Shishir Gupta
Author of Indian Mujahideen: The Enemy Within (2011 Hatchette) and Himalayan Face-off : Chinese Assertion and Indian Riposte (2014). Awarded K Subrahmanyam Prize for Strategic Studies in 2015 by Indian Defence and Strategic Analyses (IDSA) and the 2011 Ben Gurion Prize by Israel.
Articles by Shishir Gupta
US retains Lashkar’s terror tag, casts a shadow over Pak’s chances at FATF
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2021 03:21 PM IST
- The US State Department decision to continue treating the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as a terror organisation, an Indian official said, suggests that it is as potent as ever despite cosmetic steps taken by Islamabad.
‘Deep displeasure’: India sends a stinker to WHO’s Tedros over incorrect map
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2021 08:50 AM IST
- The 8 January letter is the third communication to the World Health Organisation in a month, reminding Tedros and his office to fix the maps
Secret tunnel on India-Pak border reveals PM Imran Khan’s real plans
UPDATED ON JAN 13, 2021 05:57 PM IST
- There were 930 ceasefire violations by Pakistan in 2020, a 54% increase over the 605 instances the previous year
India should be wary of Chinese mind games
UPDATED ON JAN 13, 2021 12:31 PM IST
- Withdrawal from the vast Tibetan and Xinjiang military region means little in an era of stand-off weapons and long-range missiles. The Chinese PLA has capacity to deploy troop divisions within a week with metalled roads and optical fibre cables up to the last military post and advanced landing grounds (ALGs) all along the LAC.
India to help neighbours with emergency Covid vaccine; commercial supplies later
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:39 PM IST
India will make Covid-19 vaccines available to neighbouring countries for emergency use authorisation under the grant-in-aid programme
No chief guest this R-Day
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 06:15 AM IST
This will be the first time in at least five decades that the Republic Day celebrations, seen as a high point in India’s diplomatic calendar, will not have a chief guest.
Covid-19 shadow on 72nd Republic Day: No foreign guest after UK PM opted out
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 10:50 AM IST
- One of the factors that convinced India to decide not to invite a foreign guest was the fluid nature of the coronavirus pandemic after new strains were reported from the UK and South Africa.
‘16 Bihar’ heroes of Galwan skirmish to be honoured at Republic Day parade
UPDATED ON JAN 11, 2021 12:49 PM IST
- PM Modi, who travelled to Ladakh soon after the clash, had paid glowing tributes to the bravery of soldiers, telling them that India's enemies had seen their "fire and fury".
Xi Jinping is preparing for a special birthday party. It has repercussions
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2021 02:26 PM IST
- The 100th-anniversary celebrations of the Chinese communist party would be projected as a strong counter to the so-called ‘century of humiliation’ that the Chinese empire and the Republic of China faced between 1839 and 1949 at the hands of western powers, Russia and Japan.
On Rafale and deadly Panther choppers, India gets a huge offer from France
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2021 05:10 PM IST
- France has accepted the Indian request that defence technologies shared with the Indian military should not be given to New Delhi’s adversaries. France’s relationship has already reached a new low with Pakistan after PM Imran Khan attacked President Macron.
Global terrorist Masood Azhar is finally a wanted man in Pak. Dawood next?
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 02:27 PM IST
Intel reports indicate Dawood Ibrahim’s daughter Mahrukh and her husband Junaid Miandad, son of ex-Pak cricket team captain Javed Miandad, have acquired a Portuguese passport and could move to Europe.
Friends first: India adopts ‘HCQ model’ to send Covid vaccines to neighbours
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 07, 2021 07:20 PM IST
India is expected to supply the Covid vaccine on a commercial basis as well as assistance
India asks UK to arrest Jaysukh Ranpariya wanted for lawyer Kirit Joshi murder
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 07, 2021 06:15 PM IST
Jaysukh Ranpariya, who is accused of plotting Jamnagar lawyer Kirit Joshi’s murder, according to the police, has been traced to locations in the United Kingdom
Doval, French prez adviser to hold strategic talks today
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 07, 2021 05:28 AM IST
India is expected to sign a $2.5-billion contract this year for 56 medium-transport aircraft under the Make in India initiative.
Macron’s top advisor Emmanuel Bonne to meet NSA Ajit Doval as France turns the screws on Pak
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 08:55 PM IST
Emmanuel Bonne is expected to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar and hold a meeting with foreign secretary Harsh Shringla on Friday.
Afghanistan busted Chinese spy ring, kept it a secret. NDS chief explains why
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 06:26 PM IST
NDS chief Ahmad Zia Saraj told the Afghan parliament on Tuesday that a group of Chinese nationals had been arrested for espionage.
Not Chinese, prefer Indian vaccine first, Nepal to India ahead of minister’s visit
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 04:08 PM IST
India is expected to agree to foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali’s request to supply 12 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Nepal
China flies choppers over Lhasa in military drill to tame Tibet
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2021 06:38 PM IST
The military drill is seen as part of the continuing effort by President Xi Jinping to sinicise Tibet that would pick up pace in view of the new US law.
Ladakh was the starting point. India-China ties are getting complicated
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2021 02:31 PM IST
India-China border: The Ladakh LAC stand-off may get sorted out over time but the Chinese posture towards India will not change
Jaishankar to fly to Sri Lanka tomorrow, sked includes meeting with Prez, PM
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 03:26 PM IST
External Affairs minister S Jaishankar will be in Sri Lanka between 5 and 7 January.
10 Chinese spies caught in Kabul get a quiet pardon, fly home in chartered aircraft
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 11:12 AM IST
The terms of the arrangement between Kabul and Beijing to secure the release of the 10 Chinese spies is not known.
Chinese economy is recovering. But there are gaps | Analysis
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 01:19 PM IST
The survey appeared to take the sheen off official Chinese statistics pointing to a more subdued picture of economic recovery.
China switches into covert mode in Nepal, has team of 3 to continue mission
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 01:14 PM IST
The assignment has been handed to three officials of the Chinese communist party, who were part of the team that quietly travelled by road into Nepal before Guo Yezhou landed at Kathmandu’s international airport on Sunday last.
4 French air force jets to come for wargames with IAF’s Rafale jets from 19 Jan
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 01, 2021 08:26 PM IST
India is also considering a French proposal to acquire six Airbus 330 multi-role transport tanker aircraft on a government-to-government basis for expanding the strike capability of the Indian Air Force
China violates border agreements with India, swears by 2003 pact on Tibet | Analysis
By Shishir Gupta | New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2020 01:55 PM IST
The Chinese embassy official not just cherry-picked bilateral agreements with India, but also portions from the 2003 pact that the embassy decided to quote.
EU sets aside China’s rights record, seals pact with Prez Xi that may upset US
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 30, 2020 10:10 PM IST
EU’s big win, as its leaders have projected the agreement with President Xi Jinping, deals a huge blow to the US President-elect Joe Biden’s hopes of rebuilding the transatlantic alliance in an effort to take on an assertive China.
China’s Mission Nepal suffers a huge setback. PM Oli didn’t play ball
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 30, 2020 01:09 PM IST
China’s delegation which was deputed to unite Nepal Communist Party leaders, met other Nepal leaders also after criticism for interfering in the country’s politics, and invited them to Chinese Communist Party’s centenary celebrations next year.
China readies Plan B for Nepal Communist Party if PM Oli doesn’t play ball
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2020 05:10 PM IST
Chinese communist party’s Guo Yezhou met Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday
India-China military talks on standoff paused due to change of guard in PLA
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 29, 2020 10:38 AM IST
PLA Western Theatre Commander Gen Zhang Xudong is expected to resume the military talks after his induction process is completed
China’s move to play political broker in Nepal not working
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2020 01:01 PM IST
China’s Guo Yezhou is a familiar face in Nepal’s political circles and is believed to have played a role in the formation of the Nepal Communist Party in 2018 by the merger of PM Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and Prachanda’s Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist Centre.