Beijing: China has installed an unmanned automatic weather observation station near its border between Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet, to support its army in the event of a live fire conflict with India. Beijing has plans to set up more such facilities in future in the plateau bordering India. Media reports[Read More…]
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Vice-president Hamid Ansari warns against ‘sanctification of military might’, insecurity of minorities
Vice-president, Hamid Ansari warned against ‘a trend towards sanctification of military might’, and expressed concerns over ‘enhanced apprehensions of insecurity amongst segments of our citizen body, particularly Dalits, Muslims and Christians.’ On Sunday, while delivering his final address as vice-president at the 25th annual convocation of the National Law School[Read More…]
Trump says he’d meet Kim Jong Un if conditions are right
Despite the tension over NorthKorea’s nuclear weapons programme, US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Kim Jong Un if the circumstances were right. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honoured to do it,” Mr Trump said Monday[Read More…]
India fifth largest military spender in 2016, says report
India was the fifth largest military spender in 2016. India’s military expenditure for 2016-17 was $55.9 billion, according to a report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). For 2017-18, the Union Budget allocated a defence budget of Rs. 3,59,854.12 crore (US$ 53.5 billion) to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).[Read More…]
India- Russia to ink 18 agreements during Putin’s Goa visit
India and Russia are likely to ink almost 18 agreements on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Goa for the 17th India-Russia annual summit meet on Saturday. The main areas of concern will be Defence and nuclear cooperation and Putin is likely to inaugurate the third and fourth units of the Kudankulam[Read More…]