for the intransigence of its intelligence agency RAW in Sri Lanka. Indian role in creating, training, financing and supporting the LTTE as a terrorist movement and India's war crimes committed on Sri Lankan citizens by the IPKF are well documented. Prabhakaran, a RAW protégé, went on to become a Frankenstein. On 26 May 1987, Prabhakaran was cornered in Vadamarachchi and … [Read more...] about Indian involvement in Sri Lanka carnage
MCIS portrays impact of emerging technologies on securityon April 27, 2019Despite the tensions between the US and the Russian Federation, the VIIIth Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) ended on a high note. Shaped on Munich, Shangri-La and other security conferences of high repute, Moscow did well to host an event of this stature eighth time in a row.This scribe had the opportunity to participate in the event this year too and presented a paper on … [Read more...] about MCIS portrays impact of emerging technologies on security
Lamenting the Rafale acquisitionon April 20, 2019Nearly six weeks after the Indian Air Force (debacle) at Balakot and the Line of Control, Indian Air Chief, in a fit of despair, continues to lie through his teeth as far as the success of the IAF operations on 26 and 27 February are concerned. Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa claims victory but his exasperation is evident from the way he laments the tardy acquisition of the advanced Rafale fighter … [Read more...] about Lamenting the Rafale acquisition
Turkish local elections – 2019on April 13, 2019The Turkish local elections of 2019 were held on 31 March 2019 throughout the 81 provinces of Turkey. A total of 30 metropolitan and 1,351 district municipal mayors, alongside 1,251 provincial and 20,500 municipal councilors were elected, in addition to numerous local non-partisan positions such as neighbourhood wardens (muhtars) and elderly people's councils.Turkey holds local elections every … [Read more...] about Turkish local elections – 2019
Light at the end of Pakistan’s economic tunnelon April 5, 2019The PTI government has been in power for nearly eight months and so far, the economic indicators are bleak. Pakistan's consumer price inflation rose in March to its highest since November 2013, adding to economic headwinds besetting Prime Minister Imran Khan's government.Inflation rose to 9.41 per cent year-on-year, up from 8.21 per cent in February, Bureau of Statistics data showed earlier … [Read more...] about Light at the end of Pakistan’s economic tunnel
Pompeo’s pomposityon March 30, 2019The relationship between the US and Pakistan has been strained but in the near past, with Pakistan's efforts in getting the Afghan Taliban to have direct negotiations with the US bearing fruition, one would expect the US to respect Pakistan. The showdown with India concluding in Pakistan's favour in the last week of February, once again saw the US State Department leaning towards New … [Read more...] about Pompeo’s pomposity
New Zealand massacre and humanityon March 23, 2019The cold-blooded massacre of 50 Muslims while engaged in Friday prayers in two Christchurch mosques needs to be condemned but the manner in which the people of New Zealand have responded, must be lauded. About 50,000 Muslims call New Zealand home, a small minority in a population of nearly five million. From India and Indonesia to Pakistan and Palestine, the Pacific Island country's Muslims come … [Read more...] about New Zealand massacre and humanity
Pulwama incident & Indian electionson March 16, 2019Four weeks after the Pulwama incident, India's failed surgical strike at Balakot and its losing two fighter aircraft to the Pakistan Air Force, there appears to be no letup in Indian rhetoric.The cat is now out of the bag as India has announced its 17th Lok Sabha elections in April and May 2019. The ruling dispensation BJP, which has little to show for its last five years of rule, believes … [Read more...] about Pulwama incident & Indian elections
