2017 ,
The F-35 should be, and almost certainly will be, the last manned strike fighter aircraft the Department of the Navy will ever buy or fly. – Ray Mabus, US Secretary...
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2017 ,
Some Sri Lankan economists had privately told me in 2011 that their country will find it difficult to repay the massive loan of USD 8 billion at an interest rate...
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2017 ,
The belligerent rhetoric from Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un is causing serious concern. While a war appears rather unlikely as neither side can afford it, it cannot be completely ruled...
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2017 ,
Two months have elapsed since the eruption of the eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation on the cold, deserted plateau of Doklam on the India Bhutan China tri-junction in the Sikkim sector. The standoff...
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2017 ,
It is almost two months since Indian and Chinese soldiers became locked in a standoff at Doklam in the Sikkim Sector. The faceoff was triggered when a team of the...
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2017 ,
On celebrating its “army day” on 16 March 2017, a United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA – I) statement lauded the success of joint operations carried out with...
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2017 ,
On 31 July 1997, the Central Hall of the China World Hotel in Beijing was all decked up to host a banquet dinner to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the...
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2017 ,
The 13th five-year defence plan (2017-22) envisages an allocation of Rs 26,83,924 crore for the armed forces.1 This includes Rs 13,95,271 crore under the revenue segment and the remainder for...
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2017 ,
The Framework Agreement for Naga settlement was initialled on 3 August 2015 by Thuingaleng Muivah, leader of the Nationalist Council of Nagalim (Issac Swu– Thuingaleng Muivah) (NSCN: IM) and R.N....
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2017 ,
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt had listed 13 demands on June 23, 2017, warning that there would be serious consequences if Qatar failed to yield by...
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