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India-Iran Eurasian partnership takes off

Raj Kumar Sharma writes: A trilateral agreement was signed between India, Iran and Afghanistan which would allow India and Iran to access Central Asia and Afghanistan while land locked Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics would be able to access sea through Zaranj-Delaram-Chabahar link.

Taliban Announces Operation Omari

Raj Kumar Sharma writes: The initials signs mean that there could be more kidnappings and targeted killings of enemy forces rather than large scale attacks by the Taliban.

India-Bangladesh Relations on a High

Raj Kumar Sharma writes: Bangladesh is a bridge between India and ASEAN countries and the recent agreements will help India for taking positive steps in this direction.

VIEWS ON ARTICLE IN ECONOMIC TIMES OF MARCH 1, 2016

Air Cmde A K Venkateswaran (Retd) and Wg Cmr K S Chandrasekar (Retd) write: The OROP by itself has been known to be 7500cr of which the Govt will get back IT of at least 20% thus reducing the amount to only 6000cr. This 6000cr is just about 1.76% of the Defence outlay and not a “burgeoning” increase which the article makes it out to be.