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INS Arihant’s Deterrence Patrol: A Critical Milestone in India’s Nuclear Posture
November 22 , 2018 Dr Kapil Patil
Commentary Views: 3083
On November 05, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the successful completion of deterrence patrol by country’s first indigenously designed and built nuclear power submarine, INS Arihant.1...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : INS Arihant , Nuclear Triad

India’s African Focus Continues
November 22 , 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3903
It appears that the next Chief Guest for the Republic Day 2019 will be Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, after a reluctant US President expressed his inability. It was for the good in any case...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India-Africa Cooperation , Indo-African relations

India-Nepal Relations under PM Oli
November 22 , 2018 C D Sahay Sushmita Bharti
Commentary Views: 4339
The landmark nation-wide elections in Nepal under the new Constitution, held in end-2017, ushered in a new era of democratic governance in the country. In these elections, the people’s verdict went overwhelmingly in favour of the Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist–Leninist or CPN-UML led by Prime Minister K P Oli, in alliance with CPN (Maoists Centre).

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Indo-Nepal relations , Nepal politics

Architecture in Success of a Strategic Platform : Lesson from Arihant
November 19 , 2018 Vice Adm Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Commentary Views: 2601
The Programme INS Arihant Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN), which completed its ‘deterrence patrol’ recently and was commended by the Prime Minister, is a three decades old pursuit of a survi...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Arihant SSBN , Defence programmes

Arihant to India’s defence: Nuclear triad is now fully operational and provides us with credible strategic deterrence
November 19 , 2018 General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM
Article Views: 29643
Monday, 5 November 2018, was indeed a red letter and historic day in the history of India’s security paradigm when a visibly proud Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the completion of a maiden ‘deterrent patrol’ by INS Arihant, India’s first indigenously built nuclear ballistic missile submarine.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Arihant , Indian Navy , INS Arihant , Nuclear Triad

Transcript of the full speech of Shri S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF on 'State of the Economy: India and the World' delivered at VIF on 15 Nov 2018
November 19 , 2018 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 7037
Professor Roger Moser, who says India is a second home, was partnering with me in discussions today on employing technology which is already developed. This is a new area of development all over the world.

Economic Studies

Tags : economy , Gurumuthy , RBI , World Economy

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