Abhinab writes that in the realm of space exploration, the competition among nations in space exploration is always fierce, and each endeavour represents not only a scientific milestone but also a symbol of national pride and technological prowess.
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Critically analysing the Centrality of Security – Maahi Gupta
International relations and politics have grappled with the idea of global security for a long period of time as it faces several possibilities and feasibilities. There have been a lot […]
Soldiers, Militants, and Small Drones
Brig Narender writes, drones are emerging as new weapon for use at tactical level having operational and strategic implications. Use of drones by state and non-state actors will increase in the future since it gives leverage to cause collateral damage, act as target designator for smart bombs, carryout surveillance and act as a platform for electronic warfare.
Future Wars : Are Emerging Technologies Transformational?
Anurag writes, the so called futuristic technologies like AI and Robotics will most likely only lead to improvement in the range, accuracy, lethality and employability of existing military systems in the near future and not creation of any new class of weapons or opening up of a new battle space (machine warfare). Immediate dramatic transformations as are being publicised in media are unlikely. Over the medium to long term these cumulative changes may lead to a significant impact on the battlefield and also a new sub-class of existing weapon systems emerging.
India yet again successfully tests BrahMos
Roshan Writes: BrahMos, with an indigenous seeker hit the target with “pin-point” accuracy on March 22 at a Pokhran test range in Rajasthan.
NITI Aayog Initiates the Blockchain Effort
Subhashish writes, India Chain will be the country’s largest blockchain network. It will be linked to another existing platform called IndiaStack. IndiaStack is a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that allow government organisations, businesses, startups and developers to develop applications for presence-less (by using Aadhar), paper-less (Aadhar eKYC, E-sign and digital locker), cash-less (single interface to bank accounts and wallets such as UPI) and consent (to enable people to securely provide consent for the data flow between data providers) service delivery