Prakash Nanda

In what must be one of the rarest of rare events, a Prime Minister, who happens to be the Head of a Government, holds a press conference to declare as many as six diplomats, including the Ambassador (High Commissioner) of a friendly foreign country, persona non grata.

Strange as it may seem, but it is true that the Five Eyes intelligence partnership, which Canada is relying on the most to prove its charges of Indian involvement in the murder of a Khalistani terrorist and gathering intelligence on other such terrorists on its soil, is potentially open for India being a part of it along with Japan, Germany, and South Korea.

There are two ways of looking at India and China agreeing to end the 54-month-old military standoff in eastern Ladakh and resume joint patrolling along the Line of Control in the disputed border areas so as to maintain peace and tranquillity. The convenient way is to describe it as an important prelude to the top […]

There are two ways of looking at India and China agreeing to end the 54-month-old military standoff in eastern Ladakh and resume joint patrolling along the Line of Control in the disputed border areas so as to maintain peace and tranquillity.

As the world celebrated the 79th United Nations (U.N.) Day on October 24, the so-called G-4 nations—Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan—reiterated their demand for a reform of the United Nations Security Council by expanding its permanent and non-permanent categories of membership. All four want to be permanent members. But is that possible in the foreseeable […]

Is mobocracy the criterion on the basis of which the government of a country can be changed or ousted? Is a government set up by people in the streets through the intimidation of legitimate authorities going to be a global norm?

“The Indian Air Force is working hard to remain a credible Air Force,” says India’s Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, who took over as the 28th Air Chief of India on September 30, 2024. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College, and National Defence College. He is […]

Had one not gone by the pollsters and the relentless projection by the mainstream American and European media over the last year, there should not have been any surprise over Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, getting elected again to become the country's 47th occupant of the White House.

With Donald Trump regaining the Presidency and all set to assume the role of the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. armed forces on January 20, 2025, Pentagon officials are reportedly holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense (DoD) will function under him, given the “troubled” relationship he had with the senior military leadership during his first term between 2016 and 2020.

With Russia threatening to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, China adding more nuclear weapons to its stockpile, and North Korea modernizing its nukes with alleged Russian help, one of the critical decisions that Donald Trump will have to take after assuming office next January is how to deal with the nuclear threats facing the United States.