consequences

16 Apr

Iran will face consequences of its action, says IDF chief

Tel Aviv, April 16, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt Gen Herzi Halevi has said that Iran will face the consequences of its action. Halevi in a video statement on Monday, after visiting Nevatim air base in southern Israel, said that the ballistic missile and drone attack on Israel during early Sunday morning hours will be "met with a response." Nevatim air base was hit in an attack by Iran and suffered minor damages. Stating that Israel is strong enough to defend itself. Halevi said: “Launching of so many missiles, UAVs into the territory of Israel will be…

08 Mar

The Third Battle of Panipat and its unknown, surprising backand consequences

Title: Solstice at Panipat; Author: Uday S. Kulkarni; Publisher: Mula Mutha Publishers; Pages: 319; Price: Rs 450 In contemporary times, most nations have elections which govern their future. But scarcely a century or so back, the course of nations was decided by contests of arms -- between adherents of different religions, between invaders and natives, or between rivals to a throne -- and this binary construct of "good" and "bad" forces influences how we see history. Be it the clash at Hydespes (or Jhelum) between Alexander's Greeks and Porus' army, the Kalinga war, the series of conflicts at Tarain or…