New Delhi: The government, on Tuesday, relaxed visa and travel restrictions for foreign journalists and their dependents, who left the country amid the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.The home ministry issued an order on Tuesday allowing journalists wi...
An Indian Army T-72 tank high in the Himalayas. Last week, we had Brigadier RJS Dhillon taking us north in a sharp but shallow offensive through Depsang, SSN (subsector north) and the Karakoram Pass in order to gain a bargaining advantage with t...
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Vande Bharat Mission, a total of 8,78,921 Indian nationals have been repatriated from different corners of the globe in the wake of Covid-19 lockdown.“Under Phase 4 of the Vande Bharat Mission, a total of 1083 flight...
New Delhi: The external affairs ministry of Thursday said that a total of 7,88,217 Indian nationals have returned so far from different parts of the globe under Vande Bharat Mission.“As on 22 July, 7,88,217 Indian nationals have returned.  ...
Representative photo from Creative Commons.“... somewhere, my love”War is about death. Death of the human body and humanity per se. Erik Maria Remarque in his epoch-making “All Quiet on the Western Front” got his lead characte...
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday concurrently accredited Indian Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf as the next Ambassador of India to the Principality of Monaco.The ministry of external affairs in a statement said, his residence will be in Paris.b...
India is witnessing a raging debate on the subject of permanent commission (PC) for women in the Army. The arguments range from the sexist to the feminist, with politically correct (PC) doublespeak in between.Can there be permanent commission for wom...
New Delhi: India and Germany have held virtual Foreign Secretary level consultations.Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and his German counterpart Miguel Berger discussed bilateral cooperation in various areas and exchanged views on regional an...
Indian Army’s Bofors 155mm artillery guns seen firing at Pakistani positions during the 1999 Kargil war. “If you don’t have enough artillery, quit.”— General Richard CavasosArtillery forms the backbone of any infant...
United Nations: India on Thursday got elected as a non-permanent member of the 15 member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) from the Asia-Pacific category for 2021-22 term. This is for the 8th time that India has been elected to UNSC.Among t...