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Mollycoddling Miandad is Tantamount to Legitimising Dawood Ibrahim
January 5 , 2013 Sushant Sareen
Views: 3360
Even while seething with anger over the news that the close relative of the international terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad had been given a visa to visit Delhi to wa...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

An Object Lesson in Government Incompetence
December 31 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 5611
When salmon swim against all odds to reach their spawning grounds no obstruction can stop them. The huge number of rape cases now being reported in India reminds me of this annual migration of salmon. ...

Governance and Political Studies

Still Comrades after all these years
December 28 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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Russia was the first country with which India established a strategic partnership in 2000 when Vladimir Putin became President and reversed the drift in ties under Boris Yeltsin when Moscow veered westw...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Post - 2014 Afghan Security: Hope is not a Strategy
December 28 , 2012 Brig Gurmeet Kanwal
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Gradually but inexorably, Afghanistan is crawling towards anarchy due to its deteriorating security situation. The US-led forces in Afghanistan are on target to complete their drawdown by end-2014. In f...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Method in The Madness
December 27 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 3772
If it was wrong to invite Pakistan’s interior minister Rahman Malik to India because he prevaricates on investigations into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and lets Hafiz Saeed make hate speeches agains...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Vivekananda: Essence and Significance
December 27 , 2012 Dr Anirban Ganguly
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In a few days time Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations shall be launched all over the country. Behind the grandeur and colour of every commemorative celebration lies the deeper trut...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

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OVERVIEW The African continent witnessed significant developments over the past two weeks. The continent faces numerous...

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Defence Aatmanirbhartain defence: MoD notifies fifth Positive Indigenisation List of 346 items for DPSUs. Indian Naval Ship...

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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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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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June 3, 2024
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