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A Look at the Boeing-Bloomberg’s Bloomer on 737 Max Aircraft
July 22 , 2019 Sridhar Vembu
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A Bloomer! In claiming that cheap Indian coders brought down the plane, here is the actual Bloomberg headline: ‘Boeing’s 737 Max Software Out-sourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers’(https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : 737 Max crash , Bloomberg’s propaganda article , Boeing management’s gaffe

Chabahar Port - A Rethink is Needed
July 19 , 2019 Rajesh Soami
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Russian, Chinese, American and Pakistani representatives met in Beijing on the 10th and 11th of July to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. This was the third such consultation between Russia, China a...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chabahar Port , Iran’s changed priorities , US Sanctions

The Spirit of Indian Federalism
July 18 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 7435
The issue of India’s federal nature has been both a subject of reiteration and conflict between the ruling party and the opposition. There have been instances when the opposition parties accused the Cen...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Federalism in India , Indian Constitution , Indian Union

बिम्सटेक - एक सुरक्षा ढांचे की तरफ
July 18 , 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta
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प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के दूसरी बार जनादेश पाने के भारत के घरेलू और विदेश नीति दोनों के लिए अनेक गहरे निहितार्थ हैं। नई दिल्ली में, प्रधानमंत्री के शपथग्रहण समारोह में बे ऑफ बंगाल इनिश्एिटिव फॉर मल्...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , बिम्सटेक प्रतिबद्धता , भारत के दक्षिण-पूर्व एशियाई सम्बन्ध , साझा कारोबार-सुरक्षा मसले

Challenges for the New President of European Commission
July 16 , 2019 Gautam Sen
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Sixty year-old, Ursula von der Leyen, the German defense minister, has been nominated by the national governments of the European Union (EU) to be president of the European Commission (EC). If the nomin...

Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : EC president’s challenges , European Commission , new president of EC

Burhan Wani and the Rise in Militancy in South Kashmir
July 16 , 2019 Bashir Assad
Article Views: 3272
In the continuing trend of Kashmiri youth joining militancy, five youth from five villages under the jurisdiction of Srigufwara and Bijbehara police stations in Anantnag district went missing in the las...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Burhan Wani factor , Kashmir militancy , New hot bed of militancy

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OVERVIEW As the geopolitical landscape continues to evolve, the African continent is increasingly recognized for its...

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In this Issue I. Defence and Security DRDO Transfers High-Altitude Sustenance Technologies DRDO & IIT Delhi Develop...

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India-US Relations How India-US relations could change after the 2024 elections This year the US and India are both holding...

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New study suggests existence of a dockyard at Lothal, Gujarat, during Harappan Civilisation- The Indian Express Since the...

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