Dinakar Peri

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Dinakar Peri is a Senior Associate Editor with The Hindu covering defence and security issues.. A Chevening Journalism Fellow, he was earlier an Associate Fellow at Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) and worked on special projects with Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS). Prior to that he was a biology researcher at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). He holds a MBA in Business Sustainability and MSc in Biotechnology.

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View from Ashkelon a City in Israel where many Malayali caregivers work.

Army studying attack on Israel to imbibe lessons on threats

The Navy’s proposal for a repeat order of a Vikrant-like aircraft carrier, estimated to cost approximately ₹40,000 crore, and 97 additional Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-MK1A fighters for the Indian Air Force (IAF), estimated to cost around ₹67,000 crore, are lined up for approval from the DAC. File

Two mega proposals for aircraft carrier, LCA-MK1A jets lined up for DAC approval

Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan meets Lieutenant General Greg Bilton, Chief of Joint Ops Australia, on October 11, 2023.

India and Australia have reached tactical interoperability, there is opportunity to start coordinating activities: Australian officer

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Anil Chauhan has said the process of ‘theatrisation’, part of a reorganisation effort undertaken by the armed forces, is among the most ambitious reforms post-independence.

Identified nine verticals for integration among three services, says Chief of Defence Staff Gen Chauhan

Army concludes 70 schemes under EP-4 worth ₹11,000 crore

The Indian Air Force unveiled its new Ensign at the annual Air Force Day parade at Prayagraj on October 8, 2023. Photo: X/@IAF_MCC

IAF Chief unveils new Ensign as the force marks 91st anniversary

The Territorial Army, which is a citizens’ force raised by an Act of Parliament in 1948, currently has 60 units, of which 14 are deployed in counter insurgency duties in support of the Army and two units are in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Photo: territorialarmy.in

Territorial Army recruits Chinese language interpreters

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan. File.

New rules on disability pension meant to protect ‘genuine interests’ of armed forces and prevent ‘misuse’: CDS

Members of Indian Army try to recover trucks buried at the area affected by flood in Sikkim in this undated image released by the Indian Army on October 5, 2023.

Sikkim flash floods | Search continues for 22 missing Army personnel

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar during the plenary session of ‘Swavlamban 2.0’, the two-day seminar of Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation, in New Delhi, on Oct. 4, 2023.

New defence indigenisation list has futuristic weapons, systems

The IAF is looking at several contracts worth ₹2.5 lakh crore to ₹3 lakh crore in the next few years.

IAF looking at procurement contracts worth over ₹2.5 lakh crore, says Air chief

Astra, an indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile, being test-fired by Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) LSP-7, in Bengaluru. File

IAF to induct Astra missiles by end-2023

Defence Ministry tightens entitlement rules for award of disability compensation for military personnel

Project Udbhav stands testimony to the Army’s recognition of India’s age-old wisdom in statecraft, strategy, diplomacy, and warfare, an Army statement said. Photo: usiofindia.org

Army’s Project Udbhav to rediscover ‘Indic heritage of statecraft’ from ancient texts

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