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A Child Must Be Sent to School

The right to education is an important law for school education. Are parents duty-bound to send their children to school?

Free Legal Aid is Possible

Is it possible to get free legal advice?

Restrictions For Aadhaar

Is it necessary to show one’s Aadhaar number to avail of banking services and a mobile connection?

Electoral Malpractice

Can a person have two voter cards legally?

HOLIDAY BLUES

The centre said that long vacations in courts lead to pendency. But do overworked judges burdened by the huge number of cases need to recharge their batteries or follow the Rule Book on holidays?

Climate Chaos

The doomsayers who predicted that climate change would have devastating effects on our planet unless urgent steps were taken on a global level have been proved right.

BREAKING THE ENEMY'S ARMOURED SPINE

India’s evolving anti-tank warfare capability has undergone a paradigm shift in recent years, writes AMARTYA SINHA

OFFICERS' SELECTION AND TRAINING CONUNDRUM

RAJ MEHTA explains how the selection system for officers of the Indian Army remains largely in stasis besides being opaque to military scrutiny and suggests ways to improve it

LEIDOS AND MICROSOFT SHOWCASE SYNCHRONISED SOLUTION DURING US ARMY'S PC22

US-based science and technology company Leidos, together with technologies during a US Army experimentation exercise.

SIKORSKY DEMONSTRATES BLACK HAWK'S AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITIES

Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky has successfully demonstrated to the US Army the autonomous capabilities of a Black Hawk helicopter to safely conduct logistics and rescue missions. The demonstration was conducted in collaboration with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

AIRBUS TO LAUNCH REFUELLING TRIALS WITH UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

Airbus Defence and Space (DS) is to begin trials of a new capability enabling its A330-200 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to aerial refuel an unmanned receiver aircraft autonomously, a company official disclosed on December 12.

AUSTRALIA'S UUV NAMED 'GHOST SHARK'

An autonomous robotic undersea warfare vehicle is being designed and manufactured in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy.

VIETNAM’S GRENADEDROPPING UAV

Vietnamese unmanned systems company RT Robotics has unveiled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system that is capable of dropping up to nine grenades per sortie.

KUWAIT EXERCISES NEW TANKS

Kuwait's new M1A2K tanks were displayed in the emirate for the firsttime during Exercise ‘Pearl of the West 2022’, which was held with French forces from November 25 to December 8.

Thales awarded contract by French MoD

As high-intensity conflict returns to the world stage, the French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales the Astride-3 contract.

CNS visits Nagaland

Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) visited Nagaland on December 7. This visit coincides with the ongoing activities being undertaken by the Indian Navy as part of the outreach in the North East.

INDIA'S ARTILLERY MODERNISATION DRIVE

Does India have enough firepower to sustain a two-front war? GIRISH LINGANNA answers

AGNI-V PAVES THE PATH FOR AGNI-VI

On December 15, India executed the second night trial of the Agni-V thermonuclear-capable ICBM (Intercontinental-range Ballistic Missile) from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.

NEED FOR GING AN BULLETPROOF JACKETS

Modern ballistic armour can cut down battle casualties by two-thirds,

US Army selects Bell V-280 Valor

Bell Textron, a subsidiary of Textron, has won the US Army’s future long-range assault aircraft (FLRAA) programme competition.

US clears Chinooks for South Korea

The release of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) 2022 Strategic Survey puts the US sale of new platforms to South Korea into context with broader strategic concerns in the IndoPacific.

Indian Army approves Make-II PSOS

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that the army has approved the project sanction orders (PSOs) of five projects under the Make-II procurement scheme.

Lockheed Martin, Rafael to collaborate on lasers

Lockheed Martin and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems of Israel have signed a teaming agreement that includes jointly developing, testing and manufacturing a High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS) in the US and Israel.

Germany blocks sale of chip factories to China

Germany by blocking the sale of two semiconductor factories to cased swallow up its companies of strategic and critical importance.

Giant leap for Japanese defence budget

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Finance minister Shunichi Suzuki and Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada.

Vietnam holds maiden defence еxро

Vietnam showed off its upgraded Cold War-era, Soviet-made air defence systems at its first defence expo, improving their capabilities against modern threats such as cruise missiles and drones.

"WE NEED THREE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS"

The requirement of a third aircraft carrier for the Indian Navy has also been acknowledged by the Standing Committee on Defence. Further, while the requirement for a third aircraft carrier is being actively considered by the government, the Indian Navy is already underway’ in bringing the nascent imperatives to the drawing board, says ADMIRAL R HARI KUMAR, Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy, in this exclusive interview with Geopotitics

अटल जी ने नींव डाली थी, आज घर है

अटल जी सबको साथ लेकर चलते थे। आदमी की परख उनको थी। किस आदमी को कहां लगाना है-यह प्रबंधन उन्होंने अच्छी तरह किया। उनकी सोच थी कि जब तक अच्छी तरह देश का विकास नहीं करेंगे, तब तक आगे नहीं बढ़ेंगे। पाञ्चजन्य के सागर मंथन-सुशासन संवाद में केंद्रीय संस्कृति एवं पर्यटन मंत्री श्रीपद नाइक से वरिष्ठ पत्रकार अनुराग पुनेठा की बातचीत के अंश

नीतिगत पंगुता पर प्रहार

अटल जी नीति-निर्धारण में व्यावहारिक दृष्टिकोण के हामी थे। नीतिगत पंगुता को खत्म करने के लिए उन्होंने कई ऐसे निर्णय लिए जिनसे देश की दशा और दिशा बदल गई। जहां सड़कों की मरम्मत तक चुनाव आने पर होती थी, वहां राज्यों के बीच एक्सप्रेसवे बनाने की स्पर्धा होने लगी। प्रस्तुत हैं सागर मंथन- सुशासन संवाद में नीति विशेषज्ञ वैभव डांगे से पाञ्चजन्य के संपादक हितेश शंकर की बातचीत के अंश

भारत का वायरसजीवी विपक्ष

कोरोना की अगली लहर चाहे आए या न आए, भारत को ऐसे संकट काल में चिताओं पर रोटियां सेंकने वालों से लगातार सतर्क रहना होगा। देखिए, पिछली बार क्या किया था उन्होंने...