Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Topic: Military

India supplied Rs 421 crore in arms to Myanmar military, UN calls it ‘death trade’

Indian government-owned companies and private firms in the country have supplied Rs 421 crore ($51 million) worth of arms, dual-use items and raw materials to the military junta in Myanmar since generals staged their coup in February 2021, according to a new report

India third largest military spender in world

The top three largest military spenders in the world were the United States, China and India, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said

Ukraine: How an armed conflict could play out

Julien Théron, Sciences Po Talks between Russia and the west have failed. Moscow has described the situation in Ukraine as “intolerable” and “a matter of...

US Muslim community deserves to know why military targeted their data: Lawmakers

More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers concerned about possible violations of civil liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Bill of Rights asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Thursday for more information about how and why the U.S. military is buying "access to large quantities of personal data" collected from cellphone applications targeted toward Muslim users.

Military takes power in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi detained

Myanmar’s military detained the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other top officials from the governing party on Monday, seizing power in a coup less than 10 years after it handed over power to a civilian government, reported news agencies.