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Army Chief reviews India’s security preparedness
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on Wednesday carried out a comprehensive review of India's military preparedness along the borders with China and Pakistan besides possible…
Chinese FM Wang meets Pak counterpart Qureshi; cautions against emergence of “bloc confrontation” in Asia
Beijing, Mar 30 (PTI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in his talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday cautioned against the emergence of "bloc confrontation" in Asia…
Taiwan studying Ukraine war tactics, discussing with U.S.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry has set up a working group to study the tactics of the war in Ukraine, including how the country has been able to hold…
US President Biden to host special ASEAN summit; set to discuss Indo-Pacific strategy
Washington, Mar 30 (PTI) US President Joe Biden has announced that he will host a special summit of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian countries here this spring,…
‘We demand an explanation!’ Shanghai residents vent COVID lockdown irritation
By Engen Tham and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Frustrated and locked down, residents of Shanghai have taken to social media to vent, questioning the practicality of persisting with China's…
China hosts Russia, U.S. officials for talks on Afghanistan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui, where China was set to host two…
Chinese, Russian foreign ministers meet in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui, state broadcaster CGTN reported. Lavrov and…
US Deputy NSA set to travel to Delhi this week ahead of ‘2+2’ talks
New Delhi, Mar 29 (PTI) US Deputy National Security Adviser Daleep Singh, known to be a key architect of Washington's punitive economic sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine,…
Biden unveils annual budget with largest investments in America’s national security history; DoD priorities China as its ‘pacing challenge’
Washington, Mar 28 (PTI) US President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a whopping USD 5.8 trillion annual budget proposal that calls for the largest investments in the country’s national security…
Philippines, U.S. hold biggest military exercises in seven years
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines and the United States kicked off on Monday their biggest joint military drills since 2015, underscoring improved defence ties after President Rodrigo Duterte had scaled…
Russia-China relations at strongest level ever, says Lavrov
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said Russia's relations with China were at their strongest level ever, at a time when Western nations are seeking to isolate…
Sardar KM Panikkar : A Maritime Visionary
A great historian, statesman, educationist, diplomat, journalist and bilingual writer, Kavalam Madhava Panikkar (1895-1963) has been consigned to history as having given the wrong advice to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru…
By TP Sreenivasan
