Yearly Archives: 2020
Asia Pacific
Indian Elite Marine Commandos (MARCOS) Deployed In Ladakh As India-China Border Tensions Refuse To Die Down
In the latest development in the India-China border standoff, the Indian Navy has deployed its elite Marine Commandos (MARCOS) near Pangong Lake in Eastern...
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China Blames India & Pakistan For COVID-19 Pandemic; Gives Clean-Chit To Original Epicenter – Wuhan
A new study by Chinese researchers has now claimed that the COVID-19 virus originated in the summer of 2019 in "north-central India and Pakistan"...
Expert Reviews
Modified Version Of BrahMos Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Successfully Tested; Hits Target With Pinpoint Accuracy
The Russian Navy has once again test-fired its latest hypersonic anti-ship missile Zircon, also spelled as Tsirkon which is reported to be the advanced...
Asia Pacific
Japan’s Biggest Threats Aren’t China And North Korea, But A Challenging Issue Within Its Own Army
Japan's dwindling birthrate has now become a security threat as the Self Defense Forces (SDF) face challenges to recruit personnel for the air, maritime,...
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China Ends Western Nuclear Monopoly With Indigenous Hualong One Reactor – Chinese Media
The China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) claimed on Friday that its first Hualong One, a third-generation pressurized water nuclear reactor, was successfully connected to...
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India’s Ambitious Human Space Mission ‘Gaganyaan’ Gets A Big Boost With The Delivery Of S-200 Boosters
At a time when India’s human space mission, Gaganyaan, has seen repeated delays because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the recent delivery of the S-200...
Middle East
Normalization Of Ties Between Saudi Arabia And Israel Not Possible During King Salman’s Reign: Reports
After the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Sudan agreed to normalize their relations with long-standing enemy, Israel, through a peace deal brokered by...
Middle East
India Choking Pakistan In The Middle-East; After Saudi & UAE, Modi Govt Adds Bahrain To The List
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently concluded his two-day official visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. He had met Prince Salman bin Hamad...
Americas
What Is US’ Deadliest Submarine Killer – The P-8 Poseidon Doing At 15,000 Feet On India-China Border?
US-made Boeing P-8I Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, also known as ‘Submarine Killer’, has been deployed in Eastern Ladakh near the China border by the...
World
BrahMos Goes Global; After Indonesia, Brazil Could Arm Its Saab Gripen Jets With The ‘Lethal’ Missile
The BrahMos-NG is intended to be a mini-version of the existing BrahMos, being lighter and shorter while still having a range of about 300 km. It would be India’s premier air-to-surface missile and would arm most of its fighter fleet which includes the Su-30MKI, LCA Tejas, MiG-29UPG, MiG-29K, and even the Dassault Rafale.
EurAsian Region
US Super-Carrier Annihilator: Russia Test-Fires One Of The Fastest Anti-Ship Missiles On The Planet – The Zircon
The Russian Navy has again shown its latest hypersonic anti-ship missile Zircon (also spelled Tsirkon) in a test-fire from the Northern Fleet’s Admiral Gorshkov...
Asia Pacific
Seaplanes Set To Make A Comeback As China Threatens The US With Its Amphibious ‘Fish Dragon’
Decades ago, seaplanes proved their might during World War I for surveillance and reconnaissance. Not just that, seaplanes were later utilized for attacking enemy...
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Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Assassinated Near Tehran; Fingers Raised Towards Mossad
A senior scientist linked to the Iranian nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, was assassinated in Damavand, east of Tehran on Friday, multiple media outlets reported.
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Third Indian MiG-29 Crashes In A Year – Is It Time To Bid Adieu To Russian Jets & Welcome Western Fighters?
The Indian Navy said on Friday that a MiG-29K trainer aircraft had crashed in the Arabian Sea around 5 pm on Thursday. One pilot...
South Asia
Modi’s Trillion Dollar Baby: India Bets Big On Its Largest Govt-Funded Project – The Bullet Train
India is gearing up to build its first bullet train corridor covering 508 kilometers between Mumbai and Ahemdabad. The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited...
EurAsian Region
India, Russia To Showcase Their Naval Might In Joint Drills In Baltic Sea
The Russian and Indian navies are likely to conduct joint drills in the Baltic Sea sometime next year, according to Russian news agency TASS.
“During...
Expert Reviews
Why India Will Be A ‘Very Big Loser’ If Steps Like Chinese App Ban Continue?
The vociferation to boycott Chinese mobile apps seems to have become the new way to sensationalize nationalism in the country. India, on 25 November...
Americas
As China Slips In The Covid-19 Vaccine Race, Will Russia Eclipse The US & UK To Get The 1st Shot Out?
As the world continues to battle Covid-19, a study on the efficacy of Chinese Sinovac Biotech's vaccine, published in the British journal The Lancet,...
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#LoveJihad: Democratic India Plans To Combat ‘Love Jihad’ In An Attempt To Control Interfaith Marriages
Hindu right-wing has coined the term “love jihad”, to describe the marriage of a Hindu girl to a Muslim boy. They are accusing Muslim boys of luring Hindu women and then converting them to Islam.
