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Topics Covered
| Leadership, Motivation and Management |
| Decision making |
| Mental toughness |
| Earning respect |
| Good leadership qualities and values |
| Science of Karma |
| Good working culture |
| Listening Skills |
| Be good feel good |
| Healthy working environment |
| importance of Tolerance |
| Lessons from Buddha |
| Difference between strength and courage |
| Lessons from rich and famous |
| Leadership lessons from Hollywood movies. |
| Shark in the tank theory of management |
| Car wheel theory of management |
| Aya Ram Gaya Ram syndrome – yes men. |
| Calculated Risks |
| Practical Leadership and management |
| Communication skills and body language |
| Lessons from Nanak |
| Being Responsible and Tolerant |
| Transferable Skills |
| Words of Wisdom |
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China |
| China’s Brain differently wired |
| China’s strategic thought |
| China’s military modernisation |
| China’s Defence industry |
| China – Pakistan Collusion |
| China – Art of deception |
| China: Kill Pigs List |
| China: Social score System |
| China: Active Defence Policy |
| China’s Joint Strategic support force (JSSF) |
| China – Joint Strategic Support Force. |
| Dealing with the Dragon |
| China’s grey zone operations |
| China: Flavours of military Reform |
| China: Pillars of Military Reform |
| China new diplomacy – drawing red lines in sand. |
| China – demographic analysis. |
| China through US Prism |
| China in South China Sea |
| China’s Military – Civil Fusion |
| PLAAF Analysis Strengths and weaknesses |
| Book review on China Airpower |
| Dealing with Dragon |
| Knowing China Better: lie flat and let it rot |
| Knowing China Better social life and customs |
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Geopolitics |
| China |
| Pakistan – National security Policy, Turmoil |
| Afghanistan |
| India’s foreign policy |
| India’s neighbourhood |
| Quad |
| Indo – Russian relations |
| State of Airpower assets in Afghanistan |
| Indo – US relations |
| Afghanistan: Taliban runover |
| US-China shadow boxing over Taiwan |
| China spoiling Bhutan’s GNH. |
| South China sea |
| Gini Index and implications. |
| Multilateralism: Flexible Security Cooperation. |
| China Pak Collusivity |
| Collective Security |
| Sri Lanka Economic crisis: lessons and opportunity |
| Ukraine Conflict |
| Djibouti: Tug of war between USA and China |
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Air Power |
| Airpower in Grey zone operations |
| Airpower in no war no peace situation |
| Air Power & Non-Kinetic warfare |
| Air Power in Multi-Domain warfare |
| Airpower in HADR ops and aid to civil authorities |
| Drone Threat the big picture |
| Fighter aircraft classifications by generations |
| Emerging Technologies and Air Defence |
| Air Power in Modern Day Warfare |
| S-400 SAM AD System |
| Combat Aviation |
| Changing nature of warfare |
| Air Defence operations |
| Air power concepts: Command / control the air, air supremacy, Air superiority & Favourable air situation. |
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Technology |
| Hypersonics and hypersonic weapons |
| Technology and airpower |
| Future Trajectory of AI |
| Artificial intelligence |
| Unmanned Platforms and Swarms, Loyal wingman concept |
| AI and Fake News |
| AI: Digital twins and Surrogate models |
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Cyber Safety and Security |
| Cyber warfare |
| Digital addiction |
| Economic Cyber Frauds |
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Space |
| Space operations |
| Space warfare and organisation in India |
| Space-based ISR |
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Indian Air Force |
| Capability development |
| Tejas and AMCA project |
| IAF role in HADR and aid to civil and other agencies |
| Network-centric operations |
| PLAAF and IAF comparative analysis |
| IAF Modernisation |
| Balakot Operations |
| Rafale induction and capability enhancement |
| S-400 Induction |
| Fire Power Demo: Ex Vayu Shakti |
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War and Warfare |
| Types of war |
| Decoys and deception |
| Afghanistan Air Assets |
| Future Wars |
| warfare |
| Grey Zone Warfare |
| Classification of warfare into generations (Russian Thoughts) |
| Domains of warfare |
| C4ISR |
| Military Balance in the region |
| Ukraine War: Air Power aspects, a case of dog and the bone, Air superiority aspects, decoding Ukraine war |
| Operational Logistics |
| Lesser known facts about 1971the War |
| Review of book on 1962 war |
| Review of book on 1965 war |
| India’s two-front challenge |
| Douhet theories |
| Duration of Conflict |
| Jasjit Singh on Airpower |
| Galwan stand off |
| Asymmetric Threat |
| Nuclear aspects revisited |
| Accelerating the paradigm Shift |
| National Security / Military Strategy |
| Urgent need for National Security Policy |
| Multilateralism: Relevance and changes |
| National Security Strategy |
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Military |
| Military diplomacy |
| Military spending: trends and analysis. |
| Collusive threat and Deterrence: Air and Space Aspects |
| Integrated Capability Development. |
| Joint war game training systems |
| Fighter Pilot: Traits |
| Agni veer and Agnipath / Tour of duty / making best of the scheme |
| Andaman and Nicobar Command and Islands |
| Joint Operations and Joint man ship |
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Higher Defence Organisation |
| Department of military affairs |
| Theaterisation |
| Air defence command |
| Civil-military fusion |
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Flight Safety |
| Golden rules of safety |
| Importance of SOPs |
| A proactive approach to safety |
| Damage due to Bird Hits and Foreign Objects |
| Good safety Culture |
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Defence Industry |
| Indigenous defence industry |
| HAL and DPSUs |
| Role of the private sector in defence production |
| Arms Transfer to Afghanistan |
| Defence Budget issues |
| Atmanirbharta |
| IAF and indigenisation |
| Indian Initiatives to promote self-reliance |
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Stories |
| My tryst with HT-2 aircraft: The day god flew with me |
| The day I flew my dad’s car |
| Male Lake: Tale of two coursemates |
| Flying Tales |
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Reserve Bank of India had published a booklet to make everyone aware of the modus operandi followed by fraudsters for cyber economic crimes. The booklet also lists out do’s and don’ts. Relevant excerpts are summarised below.
Do
+Always cross-check the KYC status with your home branch or through your relationship manager when you receive calls, links or SMS from unknown sources requesting you to update KYC.
+Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https://cybercrime.gov.in
Don’t
– Don’t click on unknown/unsolicited links received on the phone/email without verifying it.
– Don’t share your confidential details with strangers.
Do
+Always cross-check with your relationship manager or bank branch about any issue before trusting anyone.
+OTP is like a key to your safe wealth, so always keep it away from fraudsters.
+Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https://cybercrime.gov.in
Don’t
– Don’t trust unknown callers claiming to be speaking on behalf of banks asking for confidential information / details. Banks don’t seek such details over phone.
– Never trust strangers in the digital world easily, and be cautious while answering calls from unknown numbers.
Do
+Always remember, UPI PIN is required only to make a payment and is not required to receive any payment.
+Always verify the mobile number In the UPI application before Initiating a payment.
+Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and Notional Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https://cybercrime.gov.in
Don’t
– Don’t shore OTP or confidential account details with strangers.
– Don’t enter the UPI PIN to receive on amount from another person.
Do
+ Be cautious while responding to calls from unknown numbers claiming to be from your bank.
+ Report to your Home branch immediately on realizing the fraud.
+ Block your card to prevent further financial loss.
+ Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https:// cybercrime.gov.in
Don’t
– Don’t share your OTP with anyone. Fraudsters might be able to collect your account details. but transactions can only happen if you share the confidential OTP sent to your phone.
Do
+ Before initiating any transaction in the ATM machines, ensure that skimming devices ore not present. Skimming devices are hidden by fraudsters by overlapping them with the card insertion slot.
+ Report the fraud to the bank within 3 days of the card cloning incident.
+ Check your transaction history frequently to verify all transactions.
+ Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and Notional Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at (https:/Icybercrime.gov.in)
Don’t
– Don’t give your ATM card to anyone on the ATM premises to transect on your behalf. This kind of social engineering is being used to target senior citizens/semi-educated persons who have difficulty operating ATMs.
Do
+ Verify the authenticity of the offer on the official website of the entity concerned.
+ Install antivirus/spam blocking software on your mobile phone.
+ Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https://cybercrime.gov.in
Don’t
– Don’t download any applications over links sent through SMS, Email or instant messaging applications.
– Don’t download the screen-sharing application shared by any unknown persons.
– Screen sharing codes generated by these apps should not be shared with unknown persons.
Do
+ Verify the status of the SIM card with your Telecom Service Provider when in doubt instead of believing unknown callers.
+ Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https://cybercrime.gov.in
Don’t
– Don’t share confidential details like Aadhaar number and SIM number with unknown callers.
Do
+ Always obtain the contact details/customer service number, etc. from the official website of the service provider only.
+ Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https:/ /cybercrime.gov.in
Don’t
– Don’t contact random phone numbers obtained from web search engines, especially for doing financial translation.
Do
+ Educate yourself about QR codes before using them.
+ Report the transaction immediately to your bank.
+ Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https://cybercrime.gov.in
Dont
– Don’t enter your UPI PIN to receive money from another person. UPI PIN is required only for sending a payment, not for receiving.
– Don’t scan QR codes to receive any payment. QR code needs to be scanned for sending a payment, not for receiving Money.
Do
+ Verify by calling/meeting the real person before making a payment.
+ Always check the account details before making any payment.
+ Report the incident to the nearest Cyber Crime Police Station and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at https://cybercrime.gov.in
Dont
– Don’t keep your personal information like mobile number, email id and friend list open to the public.
– Don’t accept friend requests/ follow requests from people you have never met in person.
Bottom Line
It is better to be aware and always play safe.
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References and credits
Reserve Bank of India.
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Information and data included in the blog are for educational & non-commercial purposes only and have been carefully adapted, excerpted, or edited from sources deemed reliable and accurate. All copyrighted material belongs to respective owners and is provided only for purposes of wider dissemination.