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Architecture in Success of a Strategic Platform : Lesson from Arihant
November 19 , 2018 Vice Adm Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
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The Programme INS Arihant Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN), which completed its ‘deterrence patrol’ recently and was commended by the Prime Minister, is a three decades old pursuit of a survi...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Arihant SSBN , Defence programmes

Arihant to India’s defence: Nuclear triad is now fully operational and provides us with credible strategic deterrence
November 19 , 2018 General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM
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Monday, 5 November 2018, was indeed a red letter and historic day in the history of India’s security paradigm when a visibly proud Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the completion of a maiden ‘deterrent patrol’ by INS Arihant, India’s first indigenously built nuclear ballistic missile submarine.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Arihant , Indian Navy , INS Arihant , Nuclear Triad

Transcript of the full speech of Shri S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF on 'State of the Economy: India and the World' delivered at VIF on 15 Nov 2018
November 19 , 2018 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
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Professor Roger Moser, who says India is a second home, was partnering with me in discussions today on employing technology which is already developed. This is a new area of development all over the world.

Economic Studies

Tags : economy , Gurumuthy , RBI , World Economy

The Trinity Of Power
November 19 , 2018 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 15289
INS Arihant will enable India to assert its rights on water, besides land and air. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on November 5 that India’s first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powere...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Indian Navy , INS Arihant

मालदीव: लोकतंत्र की जीत
November 16 , 2018 Dr Sreeradha Datta
Article Views: 17410
चुनाव अचंभे में डालते ही हैं। मालदीव में 23 सितंबर, 2018 को हुए राष्ट्रपति चुनाव इतिहास में ऐसे चुनावों के रूप में दर्ज हो जाएंगे, जिन्होंने बड़े अचंभे में ही नहीं डाला बल्कि ऐसा जबरदस्त उलटफेर भी कर दिय...

Maldives, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , मालदीव में साजिश , मालदीव राष्ट्रपति चुनाव

Public Call for Independence - What it Means for Taiwan
November 15 , 2018 Dr Gunjan Singh
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It would be an understatement to say that a lot has happened and is happening across the Taiwan Straits. The relationship between Taiwan and China has been strained since the election of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen as the President in May 2016 and her refusal to acknowledge the 1992 consensus.

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chinese hard-line on Taiwan , Taiwan-China relations

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