DefenseNews: At UN, India Condemns 'cowardly' Attack On Sikh Temple In Kabul
New York: India on Monday condemned in the strongest terms the recent "cowardly attack" at the Sikh temple in Kabul, Afghanistan and said it's time that the UN Member States condemned hatred against non-Abrahamic religions as well. On Saturday, Islamic State attacked Karte Parwan Gurdwara in which two people were killed and several others got injured. Gunmen had tried to storm the temple on Saturday morning and all were killed after a standoff that lasted several hours. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Indi…
Address support to terror from outside Afghanistan:India to United Nations
India ’s permanent envoy to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin has said that sustainable peace can be brought in Afghanistan by denying safe havens to the terrorist groups in its neighbourhood. “If we are to bring sustainable peace to Afghanistan, groups and individuals that perpetrate violence against the people and the Government of Afghanistan must be denied safe havens and sanctuaries in Afghanistan’s neighbourhood,” he said. Speaking on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security in UN Securit…
UN Tries to Get Libyan Factions to Join New Peace Talks
The UN was trying to convince Libya 's warring factions on Monday to join a new round of peace talks aimed at ending months of violence and political deadlock. The world body's mission to Libya (UNSMIL) said last week that it planned to broker new negotiations beginning on Tuesday. But just a day before the talks were due to begin, neither the participants nor the location of talks had been announced, leading a source at UNSMIL to suggest they could be delayed. In last week's statement, the UN mission said the main obje…
India begins training Afghan commandos in Rajasthan
India is training a group of Afghan special forces in the deserts of Rajasthan, army officials said on Friday, deepening its involvement with Afghanistan as its military prepares to secure the country after NATO’s withdrawal in 2014. Afghan military officers have been attending courses in India for years, but this is the first time members of its special forces have held joint exercises with Indian commandos. Afghanistan has been pressing India for military equipment including helicopters, tanks and field guns as well as greater invol…
India, Pak nuclear war could put 2 billion people at risk
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan would result in a global famine that could kill over two billion people -- a quarter of the world's population -- and end human civilization, a study warned today. "A nuclear war using only a fraction of existing arsenals would produce massive casualties on a global scale--far more than we had previously believed," said Ira Helfand, the study's author and co-president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). In a previous study in 2012, the N…
Pilatus PC-7 gives boost to IAF Academy
The induction of Pilatus PC-7 basic trainer six months ago has brought a qualitative change in the training of future guardians of Indian skies, Air Vice-Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Deputy Commandant and in-charge of Training at Air Force Academy said. While cadets used to get about 25 hours of flying training earlier, induction of Pilatus has increased this to about 60 flying hours. At the end of the basic training, the cadets are now completing a total of 14 hours of solo flying as compared to just one hour earlier. Bridging the gap…
India, Pakistan Tactical Arms Race Is Very Risky, New Report Says
An ongoing competition between India and Pakistan to acquire shorter-range atomic-missile capabilities is raising the likelihood of a nuclear exchange on the Indian subcontinent, a new report by a British think-tank concluded on Thursday. An ongoing competition between India and Pakistan to acquire shorter-range atomic-missile capabilities is raising the likelihood of a nuclear exchange on the Indian subcontinent, a new report by a British think-tank concluded on Thursday. The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studi…
India's first navigation satellite soars to success
India's first dedicated navigation satellite, the IRNSS-1A, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, was successfully put in orbit on Monday night. India’s first dedicated navigation satellite, the IRNSS-1A, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, was successfully put in orbit on Monday night. The launch vehicle, PSLV-C22, bearing the 1,425-kg navigation satellite, blasted off the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at the scheduled lift-off time of 11.41 p.m. As the PSLV-C22 tore into the n…
UN arms trade treaty may hamper its interest, feels India
India is worried that the United Nations treaty aimed at putting a check on the multi-billion dollar global arms trade could complicate its efforts to import military equipment. The UN General Assembly passed the treaty last week by a simple majority wit 154 votes in favour and just three against. The USA, the world's largest arms exporter, also favoured the treaty while North Korea, Syria and Iran opposed it. Big exporters like Russia and China and importers like India, Indonesia and Egypt were among the 23 nations that abstain…
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