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Use of Precision Artillery on the Line of Control
December 2 , 2019 Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty
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Background Artillery has been a major contributor in all conflicts which the nation has undertaken since independence. It has played important roles in Jammu and Kashmir where there has never bee...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Border and Coastal Security

Tags : fire power in counter-terrorism , Indian artillery , response to Pakistan’s terror tactics

Notes from the Sub-continent (Nov 16-30)
November 30 , 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee
Commentary Views: 1548
In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh’s success in holding to account those who had attacked the H...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bajwa , Bangladesh , Kalapani region , Radicalisation , Sri Lanka’s presidential election , The Rajapaksas return

Supreme Court’s Verdict on Ramjanmbhoomi and its Impact on Nepal
November 29 , 2019 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 4399
The recent verdict as given by India’s Supreme Court to allow the construction of Lord Ram’s temple at in Ayodhya has been heartily welcomed by over a billion-plus Hindus in India and other parts of the...

Nepal, Historical and Civilisational Studies, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Ayodhya-Janakpur connection , Ramjanambhoomi in Nepalese heart

Issues with the National Register of Citizens in Assam
November 28 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 3431
Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah told the Rajya Sabha in the ongoing session of Parliament that the Government would conduct a pan-India exercise to prepare a National Register of Citizens (NR...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : 1955 , amending the Citizenship Act , problem of illegal migration , The NRC debate

Sri Lanka Presidential Elections: Reinforcement of Security Concerns
November 26 , 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta
Commentary Views: 4247
As the latest election in Sri Lanka results reveal, issues of national security continues to be predominant for this island’s population. More generic issues of social welfare, gender sensitivity and lo...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : New government in Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka-India-China equation , Sri Lanka’s challenges

The China Factor in RCEP
November 26 , 2019 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3157
After seven years of negotiations, the 16 participating states in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement issued a statement on 4 November 2019 at Bangkok, conveying that 15 of ...

Economic Studies

Tags : India’s economic interests vs RCEP , RCEP conditions

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