CONTEXT The bewildering scenes are emerging from Sri Lanka. With the country declaring a state of emergency and the president tendering his resignation thereafter, protestors were seen going on a rampage and vandalising several buildings. The protesters also entered President’s Palace and the Prime Minister’s residence had been set on fire. Sri Lanka is struggling…
AGNIPATH, A NEED FOR A RELOOK Relevant Background Information In 2022-23 MoD budget: Rs 5,25,166 crore. Total personnel in Defence Forces: Over 13 lac. Expenditure on Defence pensions: Rs 1,19,696 crore. Total pensioners/family pensioners: over 26 lac. Approximately 55,000 pensioners are added every year. Approximately 5.8 crore pensioners in India as per 2011 census.…
CURRENT CONTEXT: Recently, New Delhi sent a team to Kabul to discuss humanitarian aid with the Taliban administration. Subsequently, in an effort to prevent grains from being pilfered, New Delhi announced that it would alter the route of transportation. India reportedly suggested sending more consignments via Mumbai, Kandla, or Mundra ports on the west coast…
Life Lessons from Nadal Nadal is arguably one of the greatest sportspersons of all time. 21 Grand Slam title victories are the highest by any male in the history of Tennis. What are the lessons for life we can learn from him? 1. Humility. Nadal has never displayed the slightest arrogance despite the huge success. He is…
It would not be often that a guy has a close brush with death. As an Army man in general and an Infantryman in particular one can increase the chances of such situations. In the Defence Services we often do not need any enemy to create high risks; we are quite capable of doing so…
Aspirants waste a lot of time trying to excel in the WAT test. They learn wrong tips about the test from numerous websites and other sources. Often I find that aspirants find it difficult to write a sentence in 15 seconds. Given below are sentences written by one of my students (all inside 10 seconds). This…
In 1987 I was due to attend the Battalion Support Weapons (BSW) Course at Mhow. The course had three legs: 81 mm Mortar, MMG & Rcl. I also got an opportunity to undergo some kind of pre-course training along with Capt Jamwal [(my immediate junior) Jimmy]. Naik Balak Ram was assigned the responsibility of training…
In my view our “Fitness Guide” is fairly comprehensive as regards helping our students formulate realistic fitness goals and plans to accomplish them. Students are still keen to know what my goals are and how I plan to accomplish them. Sharing this information can be of some help in our students formulating their goals and…
KICKSTART YOUR CAREER! Want to build a dream career but don’t know where to begin? Had a career gap and wanted to get back on track? Confused about the right requirements and path to switch to your desired profession? If the answer to either of these questions was a YES, then this is for you!…
WHAT IS THE SRI LANKAN ECONOMIC CRISIS –The Sri Lankan economy is undergoing a twin crisis: debt and foreign exchange crisis. –The total current external debt for Sri Lanka stands at $45 billion. –However, in February 2022, the country only had $2.31 in foreign exchange reserves. Due to low foreign exchange reserves, the country is…