The Forgotten India-Pakistan Nuclear Crisis: 25 Years Later May 24, 2015 at 01:09PM

SOURCE : THE DIPLOMAT In May 1990, then-U.S. President George H.W. Bush was convinced that Pakistan was poised to use a covert nuclear weapon capability against India. The impending apocalypse—which would have dwarfed Hiroshima and Nagasaki—had to be prevented at all costs. Consequently, the White House dispatched a trusted emissary, Robert Gates (a man who […]

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Govt makes it clear: India has not forgotten Pakistan-occupied Kashmir May 24, 2015 at 01:08PM

SOURCE : THE HINDUSTAN TIMES National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval’s statement that India shares a 106-km border with Afghanistan has again brought the focus on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), with New Delhi underlining its claim over the territory. Doval’s statement at a function organised by the BSF last Friday that India shares borders with seven, […]

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The Role of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia May 24, 2015 at 01:07PM

SOURCE : VOICE OF JOURNALIST South Asia is a region locked up in several conflicts and disputes that have resulted in many wars between India and Pakistan. The last full-scale war between India and Pakistan was fought in 1971. Soon after 1971, India displayed its nuclear capability (in 1974) that forced Pakistan to step up […]

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India to have 70 super computers for high-level research May 24, 2015 at 01:06PM

SOURCE: PTI   The government has begun the process of having 70 super computers in the country, which will enable high—level research in different fields for not only government agencies but also the private sector. The super computer will help India do research in different fields ranging from climate, defence and other areas, which a […]

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What Are Chinese Submarines Doing in the Indian Ocean? May 24, 2015 at 01:05PM

SOURCE : Huffingtonpost China, although an outside power, is seeking to carve out a role for itself in the Indian Ocean region through its Maritime Silk Road initiative. The Maritime Silk Road — along with an overland Silk Road to connect China with Central Asia, the Caspian Sea basin and beyond — bears the imprint […]

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Centre puts bombs before birds – UPA missile testing policy for Andamans reversed May 24, 2015 at 01:03PM

SOURCE: THE TELEGRAPH INDIA The Narendra Modi government has granted the military permission to test missiles targeting four ecologically fragile islands in the Andaman and Nicobar group in the Bay of Bengal, junking a UPA policy derisively known as “birds-over-bombs”. The islands are uninhabited or largely uninhabited for most of the year, a source in […]

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‘BSF not to be deployed on Myanmar front’ May 24, 2015 at 01:02PM

SOURCE: TNN Fencing of the Myanmar border and BSF being posted there to guard it is now officially on the backburner thanks to the new government’s ‘look east’ policy. NSA Ajit Doval on Friday said the decision to post BSF to guard the border had been taken last year but was now being reviewed in […]

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India to Ask Pakistan to Seize Assets of Dawood, Hafiz, Lakhvi May 24, 2015 at 12:33PM

SOURCE: PTI India is planning to ask Pakistan to seize assets of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and most wanted terrorists Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi as all three are in the UNSC’s al Qaeda sanctions list which makes it incumbent upon Islamabad to freeze their holdings. The UN Security Council’s al Qaeda and […]

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Tibetan PM warns that India and China can’t sidestep his country if they aim for peaceful ties May 24, 2015 at 09:38AM

SOURCE: SCROLL Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Dr Lobsang Sangay was educated at Delhi University and Harvard Law School.  In an email interview, he speaks of how discussions about Tibet were absent in the media coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to China and Beijing’s policy of repression. The issue of Tibet […]

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DRDO shows glimpses of IUSAV Combat Drone again May 24, 2015 at 09:04AM

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN) DRDO in its monthly Publication has shown Model of India’s first stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) program which is taking shape. Pictured at Research Centre Imarat (RCI) Indian Unmanned Strike Air Vehicle (IUSAV) seems to be similar to the first images which surfaced from the design optimization and concept […]

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India is finally looking to enter the era of armed drones May 24, 2015 at 08:39AM

SOURCE: SAURAV JHA FOR IBNLIVE BLOG Ever since a weaponized Chinese CH-3 Drone crashed in Nigeria and Pakistan unveiled an ‘indigenous’ version of the same drone called Burraq, there is a newfound urgency in India to develop armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As such, work on weaponizing the Rustom-I medium altitude long endurance UAV is […]

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10 Indian Military Weapons That Will Make Our Enemies Tremble With Fear May 24, 2015 at 08:38AM

SOURCE: mensxp.com Indian military, the fourth largest military in the world, is also the keeper of the some of the most advanced and hi-tech weapons on the planet. It’s commendable that with a defence budget of a mere $46 billion per annum, India has developed weapon technologies that are at par and even superior to that […]

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New Missile Facility will test missile interceptors : DRDO May 24, 2015 at 08:34AM

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN) Upcoming new missile launch facility which is being set up on a river island of the Krishna creek in Andhra Pradesh by the Indian Defence research and development organization (DRDO) will be used to test Missile Interceptors which are part of DRDO’s  Ballistic missile defence(BMD) project to shoot incoming enemy missiles out […]

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Pakistan expresses concern over Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s remarks on terrorism May 24, 2015 at 08:27AM

SOURCE: PTI Pakistan on Saturday expressed serious concern over Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s remarks that “terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists,” saying it confirms apprehensions about India’s involvement in terrorism. “This statement only confirms Pakistan’s apprehensions about India’s involvement in terrorism in Pakistan,” said Sartaz Aziz, Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign […]

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Bangladesh India’s most important neighbour: Ajit Doval May 24, 2015 at 08:24AM

SOURCE: ANI National Security Adviser,(NSA) Ajit Doval has said that Bangladesh is India’s most important neighbour’ and called for exploiting the full potential of bilateral cooperation, ahead of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi ‘s visit to the country next month. Doval further gave full credit to the Prime Minister Modi for the ratification of the Land Boundary […]

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China’s Belt and Road Strategy ignores India’s concerns May 24, 2015 at 08:23AM

SOURCE: NITICENTRAL In March 2015, the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi put out a document titled “Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road” on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China. The document highlights the initiatives […]

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Mr Clean (A.k Antony) slams govt over Rafale deal May 24, 2015 at 08:21AM

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Raising questions over the BJP government’s decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France in a fly-away condition, former defence minister A K Antony Saturday asked the government to clarify whether it followed the defence procurement procedure while concluding the agreement. He also asked whether the government consulted the Finance […]

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India Must Set its House in Order to Gain from China May 24, 2015 at 08:18AM

SOURCE : EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like no Indian leader before him, has an uncanny ability to do things which not only capture public attention globally, but also demonstrate his popularity with Indians across the world. While in Washington, he evidently left a deep impression on President Obama, as his host unprecedentedly […]

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Nervous Pak Agents Criticise Defence Minister’s Statement May 24, 2015 at 08:17AM

SOURCE : PTI Separatist groups hit out at Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his statement about eliminating “terrorists by terrorists”, claiming that it speaks of the government plans of “target killing.” “The announcement of new phase of government gunmen culture is the beginning of a dangerous plan of target killing by unknown gunmen and it […]

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Modern Techniques Required to Detect Faults Ahead of Time: Isro May 24, 2015 at 08:16AM

SOURCE : NDTV Modern techniques are required to detect faults before a system failure happens, a top Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) official said in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. M.C. Dathan, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, a major space research centre of the Isro, said that both in aircraft and rocket flights, a fault is often […]

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