- 15 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityIndian Army
Army chief visits Eastern Army Command; reviews operational preparedness
New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane visited the Eastern Command of the Army on Wednesday and reviewed its operational preparedness. The Kolkata-headquartered Eastern Command…
Army announces Chair of Excellence at USI in memory of Gen Rawat
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday announced setting up of a 'Chair of Excellence' in memory of India's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen…
China’s Growing Defence Exports – Implications & Options For India
The conflict in Ukraine will have a huge impact on global arms trade. Russia would have consumed a large amount of weapons and would need to replenish them. In view…
By Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd)
After OROP, Time to Make Indian Defence Pensions Tax Exempt
The President’s Commission order given to each Gentleman Cadet (GC) before he passes out from the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun and the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai to become…
By Lt Col JS Sodhi (Retd)
India’s Nuclear Policy – Advocating No ‘No First Use’
The Ukraine crisis has re-ignited the nuclear weapon debate once again. India’s most pervasive nuclear ‘news’ involved two breakthrough events – the nuclear tests of 1974 and 1998. The latter,…
By Jay Maniyar
MoD signs contract worth 1075 crore with M/s BEL for the supply of 957 Commander Thermal Imager cum Day Sights for T-90 Tanks
Providing a further boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government of India in the Defence Sector, the Acquisition Wing of the Ministry of Defence has today signed…
Atmanirbhar Bharat 2022: A Report Card on Defence Modernisation
A lot has been spoken and written on Atmanirbhar Bharat in recent times. There was a lot of fanfare associated with the Make-in-India campaign wherein a number of defence reforms…
By Maj Gen (Dr) Rajan Kochhar (Retd)
Can a Pulwama or an Uri Occur Again?
February appears to be a month of anniversaries of events in J&K. On 14 February was the third anniversary of the IED attack near Pulwama on a CRPF bus bringing…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Historic Visit of Lieutenant General Fahd Bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair, Commander Royal Saudi Land Forces To India
In a historic and landmark visit, the Commander of the Royal Saudi Land Forces, Lieutenant General Fahd Bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair, arrived in India on 14 February 2022. This is…
The New-Breed of Protected Mobility Vehicles– Do They Fit the Bill?
While the Future Infantry Combat Vehicle ( FICV) Program of the Indian Army (IA) (earlier covered in detail @ https://chanakyaforum.com/indias-futuristic-infantry-combat-vehicle/) aims to make the mechanized forces self-sufficient in tracked Infantry…
By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)
Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw Too Deserved a Farewell with Honour
On 06 February 2022 as the nation mourned the passing away of Lata Mangeshkar who apart from a well-known singer of international repute was also an awardee of Bharat Ratna,…
By Lt Col JS Sodhi (Retd)
Himalayan avalanche traps Indian Army patrol team near China border
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Himalayan avalanche trapped a patrol team of seven Indian Army personnel in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh near China on Sunday and they have…
