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National Security: Preemption is Viable and Valid
July 22 , 2013 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 6243
The Chambers Twenty-first Century Dictionary defines ‘preempt’ in the following words:- “To do something ahead of someone else and so make pointless an action they have planned”. Preemptive action is d...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Police - Law and Order, Terrorism

Quattrocchi is Dead But Ghost of Bofors is Still Around
July 19 , 2013 Dr A Surya Prakash
Views: 4505
The news of the demise of Ottavio Quattrocchi, the Italian businessman and close friend of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her late husband and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, last week has prompte...

Governance and Political Studies

Portents of Increased Terrorist Violence in J&K – Proactive Action Only Option
July 18 , 2013 Rohit Singh
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Sometime during the autumn of 2012, security forces homed on to a communication between a terrorist commander in the valley with his handler based in Pakistan Occupiued Kashmir (POK). The agitated handl...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism, Jammu & Kashmir

Uttarakhand Disaster: A Legacy of Environmental Destruction
July 17 , 2013 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 36545
June 2013 has been a month of catastrophe, trials and suffering in the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand. This is the region known as Devbhoomi, or the abode of the Gods, sacred to Hindus, Buddhists and ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Disaster Management

Allahabad High Court Ban on Caste Rallies: A Wake Up Call
July 17 , 2013 K G Suresh
Views: 4684
The recent Allahabad High Court verdict banning caste based political rallies in Uttar Pradesh has reignited the debate on the role of caste in Indian politics. The reactions to the court order were on ...

Governance and Political Studies

India’s Defence and Security Policies: Need to Learn Lessons from the Past
July 16 , 2013 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Views: 3394
Have we learned any lessons from our experiences during the Nehru era and in subsequent years? Anyone looking dispassionately at our defence and security policies over the decades would respond only in...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

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National Estonia is looking to partner with Bharat to strengthen its cyber security infrastructure. According to government...

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Economic US Spars with China Over Who Subsidizes Its Industries the Most The US and China sparred over industrial subsidies...

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July 22, 2024
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (1-15 July 2024), Issue 41

In this Issue I. Defence and Security Setting up Testing Facilities in UAS and Electronic Warfare GRSE Accelerated...

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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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Potsherds adorned with fish motifs; copper objects excavated from Tamil Nadu's Keeladi- Deccan Herald In the previous week,...

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June 3, 2024
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