• [!] This is not the time for war, but to invest in war capabilities, so that ultimately we can win without fighting. Said by Chanakya, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli

Chinese Factor

• China has been seriously worried not only about the general rise of India, but the willingness of the US, UK and the European Union to sign trade deals with India, possibly at the cost of China in the long run.
• In the short run, the world needs China since it has become over-dependent on cheap Chinese imports to keep consumer prices down.
• Pahalgam happened just when many global manufacturers, including Apple, are thinking of relocating more parts of their supply chains, especially those that focus on the US market, to India.
• China+1 is happening, and this is precisely what China does not want.
• India’s rise and booming stock markets have become a big deal for China, especially since Donald Trump’s tariff wars are directed at China. His administration has indicated that India may be one of those countries with which it may sign a trade deal later this year.
• China will not let India benefit from its loss if it can help it.
• But, as the timing of the UK free trade deal shows, India knows what needs to be done.

Chinese response for the retaliatory strikes

• China backed Pakistan’s call for an “impartial probe” into the Pahalgam massacre when there were Pakistani finger-prints all over it.

Iran trying to make its role as a mediator

• It is not a coincidence that Iran wants to broker peace between India and Pakistan, when it is under pressure from the US to abandon its nuclear plans and China is backing it. A Turkish navy vessel began a goodwill visit to Karachi.

Why Turkey supports Pakistan?

• Many turkey nuke scientists visited the nuke sites in Pakistan
• Turkey is on the blink of getting a nuke smuggled from Pakistan in next 18 months
• "We are with Kashmiri brethren in solidarity as before : Tayyip Erdogan"
• If turkey gets the nukes, then it can be transferred easily to terrorists organisation like ISIS. Current updates

Bangladesh playing its cards for its former brother

• Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus talked about Bangladesh invading the seven north-eastern states if India attacked Pakistan. Print

28. 04. 2025

PSC on Defence meet

• The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence is scheduled to meet on Monday at 3 PM.

• The development follows a meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg earlier today.

• This comes a day after Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan briefed the Defence Minister on key measures being implemented to counter Pakistan in the wake of the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.

Turkiye - Hamas connections

• UAE and Saudi Arabia consider Hamas as a terrorist group
• Turkiye supports Hamas and 2 Brothers organisation
• Turkiye with Pakistan wants to portray Turkiye as the leader of the sunni muslims
• Turkiye started raising the Kashmir issue for that purpose
• Now Hamas is connected to Pakistan due to Turkiye
• Saudi Arabia, who was pro Pakistan once, now abadoned due to its alignment with Turkiye
• Hamas came to Pakistan twice, first on the solidarity day of Kashmir with LeM and now, some days before the pahalgam attack
• A Turkish C-130E military cargo aircraft, TUAF509, set off from Ankara, Turkey, to al-Kut, Iraq, and has now landed in Karachi, Pakistan.

BBC coverage - one sided

• India sends formal protest letter to Jackie Martin, BBC India Head, over downplaying terror attack.
• Objection raised on BBC calling terrorists as militants.
• MEA’s XP Division will now monitor BBC’s content.

Banned Pakistan's youtube channels

• India banned over 15 Pakistani YouTube channels – including those of major media outlets like Dawn and Geo News, as well as journalists such as Irshad Bhatti, Asma Shirazi, and Umar Cheema – for allegedly spreading provocative, communally sensitive content and false narratives against India.
• YouTube channel of former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar, which had over 3.5 million subscribers, was also taken down. Collectively, the banned platforms had a subscriber base of approximately 63 million. India today

07 - 05 - 2025

Civil drills preparation

• 244 categories of districts
• in the event of hostile attack
• The notification issued by Directorate General of Civil Defense under MHA
• This is an integral component of nation's passive defense strategy
• This includes activate control rooms, fire fighting, warden services, undertake cleaning of bunkers and trenches
• Around 4 lakh volunteers associated with DG will be roped in.

Briefing of Operation Sindoor

Pakistan harboring Sajid Mir, Terrorist who orchestrated 26/11 Mumbai attacks

• Sajid Mir, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, was long believed to be dead — at least that’s what Pakistan told the world.
• Also known by aliases like Sajid Majeed, Ibrahim Shah, Wasi, and Waseem, hails from Lahore.
• But under intense international pressure, Islamabad had to admit he was alive and quietly jailed him in 2022 at Kot Lakhpat Jail, in Lahore.
• Mir was also directly linked to David Headley, the Pakistani American terrorist who scouted targets for the 26/11 attacks. Headley testified under oath in a US court, naming Sajid Mir as a possible officer of Pakistan’s spy agency, the ISI.
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) lists Sajid Mir among its most-wanted terrorists.  The US State Department has offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction. [Republic Bharat]('Most Glaring Example': Who Is 26/11 Handler Sajid Mir Mentioned In Operation Sindoor Briefing? | Republic World)

08 - 05 - 2025

Statement of DG ISPR

• The DG ISPR (Inter Services Public Relations DG) statements characterise the strike as an attack on civilian areas, also noting that India had struck the Neelum-Jhelum dam.
• These are plausibly moral preparations to pursue similar options against India. This makes escalation control shaky.

Stop Pakistani content immediately: Centre to OTTs, media streaming platforms

• The order, issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, asked "all OTT platforms, media streaming services, and intermediaries operating in India to immediately discontinue web series, films, songs, podcasts, and other streaming content originating from Pakistan", whether offered through subscription-based models or otherwise.
• The decision has been made in the "interest of national security", the notification said. India Today

Applying for trademark of the name of the operation for entertainment and education purposes

• This whole incident gave several film producers an idea to make a movie, just like Uri: The Surgical Strike and other war action dramas.
• The film producers have already registered themselves to get the right to make a film.
• Producers registering their title at the website of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
• Reliance Industries Limited can be seen at the top, followed by Mukesh Chetram Agrawal, Group Captain Kala Singh Oberh (Retired) and Alok Kothari.
• The trademark applications are filed under Class 41 of the Nice classification.
• Later Reliance issued a statement stating that they have withdrawn the application as it is a part of “national consciousness”.
• Indian military operation names are not protected as intellectual property, neither by the government nor the Ministry of Defence. So these names remain open for trade mark claims. [Republic Bharat](Reliance Withdraws Trade Mark Application For Operation Sindoor, Says 'Filed By A Junior Without Authorisation' | Republic World)

10.05.2025

Targets hit

16. 05. 2025

Crypto deal between Pakistan and Trump

The crypto firm linked to Trump's family has partnered with Pakistan's crypto council to develop a national crypto currency. World Liberty Financial, 60% owned by Eric Don Junior and Jared Kushner, recently signed a deal with the PCC. Before this Pakistan's PM and Chief of Army staff met the Americans at Nur Khan Air Base. DGP - Pic

21.05.2025

All Party Delegation

• The first three teams will leave during wednesday and thursday were briefed by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Tuesday. These three teams will visit Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the UAE, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Russia, Slovenia, Greece, Latvia, Spain.

• The other four team will start their journey from May 23 to 25.

• Apart from the members of the UNSC, five other countries have been selected will become members of the UNSC in the coming days.

• The representatives are going to over 25 nations.

All-party delegation isn’t failure of Indian missions abroad

• The inclusion of countries such as Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia is explained by their status as current non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

• The decision logically follows from the need to counter the narrative that both the terror attack and the resultant war were linked to the ruling government’s ideology. This required a high-impact political delegation constituted of both opposition members and those from the minority community (including from Kashmir) in order to underscore the falsity of the same perception.

• "A case of the messenger itself being the message."

• The all-party delegation is an innovative form of diplomacy. But it can only complement the work that Indian missions already undertake on an everyday basis and without attending to cameras.

• The salient issue of understaffing in foreign missions and embassies—arguably the most important constraint behind their below-potential performance. Print

June 2025

Greece asks for combat data

• Greece is turning to New Delhi for more than diplomatic relations: it wants combat data.
• The aim is to upgrade training scenarios and further familiarize Greek pilots with real-world engagement conditions based on real-world environments and threats.
• Greece now has two Rafale squadrons and wants to optimize their use in precision, deep penetration, and deterrence roles. Greek city times

Rafale fighter jets deal cancelled by Armenia

• Dassault Aviation has offered the Rafale fighter to Armenia; however, concerns over cost and its reported underperformance during a recent India-Pakistan air clash may have diminished Yerevan’s enthusiasm for the French-made aircraft.
• During that high-stakes confrontation, three Indian Air Force Rafales were allegedly shot down by Pakistan Air Force J-10CE fighters equipped with PL-15 long-range air-to-air missiles—raising serious questions over Rafale’s survivability in heavily contested airspace. Defense Security Asia

January 2026

Pakistan appealed 60 times to the US for halting the Operation Sindoor

Foreign Agents Registration Act

Lobbying with foreign governments in the US is legal under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of the Department of Justice. Complete records of these engagements, including the firms involved and the duration, are available on the Department of Justice official website.

Pakistan Lobby Spent 45 Crores

• Documents released under the America's Foreign Agents Registration Act show that India's Operation Sindoor has shaken Pakistan. The country lobbied through its diplomats in the U.S. to prevent the war nearly 60 times.
• Spent approximately ₹45 crore on hiring six lobbying firms to gain rapid access to the Trump administration.

India Lobbying

• American lobbying firm SHW Partners LLC said in its filing that the Indian Embassy had also hired its services to strengthen the communication with the US government regarding the trade talks. The company said that it worked for the Indian Embassy between April and December 2025.
• The Indian embassy contended that they had fired such phones as and when required since 1950.
• On May 10, on behalf of the Indian embassy, the Company helped establish contact with the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, US Trade Representative Jameson Greer, and National Security Council official Ricky Gill, arranging a meeting for a multi-party delegation is Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Significance of May 10

May 10 was also the day when a four-day military confrontation with India and Pakistan came to an end. On 10th May at 5:37 pm, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the first public announcement about stopping Operation Sindoor. Bhaskarenglish