INS Visakhapatnam: India's Most Potent Destroyer

INS Vishakapatnam's ground attack and anti-ship capabilities are achieved through a bank of BrahMos cruise missiles that can be fired at targets up to 295 km away.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE:......

Why the army prepares to fight under a nuclear shadow

'With two nuclear neighbours, how likely is it for our armed forces to battle in a contaminated environment that could include nuclear, biological or chemical attacks by the adversary?''Are we......

US, UK, France launch strikes in Syria, destroy chemical weapon factories

Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov warned that such actions will not be left without consequences.The White House said it has 'a large body' of evidence indicating that the......

UK expels 23 Russian diplomats; suspends high-level contacts with Moscow

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday expelled 23 Russian diplomats -- in the “single biggest expulsion” in more than 30 years -- and suspended high-level bilateral contacts,......

Another Gujarat cadre IAS officer gets plum posting in Modi govt

In yet another secretary-level change, government appointed Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981 Gujarat cadre IAS officer, as the new Financial Services Secretary replacing G S Sandhu. Sandhu, a 1980 Rajasthan......

Corporations, children and responsibility

Companies can be more alert on how various aspects of their operations impact children, writes Rajni Bakshi.Corporations are now among the most powerful entities on earth. Children are the......

The world's next tax haven?

When Slobodan Milosevic died in his jail cell in March, he left behind an $800 million mystery. Between 1992 and 2000 the Serbian strongman spirited at least that amount, much of it in cash, out of......