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133482
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As the world entered the last couple of decades of the 20th century, the sharply differing views and reactions of India and the United States (US) to unfolding global and regional events had brought bilateral relations to almost the nadir of the Nixon years. As James Heitzman and Robert L. Worden, the Washington-based editors of India: A Country Study have recorded (http://www.countrystudies.us/india/134.htm), "In the 1980s the Indian and United States governments had divergent views on a wide range of international issues, including Afghanistan, Cambodia, the Middle East, and Central America. Serious differences also remained over the US policy toward Pakistan and the issue of nuclear proliferation. India was repeatedly incensed in the Eighties when the US provided advanced military technology and other assistance to Pakistan despite the US' concerns about Pakistan's covert nuclear programme. For its part, Washington continued to urge New Delhi to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and, after the successful test launch of the Indian Agni intermediate-range ballistic missile in May 1989, called on New Delhi to refrain from developing a ballistic missile capability by adhering to the restrictions of the Missile Technology Control Regime". This unhappy prelude makes the vibrancy of the India-US bilateral defence relationship in general (and the maritime relationship in particular) over the very next decade all the more striking.
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133485
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With the State Assembly elections round the corner, mainstream political parties and separatists here are gearing up with their respective agendas. Many new political equations and alliances are expected to come to the fore in the upcoming polls, in Jammu and Kashmir, slated at the end of this year.
The contest will be close for several stalwarts and many new faces will emerge on the political horizon of the state. Though bijli, pani and sadak (electricity, water and roads) will remain the main focus of the election manifesto of several political parties, resolution of Kashmir issue, abrogation of Article 370 (that provides special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir) and rehabilitation for Kashmiri Pandits will find equal importance on their respective agendas. Prof. Farooq Fayaz, a prominent historian, author and director Academic Staff College, University of Kashmir, observes that apart from focusing on good governance, all political parties have their own roadmaps to follow
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133504
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2014.
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I spent about a third of my three decade-long innings with the Indian Navy on training jobs. These included what was called Sub of the Gun or being the nursemaid to freshly inducted direct entry acting sub lieutenants on the training ship INS Cauvery, command of the cadet training ship INS Beas and Commandant of the Naval Academy at INS Mandovi. The primary task during the first two tenures listed was to make the trainees' experience the basics of seafaring on their first exposure to a ship and the sea, or provide them with their - 'sea legs' - in nautical parlance.
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133502
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2014.
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At a time when incidents at the Indo-Pakistan border make it to the headlines every day, there is hardly any reportage on the other important border, the Indo-Bangladesh border. The recent director general level talks between Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was one such event which didn't find much mention in the newspapers. The Delhi edition of this biannual event saw the participation of delegations from both sides and issues related to effective border management were discussed.
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133492
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2014.
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Allegations of payment of bribes forced the Indian government to scrap the helicopter deal with AgustaWestland, a British subsidiary of Italian firm Finmeccanica early this year. Aware of India's penchant for blacklisting foreign vendors, it was feared that the government would abrogate all dealings with the company.
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133496
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2014.
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More and more precision guided weapons are making their way to the inventory of India's armed forces as part of modernisation and acquisition programmes. The Indian Air Force (IAF) already has a bewildering inventory of precision weapons sourced from Russia, Europe, Israel and the US. Apart from munitions that have already been selected by the armed forces, new developments continue to push the envelope when it comes to the next generation of precision guided weapons.
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133503
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2014.
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The month of May saw a landslide victory of not only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha polls but also the triumph of the spirit called 'NaMo' (as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known by the masses).
The change, not just in administration but ideology, is critical at a juncture when India has become an important power to reckon with. It's now increasingly being believed that her foreign relations would determine the course of diplomacy in the world.
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133497
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2014.
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With the new government's emphasis on the defence modernisation, Indian Army's long awaited procurements like Tactical Communication Systems (TCS) and Battlefield Management System (BMS) could see light of the day very soon. Although the focus so far has been on the weapon platforms, the new government must soon realise that communication systems have been lagging far behind. Better Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems (C4I2SR) are the need of the hour for the armed forces, especially the Indian Army.
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133501
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2014.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft concludes its incredible 680 million km journey this month, which began when the Mars Obiter was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) at Sriharikota in November last year.
In a post on its Facebook page, in the last week of August, ISRO announced that its Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft was just 9 million km away from Mars. ISRO scientists have already begun preparations for the moment of truth for the mission; when the spacecraft is released into Mars Orbit.
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133493
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2014.
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The use of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is increasing with growing threat perceptions. New UAVs are being used in operations and more advanced designs are on the drawing board. Although the Indian Air Force (IAF) uses several unmanned platforms for surveillance operations, it lacks the strength in tactical UAVs, especially when it comes to precision strike capabilities. For a long time, there was a proposal for the IAF to purchase Harop Loitering Munitions System from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The proposal has been delayed for years now, and with the new government's dedication to speed up the slow pace of IAF modernisation, the procurement seems to be coming of age.
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133500
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2014.
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It is well established that the Indian aviation sector has shown robust growth over the last decade and continues to offer significant potential for further growth in the coming years.
Aviation is a key infrastructure sector that is instrumental in the economy's development. It increases the pace of urbanisation and technology enhancement that leads to employment opportunities.
India continues to add more than 10 million people on an average to the workforce every year. Millions of people are migrating to urban centres in one of the largest urban exodus in human history. These megatrends, coupled with infrastructure investments and the advent of low cost airlines, are some of the key drivers of growth in travel and aviation sectors.
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133499
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2014.
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The Indian civil aviation sector is slowly coming out of the gloom that enveloped the sector over the last few years. The new government, while seized of the issues that beset the sector as a whole, faces an unenviable task in getting the civil aviation sector back on the road to good health.
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2014.
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A few months into his retirement as director, Intelligence Bureau, FORCE met Ajit Doval in the autumn of 2005 for an informal overview on India's internal health. As an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer part of several counter-insurgency campaigns across states (and many times incognito), Doval was reputed to have both the ground and top-down perspectives of things that ailed India.
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133484
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2014.
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Even before the Gurez valley could leave us completely awed by its breathtaking beauty, we were warned. "There might be friendly fire. Our troops can shoot you if they think your movement is unusual," we were told by the adjutant of the J&K Rifles posted in Dawar town. Friendly fire, a euphemism for shooting at sight, was the most used term there by the armed forces. The reality then hit us hard. We were in Kashmir and that too very close to the Pakistan border. So close that we could hear gunshots if fired. Freedom suddenly seemed like a rare privilege. We were asked not to camp anywhere, told not to walk in the dark, restrained to go near the river late in the evening. Our every move was carefully watched; everywhere we went, we were looked at with suspicion. 'Respect all, suspect all', read one Indian Army signpost near Dawar town.
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133498
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2014.
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The goal of achieving self-reliance in defence manufacture has got a renewed thrust with the recent enhancement in the FDI limit from 26 per cent to 49 per cent. That India has the unenviable distinction of being the biggest importer of military equipment in the world reflects poorly on a country that aspires to great power status. As a 'net security provider' in the Indian Ocean' it is also a core strategic vulnerability.
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