Starlink's satellite beams are currently turned off over India, so while the satellites may pass over India, the beams delivering internet connectivity are not active in India.

But, Starlink's satellite beams are technically accessible over Myanmar, even though the service is not officially licensed there.

This must be investigated to determine whether the device recovered from militants in Manipur is an authentic Starlink device or a cheap imitation.

If it is confirmed to be a genuine Starlink device, further investigation is necessary to determine how it was operated in India or whether it was being operated from Myanmar.

This is a serious concern for National Security.

Top Pakistani General warns against 'unnecessary and unfounded views' on nation's nuclear programme:

A top Pakistani general on Monday warned that "unnecessary and unfounded views" on the country's nuclear programme should be avoided, days after ousted prime minister Imran Khan warned that if Islamabad were to lose its nuclear deterrence, it would fragment into "three pieces".

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) General Nadeem Raza made the remarks in his keynote address at a seminar on "Regional Environment and Imperatives of Security" at the NUST Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) in Islamabad, the army said in a statement.

"Pakistan is a confident and responsible nuclear power. It pursues the policy of full-spectrum deterrence within the precincts of credible minimum deterrence,” the four-star general said.

"Our national security and safety architecture meets all national and international obligations and caters for all kinds of scenarios," he added.

He also said that as a norm in other nuclear-capable nations, "unnecessary and unfounded views on the strategic program should be avoided".

Tweets sent by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that accused former President Donald Trump of colluding with Russia during the 2016 presidential election cannot be admitted as evidence in court, a federal judge has decided.

On Wednesday, Judge Christopher Cooper denied Special Counsel John Durham’s request to allow them as evidence in the coming trial of Clinton’s former campaign attorney Michael Sussmann who is accused of lying to the FBI, The Washington Examiner reported.

“Donald Trump has a secret server,” she said in a tweet. “It was set up to communicate privately with a Putin-tied Russian bank.”


“Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank,” she said in another tweet.


The Democrat 2016 presidential candidate then shared a statement by President Joe Biden’s current national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, who was then her campaign advisor.

“This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow,” he said. “This secret hotline may be the key to unlocking the mystery of Trump’s ties to Russia.”

“We can only assume that federal authorities will now explore this direct connection between Trump and Russia,” he said.

But Judge Cooper, who was appointed by former President Obama, said he would dismiss the tweets as “as hearsay” and that “it’s likely duplicative of other evidence.”

Durham argued that the tweets should be allowed as evidence because Clinton had presented them as “truth” and because they “show the existence of the defendant’s attorney-client relationship with the Clinton Campaign, which is directly relevant to the false statement charge.”

But Sussman’s attorneys argued against that.

“The tweet, which was posted on October 31, 2016, does not reveal anything about Mr. Sussmann’s state of mind over a month earlier, when he purportedly made the alleged false statement,” it said.

“There is a real danger that if the tweet were admitted, the jury would believe that Hillary Clinton herself was part of the Special Counsel’s uncharged conspiracy and that she had a direct interest or involvement in Mr. Sussmann’s efforts.

“Drawing the candidate herself into this matter in this way would be unfair to Mr. Sussmann,” they said.

Durham revealed in court filings that staffers at the political research firm at the center of the so-called “Russiagate” scandal sent hundreds of emails to journalists containing unsubstantiated allegations against and claims about then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The purpose of leaking the claims was to generate negative news coverage about the Republican candidate, the filing stated.

Durham’s filing came in response to efforts by lawyers with ties to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign to keep potentially explosive evidence out of his hands ahead of an upcoming trial involving Michael Sussmann, a Clinton campaign attorney who has been accused of lying to the FBI.

In a late Monday court filing, Durham said the wave of emails undermines claims by the Clinton campaign that Fusion GPS’s research on behalf of her presidential effort ought to remain confidential as part of attorney-client privilege.

According to the Washington Times, the stories peddled to media included:

A Wall Street Journal article about a Trump adviser meeting with a former KGB official close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A Washington Post story about a Trump campaign adviser investing in Russia.
New York Times and Reuters articles about the FBI investigating a secret communications setup between Mr. Trump and Russia’s Alfa Bank.
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said the special counsel is exposing the Clinton campaign’s “political dirty tricks.”

“We’ve known for quite some time what happened here. And what the Durham indictments are just proving is how not only complicit but the Clinton campaign did this. They literally did this,” he told the Times.

“What the Clinton campaign did in terms of political dirty tricks, we are still putting up with the repercussions. Would Vladimir Putin have invaded Ukraine if Trump was still in office? That’s an interesting question,” he added.

More Javelin and Stinger missiles from US to reach Ukraine soon, official says:

Ukraine will receive a new shipment of US weapons within days, including Javelin and Stinger missiles, Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said in a televised interview on Saturday.
“The (weapons) will be on the territory of our country in the nearest future. We are talking about days,” Danilov said.
Ukraine's allies have delivered planeloads of weapons shipments to bolster its military against the Russian invasion. Russia has criticised such deliveries from NATO member states.

BJP dominates Uttarakhand battlefield, wins 47 seats:


The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to return to power in Uttarakhand as it has bagged 47 seats, 11 more than the required majority in the 70-seat assembly. As of 10.45 pm Thursday, the Congress has won 18 seats and is leading in one segment. It is going to be a record of sorts for the BJP as it is going to hold on to the power in the state where the anti-incumbency factor has not let any party retain power since its formation in 2000. The BJP has also been able to influence voters on issues like national interest, national security, army welfare, and religious tourism.

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who contested from Khatima Assembly constituency, has lost the election to Indian National Congress’ Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by a margin of 6,579 votes, as per official EC trends. In a major setback to the grand old party, Congress strongman Harish Rawat also lost the election.

The counting of votes in Uttarakhand, which voted on February 14, started at 8 am on Thursday. The state recorded a voter turnout of 59.51 per cent. In 2017, riding the Modi wave, the BJP managed to win 57 of the total 70 Assembly seats while the Congress won just 11.

BJP set to return, but CM Dhami is trailing:

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to return to power in Uttarakhand as it was ahead in 48 seats, 12 more than the required majority in the 70-seat assembly, with the Congress leading on 17 seats as counting of votes was underway. It is going to be a record of sorts for the BJP as it is going to hold on to the power in the state where the anti-incumbency factor has not let any party retain power since its formation in 2000. The BJP has also been able to influence voters on issues like national interest, national security, army welfare, and religious tourism.

Hong Kong will draw up a host of new national security crimes, the city’s leader said on Wednesday, as she presided over the first session of a new “patriots only” legislature scrubbed of political opposition.
The current national security law defines four crimes — secession, subversion, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces — and offenders can face up to life in prison.

Amid escalating tensions on the Durand Line over border fencing, Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf will be visiting Kabul later this month in a bid to ease the simmering tensions between the two nations over the contentious issue.
A high-level meeting of the Afghanistan Inter-Ministerial Coordination Cell was convened on Thursday in Islamabad where it was decided to send Yusuf to Kabul, according to Dawn newspaper.
“A senior delegation of Pakistani officials, headed by the NSA, is scheduled to visit Afghanistan soon for further engagement with the Afghan government on all assistance-related prospects,” the report said, quoting the statement from the meeting.

The Army has set up a quantum computing laboratory and a centre for artificial intelligence (AI) at a military engineering institute in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow. The two centres will carry out extensive research in developing transformative technologies for use by the armed forces.
"The Army, with support from the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), has recently established the Quantum Lab at Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow to spearhead research and traini ..