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Airtel-Jio & Starlink deal: A satellite trap that could bring nations...
The great risk of becoming dependent on Starlink is that Elon Musk can shut down the internet and plunge a country into crisis.
Why did Trump insult Zelenskyy and want peace now?
Trump is convinced that Ukraine is anyways going to lose the war, hence does not want to lose his money by betting on the wrong horse
How were gunshot wounds treated in the past?
Mankind found it immensely difficult to treat gunshot wounds in the field. For centuries people believed that bullet wounds were “poisoned”.
A ‘duffer’ called Donald Trump
Democracies often throw up dumb leaders. An example is Donald Trump who has been making the most irrational, illogical, stupid and controversial statements
Bleeding to blisters: weird medicines in the doctor’s cabinet
Before modern medicine came into being, mankind endured some bizarre and dangerous treatments for centuries.
Military Medicine: How battlefield wounds were treated in ancient times
In the medieval and the ancient era, military medicine differed from regular civilian medicine in the sense that it involved a sense of great urgency.
The farce of fact-checking and fact-checkers
The business of the so-called ‘fact-checking’ is in the news. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced about phasing out fact-checkers in favour of crowd-sourced ‘Community Notes’
The hoax: Indian talent behind tech progress in America
One of the most popular notions in India is that it is Indian talent that has been driving the engine of American technological progress. In other words, if American could become what it is, it is because of the NRIs or the Indian-Americans.
How old is the legend of Bhagwan Ram?
Debating the historicity of Bhagwan Ram is a fashionable pastime amongst the leftists-liberals and woke people of this country.
Hoax of martial arts and self-defence
Whenever there is a fresh incident of rape or molestation, there is a clarion call for teaching self-defence or some sort of martial arts to women from numerous quarters.
Assad’s fall in Syria not a military defeat but a coup...
Everything that happened in Syria seems to be a virtual walkover in which key officers handed over the country to the rebels without firing a single shot
Road accidents in India: reasons and solutions
In 2023, as many as 1.73 lakh people were killed in India in road accidents. The figure was 1.69 lakh in 2022 and 1.59 lakh in 2021.
Russian ‘masterstroke’ catches NATO off-guard
On November 18 US President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use long-range American ATACMS missiles inside Russia.
North Korea’s latest ICBM test: triggering a new arms race in...
On October 31 North Korea a tiny nation with just 2.62 crore people successfully tested its latest Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile Hwasong-19
Iran-Israel conflict: ‘fixed fight’ behind the smoke screen?
There is no way a country of the size of Iran can be brought down to its knees by air war alone. Forget it. If you have to, the ONLY option is to nuke it.
Tanks- then and now; the future of armored warfare
Both Russia and Ukraine have suffered heavy tank losses mostly due to anti-tank fire and cheap drones. So, what has gone wrong with tanks?
Profiting from war: how both Russia and America are gaining...
Mention the word ‘war’ and people conjure up images of death and destruction contrary to the fact that wars give the economy a boost.
Should Israel Invade Lebanon?
Since the past 10 days, Israel has stepped up its air strikes on Lebanon that has killed over 800 people so far. The objective...
Hezbollah Pager Blasts – Dissecting the Myths
Thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies being used by Hezbollah terrorists suddenly exploded in Lebanon, killing and injuring thousands of people.
Putin’s Gamble: A Strategic Analysis of the Ukraine War
Months before the Ukraine war, Russian president Vladimir Putin wrote a paper titled ‘On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians’ uploaded on the Kremlin.ru website.
Pakistan’s Failure- Opportunity or Nightmare for India?
Whenever a soldier is killed in some terrorist attack, the popular refrain heard during the funerals is: “Ek missile maar kar Pakistan ko tabah kar dena chahiye”. In other words, people believe that Pakistan is a renegade which needs to be ‘punished’ and all that we need for this puny irritant of a country is just one missile to destroy them utterly.