

Friday 30 October '09
India should catch up in providing satellites to ASEAN countriesTuesday 1 September '09
India’s much-publicised moon mission came to an abrupt end on August 29 when we lost radio contact with Chandrayaan-1.Tuesday
14 July '09Defiant North Korea appears to feel like demonstrating its military wherewithal. After successfully...Friday
19 June '09There has been much debate in the past regarding India’s unwillingness to use air power when it fought its war with China in 1962.Tuesday
21 April '09What lies behind official evasions over India’s satellite launchTuesday
7 April '09The North Korean missile test reveals India’s diplomatic compulsionsThursday
22 January '09Israel’s Gaza strategy was old, but its weapons are newThursday
4 December '08A major flaw in India’s anti-terror mechanism is the lack of intelligent investments in counter-terror technology.Wednesday
19 November '08ISRO spends only 15 per cent on missions such as Chandrayaan. Given that, criticism that it is wasting money on such projects is hard to justifyWednesday
22 October '08The state is now looking beyond Sarabhai’s plan. Exploring planets needs to be viewed not as a policy shift, but as a natural progressionTuesday
30 September '08In the ’50s, Chairman Mao Zedong complained that China could not even shoot a potato into space. Hu Jintao’s China...Friday
21 December '07India and China demonstrated extraordinary cooperation at the recently concluded Bali...Saturday
24 November '07Lunar expeditions have now become high-stake missions and India is limbering up to join in.Thursday
4 October '07The earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. Over the last 50 years...Saturday
1 September '07The ISRO has had it share of failed programmes. But what is important to note is that the organisation is a quick learner...Thursday
19 July '07Whereas the loss of human life has not been significant in the recent earthquake in Japan, which was centred off the coast of Niigata 160 miles northwest of Tokyo...Wednesday
13 June '0721st-century threats are essentially non-military. National security can be challenged by global warmingMonday
14 May '07When the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam launched an air assault on a Sri Lankan military base close to Colombo on March 26Friday
2 March '07India has the fourth largest military in the world. Yet despite this, Indian defence spending over the years has been in the the region of 2.5 per cent of GDP; and this year was no different.Tuesday
30 January '07It was the issue of Indo-Russian collaboration on nuclear energy that got most of the news attention during Russian President Putin’s visit last week.Thursday
11 May '06While some uncertainty continues to dog the future of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Indo-US space agreement does not suffer from similar constraints.Tuesday
21 March '06For India, navigating with the Russians pays dividends