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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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IndiGo’s Deep State: Elbers Cowers to the Real Power in Delhi

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India’s aviation sector is once again in turmoil, but this time the crisis at IndiGo has revealed something more insidious than mere poor planning...

IndiGo Turbulence: Pieter Elbers, WEF Networks, and the Subtle Mechanics of the Deep State

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Pieter Elbers's connections to global aviation, European business lobbies, and WEF-linked initiatives highlight how transnational networks influence policy and markets, often resembling a 'deep...

IndiGo’s Crew Crisis and the Aviation Deathtrap: A Governance Failure

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India’s aviation sector is no stranger to drama, but the recent operational crisis at IndiGo has revealed a deeper rot that extends far beyond...

Recalibrating Poles of Power: The Putin–Modi Summit and the Emerging Multipolar Arc

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The 23rd India–Russia Annual Summit in New Delhi on 4–5 December 2025 and the Joint Statement that followed indicate not only the continuation of...

Profiteering Amid Chaos: When the Aviation & Hotel Industry Becomes Predatory

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Welcome to India, the world’s largest democracy and, perhaps, the most organised form of anarchy on Earth. A nation where chaos is state-sponsored, but...
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