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Can SCO Untangle the Afghan Knot?
October 15 , 2013 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
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Afghanistan was the main focus of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit held in September this year at the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. Though there was some distraction caused by the Syrian ...

Afghanistan, Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Telangana – Time for Some Statesmanship
October 12 , 2013 Dr A Surya Prakash
Views: 3582
With the situation in Andhra Pradesh virtually spiraling out of control and the union government, which triggered the chaos, becoming a mere spectator, the time has come for social and political leaders...

Governance and Political Studies

India Needs to be Tough on Pakistan
October 10 , 2013 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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Mentioning toned down expectations from his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart at New York, Shri Manmohan Singh gave an advance signal that nothing substantial would emerge from it.Until almost the ...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

PLA Rapidly Acquiring Precision Guided Munitions: Time for India to Enhance Capabilities
October 9 , 2013 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Views: 4599
Of late, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been adding to its precision capabilities in consonance with its doctrine of fighting a ‘local war under conditions of informationalisation’ which...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Corruption: Ten Ways to Deal with the Malaise
October 8 , 2013 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 4614
From a society of hope, India has suddenly gained notoriety as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Whether it be in trade, industry, the election process, government, in all its branches, ev...

Governance and Political Studies

Why Mountain Strike Corps Along the India-China Border is Important?
October 7 , 2013 Nitin Gokhale
Views: 10393
Following the government’s recent in-principle clearance to raise a Mountain Strike Corps, a debate over the efficacy of the decision to spend over Rs 64,000 crores on the new accretion has begun.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Border and Coastal Security, Defence

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OVERVIEW The African continent continues to experience dynamic changes, with major developments across political, economic,...

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National China-backed Phishing attack targeted Bharat’s “India Post” system users. Smishing Triad— a China-based hacking...

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Abstract US mediated ceasefire efforts by Egypt and Qatar and ‘take it or leave it’ proposals and the deal to rescue...

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Economic How China’s 2024 stimulus compares with past packages, and what’s next? Chinese leaders surprised the world last...

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Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (16-30 September 2024), Issue 46

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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October 3, 2024
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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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