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ASI’s Gold Hunt: An Affront to Modern India
November 4 , 2013 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 3552
India is a deeply religious country where the Sanatan Dharma based religions, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism coexist happily and peacefully with the Semitic religions, Judaism, Christianity and...

Governance and Political Studies

Vote Bank Politics: A Serious Threat to India’s Unity
October 29 , 2013 RNP Singh
Views: 8572
Indian polity has been witnessing inter-religious hostility since before the country’s independence. This hostility has sometimes caused immense damage, including bloodshed, arson, rape and other brutal...

Governance and Political Studies

The Right to Reject: A Major Step Towards Cleansing Public Life
October 28 , 2013 Dr A Surya Prakash
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Voters in the five states going to polls this November-December viz Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Mizoram, will, for the first time have the right to press the NOTA (None Of The Abov...

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The Telengana Issue & Pros and Cons of Smaller States
October 25 , 2013 K G Suresh
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The Group of Ministers (GoM), set up to look into the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, is expected to submit its report to the Union Cabinet before the winter session of Parliament. The high-powe...

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Urgent Defence Reforms including CDS Need of the Hour
October 25 , 2013 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Views: 3576
Higher defence management has continued to remain the focus of the politico-military establishment for last several years without much progress having been made in the key areas of defence reforms that ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Prime Minister’s Visit to Russia and China: New Equations in a Fast Changing Global Order
October 23 , 2013 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s back to back visits to Russia and China from October 20 to 24 reflect the evolution of India’s external relations in a world with shifting power balances and the challeng...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

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