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Roundtable on ‘Global Nuclear Developments and India’s Policy challenges'

On 8 January 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation organised a roundtable on Global Nuclear Developments and India’s Policy challenges. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, opened the floor by laying the purpose of the roundtable, which....

January 09, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , Nuclear Weapons , INF Treaty , Global Nuclear Developments , India’s Policy challenges , India’s Policy

Lt Gen SRR Aiyengar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd), Social Media – A Study of Social Media and Its Impact on Contemporary War/Conflicts, Uday Publishing House, 2019, PP. 152, ISBN: 978-93-85991-85-1, INR- 699/-

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

Development of Social Media (SM) is a relatively new phenomenon. Between 2004 and 2014, all 22 of the world’s biggest Social Media (SM) networks were developed and launched. The Facebook was the first to be started on February 4, 2004. Rapid global....

December 19, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Book Reviews , Social Media , Cyber warfare , Contemporary War , Role of Media , National Security policy

Building Indigenous Missile Capability - An Imperative

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

When the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was sanctioned way back in 1982-83, Agni Missile was not even a part of the four missile Projects in its development agenda which included the Prithvi Short Range Surface-to-Surface Mis....

October 10, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Building indigenous missile capability , Inescapability of different types of missiles , Range of air threats

The Expanding Chinese Smartphone Market in India

Aayush Mohanty Article

The recent news of ‘One Plus’ investing Rs.1,000 crore in Hyderabad for research and development which would focus India-centric features while also working on globally standard features¹ is a testament to the fact that global companie....

September 25, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Smartphone market , Chinese manufacturing companies , Smartphone investments

To the Moon and Beyond: Time for India to Strengthen its ‘Space’ Muscles

Radhika Daga Article

Lunar exploration missions date back to the very beginning of space exploration itself. In over a year’s time following Sputnik, the advances in aerospace technologies were made to enable forays into our closest neighbour in outer space. The desire....

September 20, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India to Moon , India’s space journey , celebrating Indian science

Research and Development in Cyber Domain and Indian Perspective

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… India has to develop its own technologies, an electronic manufacturing base, R&D infrastructure and a highly skilled human resource… talented professionals available in the cyber eco system have to be brought in for research on indigenization o....

September 05, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security , Cyber R&D in India , India’s cyber vulnerability , Action plan for cyber security

CDS Appointment: An Opportunity to Streamline Defence Acquisitions

Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day announcement from the ramparts of Red Fort to create Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) constitutes a major milestone in the history of India’s defence reforms¹. The appointment of CDS was one....

August 26, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Appointment of CDS , Military jointmanship , Military modernization

5G Infrastructure for Global Digital Economy: US and China in Race to Redefine the World Order

Dr Kamlesh Bajaj Article

5G Key Features

5G is the next generation of wireless technology. ‘Generations’ are technically defined by their data transmission speeds and in encoding methods, or ‘air interfaces’. These promise greater speed (to move more data....

August 16, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , 5-G , India’s 5G policy , indigenous 5G

Shaping Strategies for Space Encounters - An Assessment

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Brief Premise

This article flows out from the following three developments that took place in the recent past”:-

On 27 Mar 2019, India conducted Mission Shakti, an anti satellite missile test destroying a live satellite in L....

August 14, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Harnessing space , India’s space ventures , India’s satellite assets

A Look at the Boeing-Bloomberg’s Bloomer on 737 Max Aircraft

Sridhar Vembu Article

A Bloomer!

In claiming that cheap Indian coders brought down the plane, here is the actual Bloomberg headline: ‘Boeing’s 737 Max Software Out-sourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers’(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boein....

July 22, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , 737 Max crash , Bloomberg’s propaganda article , Boeing management’s gaffe