Chief of Army Staff General #ManojPande said that the border with China requires constant, close monitoring as it could lead to a broader conflict. On March 27, the Army Chief gave a speech at the second Strategic Dialogue on...
...‘Rise of China and its Implications for the World’, organised by Savitribai Phule Pune University and the #NewDelhi based Centre for China Analysis and Strategy. He further said that “I think the most important aspect of our operational environment remains... #indiavschina
...our legacy challenges of the unsettled and disputed borders. Pockets of dispute and contested claims to the territory continue to exist due to differing perceptions of the alignment of the #LAC . Transgressions remain the potential trigger for escalations.” #IndianArmy#Modi
“As we all know, we have agreements/protocols (signed in) 1993, 1996, 2005, and 2013 in the military domain to maintain peace and tranquillity on the LAC. Of concerns remain the violations of these by China with their attempt to carry out transgressions across the LAC.”
India will take the risk of confronting China on a broader geostrategic chessboard by tilting more towards the US and its Western allies because of the obvious military inequality. Chinese efforts to encircle India in South Asia and the Indian Ocean will also be amped...
...up in an effort to lessen its geopolitical power. Finally, and most significantly, given the Chinese military advantage, there may be more instances of incursions into Indian-claimed territory, increasing the likelihood of a dangerous escalation between the two superpowers.
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As we observe Holocaust Remembrance Day, the President of Genocide Watch Dr. Gregory H. Stanton has identified India as one of the countries at high risk of #Muslimgenocide. This is a serious concern, given that #India...
...has a significant #Muslim population of around 200 million people."The reasons behind genocide are complex, including ethnic, religious or racial hatred, political/economic interests, fear, insecurity, and ideological differences. #Muslimlivesmatter
These factors contribute to long-standing animosity, scapegoating, and persecution leading to violence against targeted groups. #StopGenocide #PeaceAndReconciliation".Indian writer Arundhati Roy said during an interview with Mehdi Hassan on the Intercept...,
It has been 36 years since 72 Muslims were brutally killed in the small town of #Maliana, in #UttarPradesh by provincial police force. On 01 April, 40 accused in the #massacre during the 1987 riots in Maliana...,
...Meerut were acquitted, while 23 accused have left this world and 30 accused are missing, against whom the trial will continue. The prosecution failed to produce sufficient evidence before the court, due to which benefit of doubt was given to the accused. #muslimsinindia
It took 36 years for the court to pronounce the verdict i.e. those who were accused in youth were acquitted in old age and children whose parents were killed have crossed puberty. Their families still await even the first glimmer of justice. #MalianaMassacre#IndianSupremeCourt
🔴On March 31, Madrasa Azizia was set on fire by Hindutva mob during #RamNavami celebrations in #Biharsharif, Naland. Mohammad Shahabuddin, the caretaker of the institution said that The madrasa contained more than 4,500 books which were destroyed in the fire.
“The armed men were chanting ‘#JaiShreeRam,’” said Mohan Bahadur, a guard at the madrasa. He also said the mob attacked him, but he managed to flee. The 110-year-old library was vandalized by armed mob of around 1,000 people. #rssterror#RamNavamiViolence#ModiGovt#Hindutva
The saffron mob threw petrol bombs into the mosque and the library. #MadrasaAzizia was established by Bibi Sogra in memory of her husband, Abdul Aziz, and she is recognized as one of the most respected philanthropists in the history of #BiharViolence and vandalism have marred..
🔴The report, titled ‘India-China Border Tensions and US Strategy in the Indo-Pacific’ by the American think-tank, Center for a New American Security @CNASdc states thathe #ModiGovt “would expect intelligence support and winter gear from the US, ...thewire.in/diplomacy/us-c…
..but it also might.request things like joint exercises, emergency senior-level military and defense consultations, and inclusion in #Quad statements of the need to defend Indian border claims – all to enhance its deterrence vis-à-vis #Beijing.” @thewire_in@htTweets@ndtvindia
The US responded to the 2020 border crisisby extending full diplomatic and material support for #India. The US provided information and intelligence and expedited delivery of equipment, including two MQ-9B surveillance drones and winter gear”. #indiachinaborder#ModiGovt
With the military and technological advancement, the concept of mutually assured destruction has become an almost obsolete idea. In the 21st century, we are witnessing something different, a new kind of warfare that is Hybrid Warfare.
It is a multi-pronged approach that is employed to harm the enemy to the maximum at all levels, be it economically, politically, diplomatically, ideologically or in any other form. India, under its National Security Advisor (NSA), #AjitDoval...,
...has geared up for Hybrid War against #Pakistan and #China. Doval confirmed India's strategy of Hybrid Warfare in a lecture at a university when he said that India should be exploiting Pakistan’s weaknesses, harming and exploiting it at all levels...
🔴Why did the Indian Peace-Keeping Mission in Sri-Lanka Failed
24 March 2023 marks the 23rd anniversary of withdrawal of Indian troops from Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ranjan Wijeratne as he watched turbaned Sikh soldiers of the Indian Peace-Keeping Force board a...
..ship while a military band played "Auld Lang Syne’ said "They came on a peace mission, but then they got bogged down". The Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War was the deployment of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka intended to perform a peacekeeping role.
The deployment followed the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord between India and Sri Lanka of 1987 which was intended to end the #SriLankan Civil War between militant Sri Lankan #Tamil nationalists, principally the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (#LTTE), and the Sri Lankan military.