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Vietnam offers India seven oil blocks for offshore exploration Indrani Bagchi, TNN | Nov 20, 2013, 09.50PM IST NEW DELHI: India has been offered seven oil blocks for offshore exploration on the South China Sea by Vietnam, a move that could pit New Delhi's commercial interests against China's...

India-made trucks may push Tatra out Will ramp up indigenous production and reduce Army’s dependence on foreign vendors Ajay Banerjee/TNS Made in India The Army has completed trials for two types of trucks to replace Tatra - the six-wheeled-drive high-mobility vehicle and the...

Pakistan went to the polls on Saturday with initial reports suggesting a higher than expected turnout in most constituencies, giving rise to expectations that Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party will do better than earlier predicted. However, while it is very early to predict the results...

UNLIKE many other Asian countries—and in stark contrast to neighbouring Pakistan—India has never been run by its generals. The upper ranks of the powerful civil service of the colonial Raj were largely Hindu, while Muslims were disproportionately represented in the army. On gaining independence...

Two weeks ago, Indian military officials announced that they had discovered that a platoon of Chinese soldiers had crossed the de facto border between the two countries and set up camp an unprecedented six miles inside Indian-claimed territory, sparking a still-unresolved standoff. China’s...

The most charitable thing that can be said about the UPA government’s incoherent response to the Chinese incursion into Ladakh’s Debsang Valley is this: maybe, the government has a brilliant plan that we as yet don’t know anything about. On past performance, I wouldn’t...

Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported Indian air force MIG-27 Floggers fly during the US-India "Cope India 04" airforce exercises. As the Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrates...

The IAF will require 39 combat aircraft units to meet the challenge of fighting a war simultaneously on the Pakistan and China fronts but it has only 34 squadrons, a Parliamentary panel has been informed. In its report, the Standing Committee on Defence has also come down heavily on the...

Recent reports of Chinese PLA’s transgression of over 10 km within the Indian territory in the north subsector of the Western sector of the India-China border and their intransigence in remaining squatted there in the face of India’s protests have renewed our anxiety over China’s intentions on...

I am starting this thread to look at the pros and cons for India. Nepal which is Hindu majority state should be offered this option, since it is very poor and it's natural resources are not fully utilized right now. It can be a good tourist destination as well. Regarding Tibet is concerned, it...