This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the emerging underwater challenges facing India in the Indian Ocean region. With major economic powers like China, the United States, and Russia modernising their submarine fleets and building advanced unmanned underwater vessels to enhance surveillance capabilities, the competition in the Indo-Pacific underwater domain has intensified. The book · Focuses on the issues of detecting, tracking, and classifying submarines/underwater drones in the Indian Ocean. · Examines the Indian Navy’s present anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities in combating underwater threats and discusses the scope for inter-agency, inter-departmental cooperation framework to monitor the undersea activity in the region. · Studies the naval composition and strengths of India and other countries in the neighbourhood and reviews maritime domain awareness practices employed by leading navies including NATO for submarine detection. · Assesses the technology development efforts to deal with these challenges and brings out recommendations. An expert study of undersea surveillance, this book will be indispensable to students and researchers of military and strategic studies, defence studies, critical security, conflict resolution, intelligence studies, and security studies. It will also be of interest to governments, naval establishments, think tanks, and public policy institutes.

Changing Ecosystems and their Services provides a very interesting account of the frontiers of biodiversity and ecological research. It consists of seven chapters covering mass extinctions: the "Big Five" and "The Sixth", which are recent global ecological crises, Caribbean biodiversity, acoustic habitat degradation due to shipping in the world's oceans, methane production of microbes in Amazonian floodplains, African mangrove forests, pollination as ecosystem services in Ethiopia, and climate change management. I am sure that this book will be very useful for everybody-researchers, teachers, students, or others interested in the field-who would benefit from insight into biodiversity research.

IN THIS VOLUME: ‘Sagara Manthan’: Make in India Transition | Lt Gen JS Bajwa “Our vision in next 10 years is to become top defence industry in the world...” | Interview by Danvir Singh Indian Airborne Troops Script History | Danvir Singh Submarine Ahoy – Whither to Bound? | Rear Adm AP Revi Aerospace and Defence News | Priya Tyagi Higher Defence Organisation for India: Towards an Integrated Approach | Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan Indian Army: Adopting ‘Deep Operations’ Doctrine | Col JK Achuthan The Government’s Burden of Military Security | Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Global Terrorism: An Analysis of Fault Lines and Risks | Maj Gen SB Asthana Tackling Global Terror | Anil Kumar Tandale Islamic State: The New Brand of Terrorism in India | V Balasubramaniyan India & China Territorial Dispute: The Growing Challenge | Brig Gurmeet Kanwal China-India-Myanmar: The Forgotten Frontier | Air Cmde PC Chopra Myanmar and India: A New Future | Maj Gen Nitin P Gadkari Airfield Security: Lessons for the IAF | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Acoustic Capacity Building in the Indian Ocean Region | Cdr (Dr) Arnab Das & Vice Adm DSP Varma Transportation Infrastructure in the North East | Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Our Forgotten Wars: Victimisation and Survival in Bodoland | Dr Samrat Sinha Women Officers in the Indian Army: A Reality Check | Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal Socio Economic Transformation: Through Ex-Servicemen | Lt Gen SK Gadeock & Col Nishant Sharma DPP 2016: A Missed Opportunity | Dr SN Misra Defence Budget 2016: Hits and Misses for the IAF | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Privatisation of the Indian Aerospace Industry: Problems and Prospects | Gp Capt AK Sachdev The Patrol Leader | Sumit Walia

IN THIS VOLUME: • “If You Know Your Enemy…” Why China did what it did in Ladakh? | Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa • 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft: Is there an Urgency for Procurement? | Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Does India Need a Strategic Bomber? | Air Marshal Anil Chopra • The Need For Enhancing Maritime Domain Awareness | Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan • India’s Strategic Dominance in Space and Outer Space Laws | Lt Cdr Bharat Singh • Self-Reliance in General Munitions and Energetics: Need for a Vision | Lt Gen NB Singh • UAVs: A Potent Operational Asset | Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Artificial Intelligence in Avionics | Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Artificial Intelligence in the Realm of Warfare | Col RN Ghosh Dastidar • India-Pakistan War 1971: Analysis of India’s Military Strategy | Lt Gen (Dr) JS Cheema • Announcing the Penta-Polar World | Navneet Bhushan • India’s Iran Israel Dilemma | Danvir Singh • History of Shipbuilding in India | Vice Admiral Rajeshwer Nath • The China-Pakistan-Turkey Axis | Lt Gen Prakash Katoch • Aerospace and Defence News | Priya Tyagi • Military Veterans – A Superb National Resource being Underutilised | Maj Gen Rambir Singh • Mann • Chief of Defence Staff – Game Changer or Damp Squib? | Brig V Jai Kumar • Defence Budget of FY 21-22 falls short of Forces Expectation | Danvir Singh • Five Fingers Dream of Mao Zedong | Brig Anil Gupta

Horrors of the Sea captures maritime myths and widely-believed legends perfectly aged over centuries, though some are contemporary. Set against the backdrop of tranquil coastal India, the book consists of 15 eerie and unconventional tales that explore the dark world of sea witches, unknown entities lurking in the dark, the doll-faced mermaid, and monsters encountered when driving in the twilight. Some stories explore human curiosity about the mystical elements and their fatal or fateful interactions. Others revolve around how human emotions often fall prey to evil entities and their frightening outcomes. Belonging to a comparatively unexplored genre and marinated with the author's own experiences, creativity, and imagination, the stories have a distinctive touch. These tales aim at infotainment, a great way to satiate the appetite for horror while preserving our folklore.

A major new examination of the Indian Ocean, revealing how the region has become a hotly contested geopolitical flashpoint Throughout history, the Indian Ocean has been an essential space for trade, commerce, and culture. Every European power has sought to dominate it. Now, after a lull in the postwar period, control of major shipping routes has once again become a critical aspect of every rising state's ambition to be a global power. Darshana M. Baruah shows how governments from Washington, DC, to Nairobi and Canberra are expanding their interests in the region. The Indian Ocean is resource rich, strategically placed, and home to over two billion people. Island nations have become more important than ever, with Madagascar forming ties with Russia and the Comoros with Saudi Arabia. It is also through the region that China engages with Africa and the Middle East. This is a compelling account of the geopolitical significance of the Indian Ocean--showing how the region has taken centre stage in a new global contest.

EduGorilla's CLAT UG Study Notes are the best-selling notes for LLB aspirants. This Book include topics from CLAT UG syllabus - English, Current Affairs, GK, Legal Resoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques. The content is well-researched and covers all topics related to CLAT UG Entrance Test. The book is designed to help students prepare thoroughly for their CLAT UG exam, with topic-wise study notes that are comprehensive and easy to understand. EduGorilla's CLAT UG notes also include solved multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for self-evaluation, allowing students to gauge their progress and identify areas that require further improvement. This Book perfect for understanding the pattern and type of questions asked in CLAT UG as they are tailored to the latest syllabus of the LLB entrance exam, making them a valuable resource for exam preparation.

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are remarkable machines that revolutionized the process of gathering ocean data. Their major breakthroughs resulted from successful developments of complementary technologies to overcome the challenges associated with autonomous operation in harsh environments. Most of these advances aimed at reaching new application scenarios and decreasing the cost of ocean data collection, by reducing ship time and automating the process of data gathering with accurate geo location. With the present capabilities, some novel paradigms are already being employed to further exploit the on board intelligence, by making decisions on line based on real time interpretation of sensor data. This book collects a set of self contained chapters covering different aspects of AUV technology and applications in more detail than is commonly found in journal and conference papers. They are divided into three main sections, addressing innovative vehicle design, navigation and control techniques, and mission preparation and analysis. The progress conveyed in these chapters is inspiring, providing glimpses into what might be the future for vehicle technology and applications.