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Breakthrough towards Resolving Century Old Riddle of Deadly Thunderstorms by a Muon Telescope in India
March 19 , 2019 Prof Sunil Gupta
Commentary Views: 5037
Thunderstorms are frightening and a spectacular demonstration of one of the most violent phenomenon in our atmosphere. Nearly three centuries back in 1749, Benjamin Franklin through his famous kite-expe...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : India’s Muon telescope , thunderstorm energy

Italy-EU-BRI- An Uncomfortable Triumvirate
March 18 , 2019 Aayush Mohanty
Commentary Views: 4669
The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has taken a lot of criticism from financial institutions as well from some of the countries which had endorsed it when the project was launched in 2013. While the mome...

Economic Studies

Post-Balakot, Terrorism on Front Burner in Russia's South Asia Discourse
March 18 , 2019 Vinay Shukla
Commentary Views: 3249
In the wake of daring strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) jets on the terrorist training facility of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan's Balakot, the Russian discourse has radically shifted from an ‘imminen...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Pakistan’s terrorism , Russian opinion on Balakot strike

China Intensifies Efforts to Diminish Dalai Lama’s Influence
March 15 , 2019 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 9566
There has been a visible acceleration over the past many months in the efforts of the Chinese authorities to diminish and undermine the XIVth Dalai Lama’s influence over Tibetans inside China.

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China’s control of Tibet , Dalai Lama’s Tibet

जम्मू-कश्मीर के लिए 2019 में ठोस राष्ट्रीय नीति जरूरी
March 15 , 2019 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3253
यह लेख भावी तस्वीर के बारे में कुछ अनुमानों से शुरू होगा। पहला, निकट भविष्य में जम्मू-कश्मीर पर पाकिस्तान के साथ किसी कारगर समझौते की संभावना नहीं है और यह मुद्दा यथास्थिति के साथ चलता रहेगा। पाकिस्तान भारत के सामने चारा डालने और हमारी सहनशीलता की सीमा के बारे में अपनी धारणा के मुताबिक काम करने की योजना बनाता रहेगा और उसे अंजाम भी देता रहेगा।

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Hindi , जम्मू-कश्मीर , राजनीतिक इच्छाशक्ति`

Artificial Intelligence, Communication and Big Data for Information War
March 14 , 2019 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Article Views: 11314
The Issue

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : artificial intelligence , Big Data , Information Warfare

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