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Operation Sahayata: Indian Navy Extends Support during Africa’s Hour of Need
April 2 , 2019 Dr Neha Sinha
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In the aftermath of the Category 4 Cyclone 'IDAI' that lashed Mozambique, the cyclone moved further deep into the continent causing enormous destruction and swamping the people of Zimbabwe and Malawi. ...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : IDAI cyclone , Indian Navi in Mozambique

Bull’s Eye - Chak De India
April 1 , 2019 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
Commentary Views: 3338
27 March, 2019 will go down as the most memorable day of this decade when India demonstrated an indigenous and operational Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) System, the fourth nation to do so in the worl...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Indian space technology , India’s ASAT

The ASAT Test of 27 March 2019
April 1 , 2019 Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, PhD
Article Views: 3253
India has finally done an Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) test. This was overdue as a demonstration of India’s capability – and that demonstration was done in the context of technologies of present day...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Indian ASAT , India’s successful ASAT test

A-SAT Missile Test: A Testimony to India's Growing Military and Scientific Prowess
March 30 , 2019 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Commentary Views: 2822
India's successful conduct of ‘Mission Shakti’ - an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile test - on March 27, 2019 is testimony to its growing military and scientific prowess. The test entailed the destruction...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : India's anti-satellite missile , Mission Shakti

Brexit, EU and future of Regional Integration
March 29 , 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3947
The EU Summit on 21st March decided to extend the Brexit dead-line beyond 29th March. However, it set two dead-lines instead of one. A slightly longer dead-line of 22nd May is in case British Parliamen...

Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Brexit , UK-EU Brexit deal

Quad Initiatives against Terrorism
March 29 , 2019 Aayush Mohanty
Article Views: 6981
The idea of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), floated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007, was for Japan to work together with the US, India and Australia to enhance the values of democr...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Quad in Indo-Pacific , Quad on terrorism

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