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Kargil War : Recollections
July 26 , 2019 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
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The Kargil war was fought from May through till 26 July 1999 across a trans-Himalayan front of about 150 km at dizzying heights of up to 18000 feet in what was the most inhospitable and unlikely battle...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Military Affairs

Tags : 20 years of Kargil War , Kargil Committee Report , Kargil Conflict

Lead Role of JK Police, Synergy in Anti-Terrorist Operations
July 25 , 2019 Bashir Assad
Article Views: 4279
The security situation in the Kashmir region has been spiraling downward since 2008. This is essentially because Pakistan-backed separatists have devised a new strategy to sustain the unrest.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Policing against terrorism , Synergy in ant-terror operations , Terrorism in Kashmir

मोदी का दूसरा कार्यकाल: ‘नेबरहुड फर्स्ट’ पर अमल
July 25 , 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta
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भारत के आम चुनावों पर अन्य लोगों के साथ ही पड़ोसियों का भी भरपूर ध्यान रहा। कई को चुनावी कवायद के इतने बड़े स्तर से अचरज तो हुआ, लेकिन उनका ज्यादा ध्यान इस बात पर लगा था कि भारत के साथ उनके द्विपक्षीय संब...

Governance and Political Studies, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , भारत के पड़ोसि , मोदी की वापसी , ‘नेबरहुड फर्स्ट’ नीति

Crisis in the Inflammable Gulf
July 25 , 2019 Amb K P Fabian
Commentary Views: 2951
We are witnessing a rapidly aggravating crisis that can result in the outbreak of hostilities with consequences, unintended, uncontrollable and possibly frightful for the region and the rest of the worl...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Gulf crisis , shipping in Strait of Hormuz , US-Iran-UK confrontation

Intra-Afghan Dialogue: A perspective
July 24 , 2019 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 6780
The intra-Afghan dialogue convened with the joint efforts of Germany and Qatar from 7-8 July in Doha has raised hopes of ending the 18-year-old conflict in Afghanistan. The dialogue was celebrated as a major milestone by all the major players including the US, Russia, Germany, as well as the people of Afghanistan, and Ghani government.

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghanistan peace , Taliban’s duplicity , US-Taliban talks

Our Constitution: Preamble Debates
July 23 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 10533
Last month (June), the nation remembered Emergency, which had been imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975. The horrors that followed have been repeatedly chronicled — large-scale arrests of the...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Constitutional debates , Indian Constitution , Preamble of Constitution

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