Ajai Shukla
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Ajai Shukla
Colonel Ajai Shukla (Retired) is a columnist, commentator and journalist who covers regional security issues in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific, military technology and India’s defence economy. He writes primarily for Business Standard. He was earlier a prime-time news anchor and war correspondent with NDTV from 2001-2008. Before taking up journalism, he served in the military, in a combat arm, for over two decades before opting for voluntary retirement at the rank of colonel.
Colonel Ajai Shukla (Retired) is a columnist, commentator and journalist who covers regional security issues in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific, military technology and India’s defence economy. He writes primarily for Business Standard. He was earlier a prime-time news anchor and war correspondent with NDTV from 2001-2008. Before taking up journalism, he served in the military, in a combat arm, for over two decades before opting for voluntary retirement at the rank of colonel.
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Air Force may get 126 Rafale fighter planes
Size of mega deal could go up to Rs 75k cr
Ajai Shukla: Where is India's light fighter?
IAF wanted to replace MiG-21s with light fighters. But now it will have heavy and enormously expensive Rafale
Eurofighter may revise bid MoD declines comment: Gerald Howarth
Interview with Minister for International Security Strategy, UK
The Rafale's long flight to India
The selection of Dassault?s Rafale as India's new MMRCA fighter was only the latest step in the Air Force's long and painstaking process to pick itself a winner
Ajai Shukla: MoD's farewell to welfare
Instead of safeguarding the welfare of retired soldiers, ministry effectively holds off payment until an ex-serviceman claimant is either dead or broke
Ajai Shukla: Dragon soup for the Indian soul
There're many lessons India can learn from China. One is to indigenise defence strategy & production based on local advantages
DRDO requests for more funds
DRDO chief told defence minster that the ministry had not allocated enough funds for R&D, given the number of weapon development projects on the anvil
Ajai Shukla: Get real with China on Tibet
In Arunachal Pradesh there is little illusion about the brutal character of Beijing's rule over Tibet.
Army modernisation slow Navy & Air Force push ahead
After cost inflation, this year's allocation will buy significantly less than last year's
Ajai Shukla: Performance, not age
India now knows that army chief is appointed based not on merit but on when he was born
