Monthly Archives: April, 2021
World
US President Joe Biden Pledges Full Support To India Amid COVID-19 Crisis
US President Joe Biden vowed to work closely with India as the world's largest democracy fights a dangerous spike in coronavirus infections.
During a telephone...
Asia Pacific
India-China Border Standoff: Did China Trick India Into Giving Away Advantageous Position Near Pangong Lake?
Two months after India and China disengaged around the Pangong Tso in Eastern Ladakh and 'ending' the border standoff, talks have not progressed between...
EurAsian Region
Putin Signs Decree On Military Training Call-Up for Russia’s Reservists
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on a call-up for military training for the reservists, the document was published on the official legal...
India-Pakistan News
Indian Army’s Arjun Mk-1 Alpha Tanks ‘Desert-Storms’ India-Pakistan Border; Tests Firing Capability
The Indian Army demonstrated the combat capabilities of its Arjun Mk-1 Alpha tanks in a live-fire exercise at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in...
Americas
How India & US Ended The Impasse Over Covid-19 Vaccine Material Supply
The US has softened its stand on the export of COVID-19 vaccine raw materials and promised to help India to tackle the fast-spreading pandemic....
Health
American Help Reaches India As New Delhi Struggles To Battle Covid-19 Crisis
Amid the uncontrollable Covid-19 crisis in India, oxygen concentrators arrived in the capital Delhi from the United States.
Union Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, in a...
South Asia
India Now The Third Biggest Defense Spender With $72.9B Budget Ahead Of Russia & The UK: SIPRI
India has emerged as the third biggest defense spender trailing behind the United States and China, according to SIPRI.
Meanwhile, global military spending increased by...
Expert Reviews
IT Powerhouse India ‘Very Weak’ In Cyber Warfare Capabilities; Highly Susceptible To Chinese Virus Attacks- Experts
India’s CDS on April 7 warned that China was capable of launching cyber-attacks against India and was even superior in cyber technology.
“We know China...
Europe
As India & France Commence Varuna Naval Drills, Mystery Deepens Over UAE’s ‘Absence’
Is the UAE part of the Varuna Naval Drills 2021? As India and France commence their annual joint naval exercise, the 19th in the...
EurAsian Region
Russian Soyuz Rocket With OneWeb Satellites Blasts Off From Vostochny Spacepor
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with 36 British OneWeb communications satellites has been successfully launched from the Vostochny spaceport.
The rocket blasted off from the...
World
Bangladesh Suspends AstraZeneca Vaccination Drive As Covid-19 Cases Surge In India
Bangladesh has decided to suspend administering the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine amid uncertainty over the timely arrival of shipments from India, an...
Middle East
Oxygen Tank Explodes At Hospital, At Least 82 Killed – Ministry
The death toll from a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in the Iraqi capital Baghdad rose to 82 patients, according to the Iraqi Interior...
EurAsian Region
Chinese Analyst Compares J-20 With Su-57 Jet; Says Need To Learn A Lot From Russian Stealth Fighters
Chinese analysts are skeptical about the Russian Su-57 fighter jet, but at the same time are not shy from admitting that they could learn...
Asia Pacific
China To Launch Its Lunar Mission – Chang’e 6 By 2024 – Chief Designer
China plans to launch the Chang'e 6 lunar mission to study the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon and collect...
Asia Pacific
China On-Course To Make ‘Trillion Dollar’ F-35 Jets Useless With Its Stealth Detecting Radars
China is all set to get advanced radars capable of detecting stealth fighter jets such as US F-35 as well as drones and even...
Asia Pacific
Indian Army Eyes ‘Mountain Tanks’ That Can Counter Chinese Swarm Drones & Its T-15 Tanks
The Indian Army looks to acquire 350 indigenous light tanks that can easily maneuver at high-altitude battlefields and could rival the much-publicized Chinese T-15...
South Asia
Indian Soldiers On High Alert Near India-China Border As Another Calamity Strikes The Region
A glacier burst in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, close to the India-China border, has put the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on high alert.
In February,...
Americas
Breather For India; US Not Going Anywhere Even After Sep-11 Pullout From Afghanistan – Experts
US military operations such as counter-terror and intelligence gathering missions will continue in Afghanistan even after the troop pullout by September 11, according to...
Americas
India’s QUAD Ally US Sends ‘Sympathy’, But ‘Adversary’ China Offers Support To Fight Covid-19 Crisis
As India struggles to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, its QUAD ally -- the US -- has nothing more to offer than "deepest sympathy". Interestingly,...
Americas
Why Turkey’s Expulsion From F-35 Fighter Jet Program Could Cost The US Dearly?
As Turkey formally leaves the F-35 fighter jet program following US sanctions, its contribution to cheaper product parts will also cease to exist. This...
