Chinese FDI Investments: India is not moving ahead of a huge backlog of Chinese investment proposals, even while Beijing tries to sound of the Centre of the monumental delays. Pending proposals range from everything starting from power to telecom, electronics and even the financial sector.  Even existing Chinese partnerships are facing a huge problem.  These ...

Tejas fighter planes: On Wednesday, India took one of the key decisions to strengthen its defences, by providing a go-ahead for the acquisition of Tejas fighter plane’s deal worth about Rs 48,000 crore. The deal for 83 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, to be purchased by the Indian Air Force, was approved by Cabinet Committee on ...

Chinese Soldiers: Chinese soldiers dressed in civilian clothes have been spotted at Changthang village in Ladakh. They were subsequently pushed away by ITBP personnel and civilians.  A week back, India and China came on the same level ground talking about respecting the sovereignty of the borders. In a media statement Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) ...

India-China WMCC meet: Despite the India-China Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) meeting to resolve the ongoing border issue, the stand-off between the neighbouring countries continues. Neither of the nation has taken back its troops from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at eastern Ladakh border, adding to the existing tension. An open source intelligence ...

House Panel meeting: On Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla stating that he was not permitted to talk freely at the House Panel meeting on Defense. In his letter, Gandhi urged the Speaker to ensure that the right to speak freely of MP’s in parliamentary meetings ...

India drops two spots: As per a recent report by UNDP, India slipped two ranks to 131 in the Human Development Index India slipped two spots on the 2020 Human Development Index to 131 among 189 countries worldwide. As per a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday, Asia’s third-largest economy ...

Indo-Pacific Expansion: Russia has accused India of entering the Indo-Pacific group, as a way to cut out China and this has been encouraged solely by the Western countries. In its response, the Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava carefully explained India’s position.  India entered the Indo-Pacific was its way on expanding its reach to newer ...

Kremlin Blames The West: Russia thinks West has a strategy in place that India can play anti-China games. An affirmative statement was made at the general meeting of the state-run think tank Russian International Affairs Council recently, where Sergey Lavrov also accused Western powers of trying to undermine Russia’s ties with India. Russia is in ...

The Chinese BRI: In its attempt to show retaliation against China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), India did not attend a meeting with the other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The Centre has been opposing it because a large part of the BRI runs through the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).  BRI or the ...

Anti-drone system: Indian armed forces are going to get DRDO-made anti-drone systems to tackle potential aerial threat  The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has deputed state-owned aerospace and defence company Bharat Electronics as its leading agency to develop and manufacture the anti-drone system for the armed forces in India.  The DRDO has been successful ...