ITBP – The Himalayan Warriors
One of the factors that make this force stand out is that its men are commandoes trained to kill, yet they save lives while performing disaster management tasks. The ITBP personnel are also trained in intelligence gathering, unarmed combat, guerilla warfare
Landmines – kill even when the war is over
Mostly anti-tank landmines were created during World War I but later anti-personnel mines were developed to prevent the enemy from reusing the mines.
Chinese Spy Balloon – a hoax
With such sophisticated technical resources at their disposal, there is no reason to believe that the Chinese have fallen into such bad times that they would be obliged to use 1950s technology for spying! A contrived hypothesis that balloons are being used because lasers or kinetic weapons could target satellites is simply ridiculous.
Are Christians getting a bad deal in India?
Christians are the third-largest religious group in India with about 27.8 million followers about 2.3 % per cent of the population as per the 2011 census.
Common insurance problems faced by women
The number of insurance buyers in the country has slowly but surely increased over time, but the share of women buying insurance has not increased proportionately.
Phantom -the Ghost who walks
Real Name: Christopher Walker
Identity/Class: Normal human
Occupation: Crimefighter
Enemies: Chessman, the Sky Band, the Golden Circle, Mermaids of Melo Straits, Lady Luck Pirates
Known Relatives: Diana Walker...
Civil Servant – the invisible steel frame
A civil servant is like the foundation of a building that never gets its due credit for holding the structure together. The only time one gets to know about them is when things go wrong. But that is what the civil service is all about.
Ordnance factories – old wine in new bottles?
The Ordnance factories used to manufacture a wide range of simulators, small arms, missiles, rockets, bombs, grenades, military vehicles, armoured vehicles, chemicals, optical devices, parachutes, mortars, artillery pieces plus all associated ammunition, propellants, explosives and fuses to meet the requirements of the Indian Armed Forces.
Defence production – time to go back to square one?
Defence production in India is pockmarked by failures and false promises. The journey began with the establishment of the Ordnance Factory Board in 1951.
The General who defeated Cancer – thrice
Here’s a real-life fighter who defied death in the battle against Cancer & won each time– thrice… and now lives to tell us about the struggle and the ultimate victory
Women in combat – time for a reality check
A soldier fights to defend his or her country and its people in the first place—earning medals is secondary. Your countrymen would be proud of you if you got martyred for the country; however, the very same people would be deeply hurt if you got raped for the country.
1st baby boy born in ‘all girls village’ of Poland after one decade
Call it a quirk of fate or otherwise, all pregnant ladies gave birth to 12 baby girls— and not a single boy in the past decade. All the babies born in the village happened to be girls – one after another for not one but 10 years in a row. But strangely this was not the case all over Poland or in the nearby villages - about 25 miles away
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