The Trikand is the 2nd-last foreign surface ship acquisition by the Indian Navy. The induction of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (nee Admiral Gorshkov) will be the last surface ship acquired by the Indian Navy from abroad.
After The Hindu‘s Anita Joshua, the PTI reporter in Islamabad, Rezaul Hasan Laskar, has been denied a visa extension by Pakistan, which said he has spent seven years there when the usual tenure is three years. With this, neither country will now have any reporter based in each others’ capital. The last Pakistani journalist to have worked in India was Javed Jadoon of Radio Pakistan, who left in 2011.
South Block is upset over events in Qatar where the Taliban betrayed the presumption of having secured international recognition, and has reserved for Kerry the frostiest reception accorded to a visiting US Secretary of State in recent times.
Noting the Indian rupee crash, FICCI’s Secretary General, Dr A. Didar Singh, wrote to Defense Minister AK Antony criticizing the failure of the DPP 2013 to create a ‘level playing field’ for Indian private industry.
Foreign Affairs Editor, Archis Mohan, narrates how the battle for the position of India’s foreign secretary is to be decided by the government’s discomfort with the perceived proximity of S. Jaishankar to the United States, leaving the field open for Sujatha Singh.
The aircraft took off from the company’s manufacturing plant at Long Beach, California on June 11 and made several stops, including one at Barcelona, before it arrived in India.
A lawyer looks at the defense ministry reference of the Rank Pay issue to the Attorney General and explains why he lacks confidence that this will lead to an equitable resolution.
A blow by blow account of the loss of secret operational documents sent by IV Corps headquarters to 21 Mountain Division, the strange delay in the conduct of the ensuing inquiry, and the promotions and honors that followed.
These aircraft are part of a batch of 57 Hawks ordered jointly by the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force (IAF) for around 700 million pounds, the first 17 of which will go to the navy.
Check out the Indian Navy’s maritime reconnaissance IL-38 Sea Dragon, as Commander Amit Bansal and Commander Moksh of the Winged Stallions INAS 315 Squadron show you the ins and outs of the aircraft.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed the challenge filed by Israel Military Industries (IMI) to its blacklisting, saying there was no merit in its petition.
StratPost was invited to the annual Airbus Military Trade Media Briefing in Spain last week and, as it turned out, ended up getting a ride on the A400M. Read about the experience and check out all the pictures.
A lecturer at Yale Law School gives perspective on the administration of military justice in India and the role and impact of the Armed Forces Tribunal, suggesting interesting new measures to improve the justice delivery system.
