In this article, senior journalist Vinay Kumar says the C-295 Airbus-Tata JV is a giant leap for the Indian aircraft-manufacturing industry as it will push other private players to manufacture aircraft in India and will create an ecosystem of ancillary firms and a highly skilled workforce. Read More

In this article, senior journalist Vinay Kumar writes that with Rishi Sunak as the new prime minister of the United Kingdom, India can be hopeful of deepening trade and strategic ties with Britain and gives his reasons for the same. Read More

In this op-ed, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) laments the Indian Army’s gradual crumbling as an institution in the face of political pressure, the latest being the Army leadership’s lack of resistance against the “decolonization” proposals. Read More

In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) writes why it is not proper to “celebrate” the Kargil Vijay Diwas. Instead, he argues that the occasion must be observed as a solemn remembrance to those soldiers killed or maimed in the war, where India gained nothing. Read More

In this article on Indian Navy’s submarine shortfall, Seema Chowdhury raises red flags on how the long delays in executing our submarine-building projects are harming our national security. She also presents possible solutions on how this can be fixed somewhat. Read More

In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) writes how the current smear campaign against our armed forces, short-changing them on OROP, and the implementation of the Agnipath-Agniveer scheme has eroded the sheen of a career in the Indian military. Read More

In this op-ed, Shishu Ranjan assails the #Agnipath recruitment scheme and discusses the ramifications it will have on our national security and society. He said, “We maintain defence forces for our national security and expenditure on such maintenance can’t be left to half-baked policies on the name of reforms.” Read More

In his second article on the Agnipath scheme, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) says the government must come clean on pushing through it. He also raises several questions on the scheme and the fate of those Agniveers released after four years. Read More

In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) wonders how the Agnipath recruitment scheme in the Indian military will work out favourably for the armed forces as well as the Agniveers, who will not know the true sense of “Naam, Namak, Nishan” Read More

In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) writes how the government’s backtracking of its OROP promise has left a sense of betrayal among our military veterans. Read More