Military diplomacy, or defence diplomacy, may sound like an oxymoron to many, but it must be part of the comprehensive power strategy of any country that wishes to be a regional or a global player.
The Agri Stack initiative, first introduced in 2021 under India's Digital Agricultural Mission (DAM), represents a groundbreaking effort to digitalize and modernize the agricultural sector.
'Touch and Go’ has really defined the efforts by the US, Qatar, and Egypt to bring about some kind of ceasefire and cessation of hostilities and some hope for besieged and beleaguered Palestinians, particularly in Gaza, and above all for the hapless Israeli hostages waiting to be released for the last 15 months in the Israel-Hamas war that started with Hamas’ terror attacks on Israeli civilians on October 7.
Indians are better off with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and the rules that have been framed and circulated for public comment to implement the Act, than in their absence. However, the law fails signally to protect the citizenry from arbitrary breach of privacy by the state.
Not only a favourite for health tourism with its traditional ayurvedic and modern medicine excellence but India has also become a vaccine hub and pharmacy of the world and now the health-tech could provide that avenue for further enhancing its heft in this truly vital sector for the broader global good.
The week in review has been notable for decline — of stock market indices, the rupee, and economic growth. In Canada, Justin Trudeau, for long the Prince Charming of the world’s liberals, also declined, in charisma and power. He resigned as leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister. This is likely to lead to elections earlier than the ones scheduled for November.
What if China were to offer a mutual defence pact to Panama, given the background of prezelect Trump’s threat to take over Panama Canal, acquire Greenland and incorporate Canada as another state of the US of A?
Before anyone harrumphs a resolve to eat his Panama hat if China were to do anything of the sort, let me clarify this is purely a thought experiment, not any strategic leak from Beijing’s mandarins.
After the Cold War, US had been hailed as the world’s sole superpower. Its military spend is bigger than the combined spend of the next seven largest defence spenders. Its unified commands enable it to deliver coordinated attacks from land, water, air, outer space, and cyberspace. Further, it can draw on Silicon Valley warriors like Palantir, whose motto is dominance in decision making, to produce actionable intelligence from real time data derived from disparate sources.