Lt Col Manoj K Channan

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Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd) served in the Indian Army, Armoured Corps, 65 Armoured Regiment, 27 August 83- 07 April 2007. Operational experience in the Indian Army includes Sri Lanka – OP PAWAN, Nagaland and Manipur – OP HIFAZAT, and Bhalra - Bhaderwah, District Doda Jammu and Kashmir, including setting up of a counter-insurgency school – OP RAKSHAK. He regularly contributes to Defence and Security issues in the Financial Express online, Defence and Strategy, Fauji India Magazine and Salute Magazine.*Views are personal.

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Hospitals or Hostages? India’s Healthcare Sovereignty Crisis

In the glass-and-chrome towers of India's private hospitals, beneath the hum of MRI machines and the cold efficiency of billing counters, a silent coup...

India’s Trump Moment: Turning the H-1B Shock into Viksit Bharat 2047

For decades, the H-1B visa has been the golden ticket for Indian talent, a rite of passage for engineers, scientists, and technologists heading to...

The Saudi-Pakistan Mutual Defence Pact: A Pakistani Strategic Perspective

This analysis is based on the framework and key insights articulated by Husain Nadim, former Head of IPPRI and Founder of 3rd Eye Think...

Storm over Chabahar: Why India Must Stay Calm and Play the Long Game

Geopolitics resembles a battlefield manoeuvre, quick, strategic, and often misleading. Nations are constantly competing to outthink, outpace, and outmanoeuvre each other, each trying to...

India at the Crossroads: The Essential Role of Critical Thinking in Facing Challenges

Two newborn girls die in an ICU from rat bites.The outrage? The outrage was directed not at the hospital's negligence or the administration, but...

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Russia’s Il-114-300 Gets a Cargo Mission: The An-26 Successor Is Taking Shape

Russia is broadening the scope of its new Il-114-300...

MC-21 Flight Tests Cross 100 Hours Again—Is Russia Closing In on Certification? 

Russia’s MC-21-310 certification programme has maintained a higher pace...

Russia’s Il-114-300 Gets a New Wing! What Engineers Have Changed Will Surprise You

Russia’s Il-114-300 regional turboprop aircraft has received significant wing...

The Middle East After America’s Guarantee: Hedging, Alliances and Uncertain Deterrence

The Middle East is not becoming post-American. It is...