Defence general
Anonymous hits ISIS with music video links featuring Risk Astley
25 Nov 2015
Anonymous is flooding the terror group's social media accounts with links to Astley's 1987 hit song Never Gonna Give You Up as they seek to divert the killers from their stated goal of global jihad
3 Pak militants, one civilian killed in Tangdhar gunfight
25 Nov 2015
The attack coincides with the seventh anniversary of the Mumbai attack by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which killed 166 people
Terror groups still active, US warns travellers
25 Nov 2015
US authorities say the likelihood of attacks will continue as members of IS return from Syria and Iraq, and other individuals not affiliated with terror groups engage in violence on their own
Turkey downs Russian fighter jet; Putin calls it 'stab in the back'
24 Nov 2015
The Russian Su-24 jet was shot down by F-16 fighters near Syria border after allegedly violating its airspace and it is not clear whether the pilots are dead or alive
Indian ISIS fighters seen as inferior, get less perks
24 Nov 2015
In a report drawn up with the help of the British MI6, the CIA says in the ISIS, Indian, Pakistani, African and Bangladeshi fighters are paid less as they are considered "inferior to Arab fighters"
Modi calls for deeper India-Malaysia defence ties
23 Nov 2015
India and Malaysia today signed three memorandums of agreements for cooperation in cyber security, public administration and culture
16 held in Belgium raids; key figure still elusive
23 Nov 2015
Belgian prosecutors announced early today that police had detained 16 people in 22 raids related to the Paris attacks, but that fugitive Salah Abdeslam was not among them
Secret hacker group counters cyber jihadis
21 Nov 2015
UN Security Council calls on countries to eradicate Islamic State threat
21 Nov 2015
In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member body declared the group’s terrorist attacks abroad “a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security”
Three killed as gunmen seize 170 hostages at Radisson Blu hotel in Mali capital
20 Nov 2015
Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked the luxury Radisson Blu in Mali's capital Bamako early in the morning and seized 170 guests and staff
Paris terror attacks spark encryption debate'
20 Nov 2015
After Paris, France contemplates a reckoning
17 Nov 2015
Instead of pulling back from the global coalition working against jihadism, it appears that the French will renew and perhaps expand their efforts to pursue revenge for the most recent assault. Republished with permission of Stratfor
After France, Russia bombs IS stronghold in Syria
17 Nov 2015
Russia on Tuesday staged a "significant number" of air strikes on the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa in Syria
ISIS video warns of attack on Washington in
17 Nov 2015
Latest articles
Featured articles
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
Business History Videos
History of hovercraft Part 3...
Today I shall talk a bit more about the military plans for ...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
History of hovercraft Part 2...
In this episode of our history of hovercraft, we shall exam...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
History of Hovercraft Part 1...
If you’ve been a James Bond movie fan, you may recall seein...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
History of Trams in India | ...
The video I am presenting to you is based on a script writt...
By Aniket Gupta | Presenter: Sheetal Gaikwad
view more
