Diplomatic parleys to diffuse the situation between India and China in eastern Ladakh are being carried out with great urgency. Towards this end, the sixth virtual meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs was held on October, 01. The thrust was to take forward the “five-point consensus” between foreign […]
Global Times – the obnoxious headquarter of Chinese Information warfare.
In the world of today, information has been identified as the biggest asset; it is utilized by Nations for creating beneficial narratives on the one hand and dissension within inimical domains on the other. Authoritarian regimes are masters in the use and misuse of information. It is so because they can ensure full internal secrecy […]
Shimla Agreement: Indian negotiation was naive and strategically compromised
On 29 August, 1972, the final agreement between India and Pakistan based on the Shimla Summit between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was signed by the two chief negotiators, Parmeshwar Narain Haksar of India and Aziz Ahmed of Pakistan. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi held the Shimla Summit with President […]
Kashmir: A timely lid has been put upon the fallacy of ‘Azaadi’
As the situation turns for the better in Jammu and Kashmir with reorganization of the state into two Union Territories and abrogation of Article 370, there arises a need to look at the, by now, failed concept of “Azaadi” (Freedom) that had been propounded over decades by some self appointed leaders of the Kashmiri people. […]
Read the lips of Army Commander, Northern Command
On the eve of Kargil Vijay Divas, Lt. Gen. Y.K. Joshi, Army Commander, Northern Command, being one among the heroic commanding officers who led their units in the Kargil War in 1999, gave an interview to a television news channel, CNN News 18. It is notable here that 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, that Lt. […]