Author of Indian Mujahideen: The Enemy Within (2011, Hachette) and Himalayan Face-off: Chinese Assertion and Indian Riposte (2014, Hachette). Awarded K Subrahmanyam Prize for Strategic Studies in 2015 by Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) and the 2011 Ben Gurion Prize by Israel.
Articles by Shishir Gupta
Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is back on high seas
After a major refit of 15 months, India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is expected to move to outer anchorage of Karwar naval base and resume sea trials next month.
Published on Feb 19, 2023 08:42 AM IST
Pak shadow over Kandahar-Kabul power struggle
Pakistan has reached out to Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akundzada to force Tehreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan terror group to the negotiating table with Islamabad. Taliban Kabul faction is not inclined, instead wants Akundzada to reverse his decision on girl education and working women.
Published on Feb 17, 2023 11:49 AM IST
Modi’s three-pronged strategy to counter aggressive China
Last-mile connectivity to border villages in Himalayan states, raising of additional ITBP battalions to man Arunachal Pradesh border and a green signal to Shinkun La tunnel to Ladakh are all interconnected to cement Indian defences all along the 3488 km LAC with China.
Published on Feb 16, 2023 02:05 PM IST
Modi steps up Ladakh defence, clears Shinkun La tunnel
The new tunnel under 16,703 feet Shinkun La will allow all-weather connectivity to Ladakh from Himachal Pradesh via Manali-Darcha axis and allow faster deployment of Indian troops to tackle any flare up in Kargil-Siachen sector with Pakistan or with PLA in East Ladakh.
Published on Feb 15, 2023 05:37 PM IST
China dithers over IMF’s Sri Lanka debt plan, leaves Colombo in limbo
With China yet to support IMF-Paris Club ’s debt sustainability analysis over loan moratorium and debt restructuring, Sri Lanka may come out empty handed from the IMF's Executive Board meeting next month.
Published on Feb 15, 2023 02:07 PM IST
‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ needs private sector, not bureaucracy, to soar
In spite of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relentless efforts, the military-civilian bureaucracy is protecting its own fiefdom and is still sitting on allowing majority stake to private entities in a joint venture with defence PSUs.
Published on Feb 14, 2023 02:05 PM IST
Amit Shah exposed 1962 war chink in Cong’s Adhir Chowdhury armor
In his demand for an urgent debate on alleged Chinese transgressions across LAC, Opposition leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury forgot that then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru debated Chinese offensive on November 8, 1962 by which time the PLA had captured Aksai Chin and Tawang had fallen.
Published on Feb 11, 2023 08:55 AM IST
NSA Doval had rare one-to-one with Putin on Global issues
Russian President Vladimir Putin last week made a very rare exception and summoned visiting Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval for a rare one hour one to one meeting to discuss global and bilateral issues.
Updated on Feb 11, 2023 09:16 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Army gears up to face 3-tier PLA deployment along LAC
Military planners say there is evidence of PLA deploying one border regiment, backed by two divisions of Xinjiang and Tibet Military districts with four CABs in reserve across LAC in East Ladakh in the western sector.
Published on Feb 10, 2023 12:52 AM IST
India will never abandon Afghanistan: NSA Doval at Moscow meet
The NSA underlined that terrorism has become a major threat in the region and that dealing with terror outfits like Daesh, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed requires intensified intelligence and security cooperation between respective countries and their agencies.
Published on Feb 08, 2023 10:12 PM IST
Right balance between growth and inflation
Das said the moderate hike in the policy rate gives the central bank the leeway to make appropriate data-driven changes in the policy going forward.
Published on Feb 08, 2023 07:50 PM IST
India planning to send sixth C-17 to quake-hit Turkiye and Syria
The Modi government is working on sending fifth C-17 aircraft to Turkiye today with one C-17 already reaching Syria. All the planes are taking a circuitous route to the quake hit zone as Pakistan does not give overflight permission to even Indian military aircraft carrying aid.
Published on Feb 08, 2023 10:20 AM IST
Indian forces seek armed predator drones from US
The Indian armed forces are seeking 18 armed Predator MQ 9A drones from the US, and electronic and spatial intelligence organisation NTRO will soon acquire eight Indian-manufactured medium altitude long endurance (MALE) drones for border surveillance and reconnaissance, according to people aware of the matter.
Updated on Feb 08, 2023 06:34 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
How India’s Belt-Road Initiative snub proved prophetic
While China has invested nearly a trillion dollars into the initiative to leverage its financial and political clout with 150 countries, the economic situation of low-income recipient countries is dire and has taken a turn for the worse
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 01:13 PM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Musharraf, betrayer of Lahore Declaration and architect of Kargil war, dies
Former Pakistan Army Chief and military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf was a military risk taker at heart with excellent tactics but poor strategic understanding. He led Pak Army into war with India at Kargil to avenge 1971 defeat and loss of Siachen Glacier in 1984.
Published on Feb 05, 2023 01:47 PM IST
Doval to talk blunt to UK NSA over Sikh radicalisation
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is expected to convey India's serious concerns over the UK turning a deliberate blind eye towards rise of Sikh radicalisation and anti-India sentiments fueled by Pak Muslims in the country.
Updated on Feb 04, 2023 08:49 AM IST
Beyond The News: Boost to tech ties key takeaway of NSA Ajit Doval’s visit
NSA Doval was able to leverage the global strategic relationship with US into enhancing Indian capacity and capability-building rather than merely creating diplomatic space.
Updated on Feb 03, 2023 08:03 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
GE-414 military jet engines set to be manufactured in India
While the Narendra Modi government is tight-lipped about the entire project, HT learns that the GE-414 engine will be manufactured under terms that include 100% transfer of technology
Updated on Feb 01, 2023 09:07 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
India takes up Brampton temple defacing with Canada
While India has taken up Sikh separatists issues with US, Australia, UK and Canada, it is quite evident that London and Ottawa are justifying violence against the Indian diaspora in the name of freedom of speech and using it as minority political pressure point against Modi government.
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 09:29 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
China differs with IMF on Sri Lanka debt moratorium
While India has decided to support IMF’s debt sustainability analysis of Sri Lanka with a 10-year debt moratorium and restructuring period of 15 years, Chinese EXIM banks are only willing to offer a 2 year debt moratorium. This may spell further economic pain for the Island nation.
Updated on Jan 28, 2023 09:40 AM IST
UK to play third umpire on Kashmir during Pakistan Army chief’s visit
Despite India taking over Britain in terms of economy and global clout, UK still harbours illusions over the Indian sub-continent and likes to play in the Af-Pak region with the help of Pakistan. The Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021 has been the disastrous consequence of this UK-Pak devil play with Afghan minorities and women thrown to Islamist wolves.
Updated on Jan 27, 2023 09:12 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Pakistan staring at loan default, economic collapse
Pakistan is facing a grave economic crisis with loan default staring in its face and the IMF ready with tough economic conditions for providing financial assistance.
Updated on Jan 26, 2023 05:45 PM IST
Why are Andaman and Nicobar Islands a key Indian military asset?
Even though Atal Bihari Vajpayee government created Andaman and Nicobar Command at Port Blair in 2001, the tri-service institution has not lived up to national vision with three services still operating in silos and are wary of committing additional military assets to counter Chinese challenge in the Indo-Pacific.
Updated on Jan 24, 2023 09:59 AM IST
Navy may approach govt for 3 more Kalvari submarines
The fifth diesel attack submarine 1775 tonne INS Vagir was commissioned by Navy Chief Admiral Hari Kumar on Monday at MDL in Mumbai and the sixth of the Kalvari class INS Vagsheer is expected to be commissioned later this year or early 2024.
Updated on Jan 24, 2023 04:53 AM IST
Why foreign diplomats become wolf warriors in India
While Indian ambassadors to Pakistan and China virtually stay locked up in their embassy compounds and are shadowed by intelligence toughies, their counterparts in Delhi along with others have a free run with no restrictions on their travel or with whom they meet.
Published on Jan 22, 2023 10:05 AM IST
India first in supporting IMF assistance for Sri Lanka
While Sri Lanka has more than often played the China card against India and suffered due to white elephant projects funded by Beijing, the Modi government was first out of the block to hand over letter to IMF for debt relief to Colombo.
Updated on Jan 22, 2023 07:25 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
Centre orders blocking of tweets, YouTube videos on BBC documentary on PM Modi
Both YouTube and Twitter complied with the order of the Centre which was issued after several ministry officials examined the documentary and found it to be an "attempt to cast aspersion on the authority".
Updated on Jan 21, 2023 03:56 PM IST
Modi govt to counter biased media narratives
Both the government and the party believe that western Left-Liberal media with support of the deep state will act as a force multiplier to a perceived weak opposition in a bid to oust PM Narendra Modi in 2024 general elections.
Published on Jan 21, 2023 12:17 PM IST
'BBC documentary timing is sinister when India…': UK Lord's stinging letter
Lord Rami Ranger has told BBC head that the one-sided documentary hitting at PM Narendra Modi comes at a time when India is President of G 20 and in midst of a free trade agreement between India and the UK.
Updated on Jan 20, 2023 09:37 PM IST
Time for bureaucracy to wake up in Jammu and Kashmir
The J&K bureaucracy is safely ensconced in fortress secretariats and does not reach out to people. The traditional babu handling Kashmir in Srinagar or Delhi with convoluted wisdom of past still can’t think beyond two political families of Valley despite clear-cut directives of Modi government.
Updated on Jan 19, 2023 01:39 PM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
