Monthly Archives: April, 2021
India-Pakistan News
Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani Invites Taliban To Share Power, End Violence
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday offered a share in power to the Taliban, provided the group ends the war and bloodshed.
In his message...
Asia Pacific
Amid Rising Challenges From QUAD Nations, China Adds 3 More Lethal Warships To Its Naval Fleet: WATCH
China added three new warships to its naval fleet last week amid rising challenges from the US-led QUAD bloc in the Indo-Pacific region. Â
On the...
Asia Pacific
No Shower: South Korean Army Enforces Weird COVID-19 Rules On New Recruits; Defense Minister Apologizes
South Korea's Defense Minister Suh Wook apologized on Wednesday after receiving complaints about a number of army units enforcing extreme COVID-19 measures in alleged...
South Asia
DRDO Integrates India’s LCA Tejas With Most Powerful, Israeli, 5th-Gen, Python-5 AAM Missiles
In a landmark achievement for India's homegrown LCA Tejas, the DRDO has successfully integrated Israeli 5th-gen Python-5 air-to-air missiles with the aircraft.
India's Defence Research...
EurAsian Region
Russia Warns Ukraine Not To Depend On The US For Military Support
Ukraine should not count on military assistance from the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview.
"You said that there is...
World
Raytheon Wins US Army Contract To Supply Javelin Missiles To Taiwan, Lithuania
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Javelin have won a $175 million+ modification contract to provide the US Army with more Javelin Weapon System, including sales...
Health
Has India’s Vaccine Diplomacy Fallen Flat As Domestic Covid-19 Cases Surge & Global Media Lambasts The Govt?
India's much-publicized Vaccine Diplomacy (Vaccine Maitri) seems to have taken a hit in the face of a much larger second wave of the COVID-19...
EurAsian Region
GRU vs KGB: Russia’s Lesser-Known Spy Agency That Outlasted The KGB & Still Calls The Shots
The GRU, a lesser-known Russian intelligence agency that outlasted the KGB after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has been in the limelight in...
EurAsian Region
US, Finland Discuss Countering Russian Threat In The Euro-Atlantic
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto have addressed the necessity to uphold sustained unity to counter Russia in the Euro-Atlantic...
South Asia
UK’s Massive Naval Fleet Equipped With F-35 Jets To Hold Drills With India, Japan
India will hold joint war games with the UK Royal Navy's largest Carrier Battle Group since 1982, led by the mighty HMS Queen Elizabeth,...
Asia Pacific
As Border Tensions Escalate With India, China Deploys ‘Combined Air Defense System’ Near The Indian Border — Reports
Amid tensions with India, the Chinese PLA Army & Air Force have for the first time set up a combined air defense system somewhere...
Europe
Japan Plans Joint Naval Drills With UK During Royal Fleet’s Visit – Defense Minister
Japan is planning to hold joint naval drills with the United Kingdom during the upcoming visit of the Royal Navy strike group headed by...
Europe
Turkish Nationalist Party Calls For Activating S-400 Missiles After US Recognizes Armenian Genocide
The leader of Turkey's right-wing Nationalist Movement Party, Devlet Bahceli, on Tuesday, called on the government to put the Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems...
EurAsian Region
Can India Partner Russia In Its Space Station Project As Roscosmos Mulls Withdrawing From The ISS?
As Russia plans to pull out of the US-dominated International Space Station (ISS) amid rising tensions with Western nations, will it open up opportunities...
World
Two Diplomatic Staff Of US Consulate Succumb To Covid-19 In India; Hundreds Infected: CNN
Due to the looming Covid-19 crisis in India, two locally employed staff members of the US consulate have succumbed to disease and more than...
EurAsian Region
Can French Rafale Jets, Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drones Protect Ukraine From A Potential Russian Invasion?
As the Russian Air Force had deployed its powerful jets including Su-30SMs, Su-35Ss, along with Su-34s and Su-24 strike aircraft, can French Dassault Rafale...
EurAsian Region
Did Ukraine Try To Smuggle S-300 Missile Parts Amid Flaring Russia-Ukraine Tensions?
Amid Russia-Ukraine tensions, a Russian court has handed an alleged Ukrainian spy a 10-year prison sentence for his attempt to smuggle spare parts of...
Americas
Pentagon Says No Changes In US-Turkey Defense Relations While Ankara Fumes Over ‘Armenian Genocide’ Recognition
The rift between NATO allies, the US and Turkey, seems to have further widened with Washington reopening old wounds about the 1915 'mass murder'...
Americas
Jeff Bezos vs Elon Musk: Bezos’ Blue Origin Protests $3B US Lunar Lander Contract Given To Musk’ SpaceX
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, two of the wealthiest people on the planet are pitted against each other over NASA's Lunar contract.
Blue Origin, owned...
EurAsian Region
Russia Awaits Clarification From Czech Republic, Bulgaria & Ukraine On Storage Of Anti-Personnel Mines in Vrbetice – Zakharova
Russia is awaiting clarification from the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Ukraine on the storage of anti-personnel mines in Vrbetice bypassing the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban...
