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Internal Security Monitor Vol 1, No 1

Addressing a gathering on Martyr’s Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on October 21, 2024, outlined the various ‘emerging challenges’ to internal security. The security forces (SFs) are gearing-up to thwart any violence by Left Wing Extremists/...

November 17 , 2024

Sohrai Painting: Ancient Tribal Art of Jharkhand gaining Popularity

The Sohrai Paintings, an indigenous mural art found near the Hazaribagh region of Jharkhand, have attracted attention nationally and internationally in recent years. These paintings have beautiful motifs depicting geometric shapes, animals, flowers...

August 29 , 2023

Fighting Malnutrition by Revolutionising Ragi Cultivation in Jharkhand

Millets were one of the first crops to be cultivated in India. Research indicates that millets were eaten during the Indus-Sarasvati culture (3,300 to 1300 BCE). Half of the people in Asia and Africa even now rely on millets as their main source of...

August 22 , 2023

The Nexus of Terror and Ideology : Scourge of Naxalism in India

Independence may have firmed up the geographic expanse of India but it failed to stabilise the ‘concept’ of India. Constitutionally we have taken our diversity seriously and the representative form of our democracy has further made our divisions of...

August 21 , 2017