Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 15
Listing out changes in the way future battles would be fought, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said the armed forces should be able to f
Indian Army chief General M.M. Naravane recently claimed the procurement process is stuck in the Industrial Age. But is he using his position to try and change that?
30 Apr in 3:00 RUSI
Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and Mikhil Mishustin in Moscow, 2021
On 15 April, Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah travelled to Moscow for the first time. During his trip, Dbeibah engaged with senior Russian officials, including Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Secretary of the Security Council Nikolay Patrushev, on intra-Libyan dialogue and energy sector investments.
Royal United Services Institution (
RUSI) reports that after meeting Dbeibah, Shoigu extolled the Libyan people as ‘Russia-friendly’ and called for a resumption of ‘full-scale cooperation’ between Russia and Libya’s defence ministries. Dbeibah vowed to ‘build new bridges’ with Russia and emphasised Moscow’s ability to play a ‘key role’ in Libya’s economy.
Army Chiefs words
Army Chief s words
Chief of the Indian Army, General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday made a very significant statement pertaining to the Northeastern Region.
| 14 Feb 2021 5:17 AM GMT
Chief of the Indian Army, General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday made a very significant statement pertaining to the Northeastern Region. According to him, the perception that India is the mainland and the Northeast must align with that mainland is flawed and contemptuous. General Navarane was addressing the annual seminar of the Assam Rifles and United Services Institution over evolving security challenges in the Northeast and the way forward, when he passed this remark. The Army Chief however also said that a common thread that runs along the North-eastern States is a lack of coordination amongst various agencies. And then he went on to state that policy disconnect is further accentuated by the feeling that affairs of the North-eastern region are being run from Delhi. It i