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Defence Editor, The Times of India (@timesofindia). Strategic Affairs|Politics|Films|Books|Cartoons|Dogs. Views personal. RTs not endorsements!
New Delhi, India
Joined February 2011
With #NuclearWeapons once again being brandished in the #RussiaUkraineWar, here is an opinion piece I wrote in @timesofindia in March. For India, strategic realpolitik dictates that the Buddha must keep on smiling…
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INS Aravali will also support the Information Management & Analysis Centre (#IMAC), which takes feeds from multiple sources ranging from coastal radars to satellites to assess threats in #IndianOceanRegion, & the Information Fusion Centre–Indian Ocean Region (#IFCIOR) in Gurugram
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The Navy will on Friday commission a new base, INS Aravali at Gurugram, to support different information and communication centres of the force, which are crucial to strengthening the country’s maritime domain awareness (#MDA), command and control framework.
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The Navy on Friday will commission a new base, INS Aravali at Gurugram, to support different information and communication centres of the force, which are crucial to strengthening the country’s maritime domain awareness (#MDA), command and control framework.
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But the CDS has dismissed the need for a written National Security Strategy!
Take a look! Ran Samwad focused on future war. We’re barely ready for present
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India now finally getting set to kick off the collaboration with France to co-develop a new powerful jet engine for its indigenous fifth-generation stealth fighter #AMCA and other futuristic platforms. The project for the 120 Kilonewton engine will be worth almost $7 billion
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India has repeatedly taken up recruitment of Indians in the Russian Army with Moscow, asking that this practice be ended & that our nationals be released. We once again also strongly urge all Indians to stay away from any such offers as this is a course fraught with danger: MEA
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Former Chief Justice of Nepal Sushila Karki to represent GenZ talks with the Nepalese Army for interim government… #NepalGenZProtests
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A short history of student movements in @timesofindia
#NepalGenZProtests And a #ReadyReckoner on different generations!
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Continuing with its balancing act, India has dispatched a military contingent to Russia for #Zapad multi-nation exercise & will host a Russian Army team for bilateral #Indra combat drills next month, even as Indian soldiers are conducting #YudhAbhyas wargames with US in Alaska.
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I said this yesterday about the situation in Nepal. Now, the Oli government has fallen, ministers have been manhandled, buildings have been burnt... https://t.co/rUIa5qVnho
The situation in Nepal is precarious!
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Living within a mile of a golf course more than doubles a person’s odds of developing Parkinson’s disease… https://t.co/yT0qwU6niA
nytimes.com
There is a growing mountain of imperfect but troubling evidence that pesticides and other chemicals may be behind the exploding rates of the disease.
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4 months after intense cross-border hostilities with Pak, PM Modi will next week review operational preparedness, status of integration etc at the #CombinedCommandersConference, amid the continuing divide among Army, Navy & IAF over the long-pending creation of #TheatreCommands
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After Bangladesh, street protests by youth in Nepal. Increasing turmoil among India's neighbours!
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
South Asia News: Thousands of young Nepalis protested in Kathmandu against the government's ban on 26 social media platforms, leading to clashes with police and multip
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RIP Sankarshan! You enriched journalism & wrote like a dream!
Senior journalist and editor of The Telegraph newspaper, Sankarshan Thakur passed away today. He was 63. We’ve lost a fearless voice in journalism. His sharp political analysis and unwavering commitment to the truth will be deeply missed. In this time of sorrow, the Press
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