The Tawang Monastery. (Photo by Rajat Chakraborty/Unsplash.)Arunachal Pradesh – which is also called the “land of dawn-lit mountains” – is the 24th state of India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (N...
While the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War between Indian-Mukti Bahini forces and the Pakistani military has always been easy to remember for our resounding victory over our archenemy, the India-China border conflict of 1962 has always been difficult t...
Maj Gen Alok Naresh during the inauguration of the camp. Imphal: Major General Alok Naresh, the inspector general of the Assam Rifles (South), inaugurated the first-of-its-kind skill-development centre at a “suspension of operations”...
The India-Tibet border with disputed territories marked in yellow. India and China never shared a common border until China annexed Tibet, a process it started in 1950. This brought the dragon right to our doorstep. With its annexation of Tibet,...
Taliban fighters riding a Humvee left by US forces, in Kabul.Afghanistan is transitioning from one crisis to another. Strategically located at the crossroads of the old silk route connecting the east with the west, Afghanistan and India have a strong...
New Delhi: The teams of scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) celebrated ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’, commemorating 75 years of India’s Independence, in villages of border areas.The scientists from Defence...
Ladakh: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) completed the construction of world’s highest road in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 19,300 feet, the ministry of defence said in a statement Wednesday."The road at Umlingla Pass constructed at...
New Delhi: Despite logistics and manpower issues caused by the second wave of pandemic, shipments of engineering goods remained robust in the month of May, 2021.“Like previous two months, exports of engineering goods saw a substantial year-on-y...
Funeral pyres burning at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation of coronavirus victims in New Delhi.As the Covid monster has been devastating human lives and national economies unabated across the world, I may infer th...
New Delhi: In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has commissioned Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Sajag constructed by Goa shipyard limited through d...