India has 2547 men and women peacekeepers in South Sudan. The world’s largest democracy is helping the world’s newest country on a fragile path of peace. While they provide security and reach out to civilians to get their lives back on track, India also marked the Republic in the 150th year birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi whose message of peace and non-violence is as relevant now as ever before. Indians in UN House, Juba and in the two battalions – INDBATT I & II in Bor, Malakal and other bases celebrated the year by shaking a leg.
New 'intelligence' reports suggest that Russia "is weeks from attacking NATO." Details then say that it can happen anytime from 2026 to 2029. The very understanding of the Russian threat is a caricature. We unpack the reports and zero-in on the real scenario forward!
One has been listening to a jibe at the Modi government that is as lazy as it is ignorant. Why does the government give 5 Kgs of grains to the poor 80 crore when the Indian economy is growing? Has India become more "socialist" under Modi? Here is a detailed analysis.