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Rahul BediIndian Express |
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: For over two decades, successive governments in New Delhi have proclaimed the United States as India’s “major...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: They are fast disappearing – one Gymkhana Club, one race course and one polo ground at a time, each a lingering...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: Few defence exports have attracted as much attention at home and abroad – or embodied as many geopolitical...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: Having recently assumed office as India’s third Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), recommissioned General N.S. Raja...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: Like his predecessors, India’s newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Dhiraj Seth, has sought to...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: Mounting uncertainty over India’s negotiations with the United States and General Electric (GE) over the F414...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: For more than a decade, successive BJP-led governments have championed Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant) in the...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: Away from the headlines surrounding aero engines, fighter aircraft, advanced unmanned aerial vehicles, missile...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: What was once hailed as one of the most consequential defence technology agreements between India and the United...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: India’s bureaucracy has long been a global leader in administrative innovation, as nowhere else can a government...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) recent tender issued to France’s Dassault Aviation and Safran Aircraft Engines...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The disappearance of the Jaipur Polo Ground from New Delhi’s public life marks more than just the loss of a...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: On June 23, when President Droupadi Murmu confers the Padma Shri for social service upon 88-year-old Inderjit...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Amid endless plans and discussions to modernise India’s military, one issue that receives far less attention...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Few countries have done more to unsettle successive US presidents than Iran. Remarkably, it achieved this...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: In a move aimed at sustaining the operational capability of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) legacy Anglo-French...
Listen to this article: The government’s recent takeover of the historic nearly century-old Jaipur Polo Ground in New Delhi passed off with...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The Indian Army’s recently introduced uniform regulations, widely understood to have been undertaken at the...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The recent dedication of a classroom at Aitchison College in Lahore to former alumnus Harcharan Singh Brar, the...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The latest addition to the ever-expanding catalogue of India-US defence cooperation initiatives – the Underwater...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: If there is one enduring feature of India’s defence procurement, it is the tendency of the Ministry of Defence...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: World Bicycle Day is a reminder of a simple truth: the cycle remains one of the most efficient, affordable and...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Every major Indian city has a social type that comes to define it: New Delhi has its politicians and power...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: On May 30, when United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue in...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Cyclists and pedestrians – among the most overlooked and vulnerable users of India’s roads, whether in cities,...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The Indian Navy will no doubt be jubilant that nearly three decades after it set in motion the concept that led to...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Amid growing concerns in the Indian Air Force (IAF) over Pakistan’s prospective acquisition of China’s...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The hoary French adage, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” – the more things change, the more...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Do you even recall the last time you simply arrived at somebody’s house unannounced? Not sent the now-obligatory...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The recent halving of a retired Indian Army officer’s monthly pension by military fiat over largely unproven...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The grounding of two RAF F-35B “Lightning II” naval variant fighters for over two months at Lajes Airport in...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The term ‘strategic’ has become the tadka, or heavily spiced seasoning, of modern discourse. It is liberally...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: A little-remembered, and often overlooked aspect of Pakistan’s founding history, is that it spent seven years...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) grand aerobatic display on May 11 over the Somnath Temple, in the presence of Prime...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The image of the United States (US) as the so-called indispensable global power is rapidly eroding, as...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Chandigarh, the “City Beautiful”, widely considered among India’s most liveable places, presents a...
Listen to this article: During my growing-up years in Punjab over seven decades ago, daleri – that intoxicating blend of self-assurance, humour,...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The appointment of Lieutenant General (Retd) N.S. Raja Subramani as India’s next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Yet again, India revived discussions earlier this week over the long-delayed transfer of the BrahMos cruise...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Service veterans have expressed unease over a senior Indian Army officer’s meeting with Union road and transport...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The commissioning of PNS Hangor, the first of eight Hangor-class air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: It is tempting – especially in sections of the media and some official commentary – to portray the imminent...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: Over the past several decades, the US has cultivated a mythology of military competence and moral clarity in its...
Listen to this article: New Delhi: With Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Germany to deepen defence ties, a stubborn reality overshadows the visit:...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The outcome of India’s Atmanirbhar or indigenous military aviation ambitions is determined less by design...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Unquestioning media portrayals of the recent technical agreement between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: Everlasting investigations by successive governments into numerous alleged corruption cases in material...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The contrast between Indian and Pakistani diplomatic styles –currently unfolding in the ongoing Islamabad talks...
Listen to this article: The recent commissioning of INS Aridhaman, the Indian Navy’s (Indian Navy) third indigenously designed Arihant-class...
Listen to this article: Chandigarh: India’s quest for military airpower dominance continues to be undermined by its most enduring weakness –...