Highlights: War/conflicts today – organizing the military accordingly – necessity for an Integrated Defence Head Quarters and a Chief of Defence Staff and a National strategy policy. Quotations for consideration: “The organization of the Army is dependent on the answer to the question – ‘What is the Army for’?” – Anon. “The only defensible war is a war […]
Highlights: War/conflicts today – understanding the many new dimensions of – appropriate and prompt response to each such threat. Quotations for consideration: “No one starts a war – or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and […]
“Nothing is more important in war than unity in command… Better one bad general than two good ones”. – Napoleon Bonaparte. “Order, Counter order, Disorder” – Old proverb. Key Concepts: A Counter Terrorist / Naxal / Insurgent Operation involves not only the Police, the various Intelligence Agencies and the Para Military, but also elements of […]
Summary: Health Care is very essential, especially for the very young and the elderly. However, health care is very costly and can be brought into the reach of all, only through a properly designed universal coverage insurance programme as the more inclusive the programme the lower the individual premium. Inclusion of Traditional medicine and Therapy. […]
Highlights: Changes in the concepts of warfare – Calls for newer types of weapons, equipment, transport and technologies Quotations for consideration: “It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.” – John F. Kennedy. “Today the real test of power is not the capacity to make war, but the capacity […]
What do Good Health & Good Fitness actually mean and what minimum and convenient regime of diet and exercise to follow to attain to the desired levels of Health & Fitness. The first and most important requirement is that each of us end-up with a body shape and condition that we each consider good for […]
Summary: Health Care for All is an ideal to aim for and which can be assured only via a comprehensive National insurance scheme with proper guidelines to determine and lay down the costs of medicines and procedures and of additional facilities demanded. (See-”Health Care for All’). The Ayushman Bharat Scheme is a good start but […]
Summary: Major and widespread Riots and major Terror incidents that play out over prolonged time should not be confused with the more common localized riots or disturbances or terror incidents. Such major Riots and Terror incidents require proper pre-planned procedures, specifying levels of responses to be resorted to by properly trained and equipped manpower under […]
Highlights: Need for Military Expenditure – Controlling it yet keeping the Military Effective – Deterrence. Quotations for consideration: “Let not thy WILL roar, whilst thy POWER can but whisper.” – Anon. “The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower […]
Summary: Per capita consumption of energy is the true measure of progress of civilization. The effects of the Industrial Revolution and the depredations of Colonization have ensured that such progress has been disproportionately applicable to the Western world. During the past few decades, biased reports on the causes of Climate change and Global warming have […]
