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Vice Admiral Arun Kumar Singh retired as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's Eastern Naval Command in 2007. A nuclear and missile specialist trained in the former Soviet Union, he was also DG Indian Coast Guard.
    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Navy needs better ships to deter Pak, China

    American, Russian, French and UK SSBNs, have SLBMs with range upto 10,000 km.

    2 Dec 2018 6:35 PM

    PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Juggling US & Russia, India needs a Plan B

    The important issue for the IN would be to have safe and secure communications-cum-data links with its other...

    12 Sept 2018 8:11 PM

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: File/AFP)Opinion
    Modi must induct visionary advisors

    Apparently, Trump also wants to withdraw the US from the WTO, but this requires clearance from the US senate.

    5 July 2018 7:04 PM

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Trump, Xi, Putin, Modi & New Great Game

    All strategic advice to the political leadership is given by unaccountable bureaucrats, and retired diplomats and police...

    12 May 2018 12:05 AM

    The Indian soldier, as always, will fight the enemy to the death to defend Indias territorial integrity, even when using totally obsolete weapons, but raw courage alone or only diplomacy cannot deter or defeat a ruthless enemy, as the disastrous 1962 India-China war showed. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)Opinion
    Our defence budget is far too low, we need to compensate urgently

    The much vaunted Make in India†has not taken off, while FDI in the military-industrial complex has been almost zero.

    11 April 2018 12:53 AM

    Aadhaar wallet app is the first government run wallet app for money transfers that enables digitisation of money and prevents theft or fraud.Opinion
    Make Aadhaar simple for vulnerable sections

    Aadhaar is a biometric (finger print and retina scan) card system.

    26 Jan 2018 11:01 PM

    Representational imageOpinion
    India should break away from its permanent poll mode'

    In November this year, American Republican Senator Steve Daines achieved a long-standing breakthrough in selling $200...

    22 Dec 2017 7:59 PM

    Nirmala Sitharaman who is now Indias Defence Minister was earlier Commerce Minister. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Our Navy needs underwater boost

    The original INS Kalvari was decommissioned a few years ago but its reincarnation will rejoin the Indian Navy on...

    30 Nov 2017 9:45 PM

    Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after taking charge at her office in New Delhi, becoming the first full-time woman Defence Minister of the country. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Sitharaman's to-do list for next 16 months

    The new defence minister needs to ensure India makes up its known shortcomings.

    7 Sept 2017 6:45 PM

    India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    More Chinese intrusions likely, not a major war

    The ongoing military standoff between China and India in Doklam has been going on since June second week.

    6 Aug 2017 8:54 PM

    Experts predict that the next 10 years will be critical for India as the economic gap with China will continue to widen, but after 2027 this gap will start to reduce.Opinion
    China's cheque-book diplomacy

    India has shown some interest in Duqm port for industrial investment and connectivity, and as an energy corridor .

    16 April 2017 11:28 PM

    Indian navy personnel display their skills during Naval Day celebrations at the Arabian Sea. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Indian Navy's 4 critical needs

    Chinese warships and submarines routinely deploy to the Indian Ocean.

    13 March 2017 8:10 PM

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