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Chinese Troops Must Go Back To Permanent Locations: India’s Precondition In Ladakh

by Nitin A Gokhale

28 Aug/20

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NEW DELHI: India has decided to ignore China’s stratagem of blowing hot and cold on the border standoff in Ladakh. Instead, it is preparing for a prolonged deployment of additional troops and even a possible kinetic action as a last resort in coming months, according to multiple sources in the…

Eye On Rural, India Setting Global Standards For 5G Tech: TSDSI Chief Bhaskar Ramamurthi

by Nitin A Gokhale

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18 Aug/20

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NEW DELHI: The fourth generation telephony focused mainly on urban areas, with coverage of the countryside being incidental, says Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, chairman of Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI). But 5G will be a leveller of sorts; rural areas will get carpet coverage and the same kind of broadband…

China’s Coercive Behaviour Needs Proportionate Response: Maritime Strategist James Goldrick

by Nitin A Gokhale

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07 Aug/20

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NEW DELHI: Australia needs to have strategic weight, increase deterrence to increase lethality and reach in the region so that we can tell people ‘this far and no further’, says maritime strategist James Goldrick. Elaborating on his country’s plan to ratchet up defence capabilities in the coming decade to deter Chinese…

200 Drones To Help Battalions Along LAC With Real-Time Intelligence

by Nitin A Gokhale

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03 Aug/20

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NEW DELHI: Tension with China in Ladakh and the prospect of extended deployment of troops and equipment (in the absence of a complete Chinese withdrawal from Pangong Tso and other places) have forced the Indian Army to fast track procurement of vital equipment. Top on the list are 200 tactical Unmanned…

India, U.S. Speed Up Key Deal On Geospatial Intelligence

by Nitin A Gokhale

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25 Jul/20

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NEW DELHI: India and the United States are dusting off plans to sign the third foundational agreement between the two countries nearly eight months after defence and foreign ministries of both sides discussed it. The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) is one of the three foundation agreements that need to…