[🇮🇳] Indian External Affairs

[Old School]

India on Thursday said it will replace its military personnel in Maldives with civilian technical staff who will operate three aircraft from India that provide humanitarian services. The decision comes after new Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu demanded that the Indian military personnel be withdrawn by March 15. At least 75 Indian military personnel are believed to be in Maldives, and their known activities include transporting patients from remote islands and rescuing people at sea. India earlier gave Maldives a Dornier airplane and two helicopters. Tensions between India and Maldives have grown since Muizzu came to power last year and adopted a pro-China stance.

 

[Old School]

And guess who those "civilian technical staff" are going to be.

 

[TheNewb77]

How much can we trust an Indian source on these subjects?

 

[Old School]

How much can we trust an Indian source on these subjects?

It shows the low level of confidence of the Indian media in their government employees. The extent of our infiltration into the Indian government is much larger than they can acknowledge to our credit. However, as you like, here are other Non-Indian sources. You can find more if you google:
Indian Embassy Employee in Moscow Arrested for Spying for Pakistan - Bloomberg
India arrests Moscow embassy security employee for spying for Pakistan | intelNews.org
‘Pakistan spy’ working at Indian embassy in Moscow arrested | The Independent
Indian embassy employee in Russia arrested for spying for Pakistan (alarabiya.net)

 

[TheNewb77]

It shows the low level of confidence of the Indian media in their government employees. The extent of our infiltration into the Indian government is much larger than they can acknowledge to our credit. However, as you like, here are other Non-Indian sources. You can find more if you google:
Indian Embassy Employee in Moscow Arrested for Spying for Pakistan - Bloomberg
India arrests Moscow embassy security employee for spying for Pakistan | intelNews.org
‘Pakistan spy’ working at Indian embassy in Moscow arrested | The Independent
Indian embassy employee in Russia arrested for spying for Pakistan (alarabiya.net)

My question was just in regard to the Indian outlets, not the source issue. Indian outlets always do tend to have an anti Pakistani narrative in general, but I understand your point.

 

[Old School]

My question was just in regard to the Indian outlets, not the source issue. Indian outlets always do tend to have an anti Pakistani narrative in general, but I understand your point.

Indians are creating panic for themselves, which is funny. It is important to show how our opponents think how good we are.

 

[Old School]

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Tuesday said that India was willing to share wide-spectrum capabilities in defense manufacturing, including the most sophisticated technologies, with Bangladesh. He described SIDE 2024 as a reflection of the Indian defense industry's interest in partnering with Bangladesh and taking India-Bangladesh defense cooperation forward to the next level, including by utilizing the Defence Line of Credit of $500 million extended by the government of India to the government of Bangladesh. Several premier defense manufacturing companies from India's public and private sectors participated in the event. They made presentations showcasing a range of defense equipment, technology, and platforms constructed in India. Representatives from Bangladesh Armed Forces and paramilitary and police forces attended the seminar.
Envoy: India wants to elevate defense ties with Bangladesh (dhakatribune.com)
India keen to share its most sophisticated defense technologies with Bangladesh (daily-sun.com)

 

[Old School]

My observation
Indian government wants to prop up its private defense industries, and there can be no better candidate for this experiment than Bangladesh. Several defense manufacturing companies from India's public and private sectors participated in this event, signaling the degree of influence Indian private businesses exercise over its government. On the other hand, for Bangladeshi ruling elites, helping these BJP-friendly companies also means returning the favor to the ruling BJP for all the support it received during the last pseudo-election held on January 7, 2024.