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Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016-Implications for Assam
January 14 , 2019 C D Sahay
Commentary Views: 5725
The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 (CAB) has created a division in Assam along historical fault lines. The differences hark back to the language riots of 1960-61, and then again in 1972, with violent ...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Assam Accord , Citizenship Amendment Bill

CAB 2016: Home Minister Assures Assam on Sharing of Burden
January 14 , 2019 Nitin A Gokhale
Commentary Views: 51067
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while introducing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (CAB) in Lok Sabha mentioned, and rightly so, that the entire country will share the burden of refugees and it will ...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Citizenship (Amendment) Bill , Opposition to CAB

Gandhi and the Question of Racism: The Statue Controversy in Ghana
January 11 , 2019 Dr Neha Sinha
Article Views: 20926
With the gaining of Independence from the Britishers in 1957, the Gold Coast of Africa came to be known as Ghana with Accra as its capital. The country lies in the western part of Africa, in the Gulf of...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Gandhi in Africa , Ghanian misunderstanding of Gandhi

Bangladesh : Leveraging its Locational Advantage
January 11 , 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta
Commentary Views: 3967
India and Bangladesh recently made history. After years of discussion and negotiations the first land and air transshipment between them finally took place towards the end of 2018. The first bonded cont...

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bangladesh elections , Indo-Bangladesh transport and economic partnership

Status of India-China Relations: Report from a Field Visit to Chinese Think Tanks
January 11 , 2019 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 11179
A multi-think tank scholars’ delegation from India visited China in the end of November, 2018. During the seven day visit, the delegates extensively interacted with a number of premier Chinese think tha...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India-China relations , Indo-China issues

आईएनएस अरिहंत की निवारक गश्त: भारत की परमाणु स्थिति में मील का अहम पत्थर
January 11 , 2019 Dr Kapil Patil
Article Views: 14315
भारत के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 5 नवंबर को ऐलान किया कि भारत की पहली पूरी तह स्वदेश में डिजाइन की गई और बनाई गई परमाणु पनडिब्बी आईएनएस अरिहंत ने हमले और घुसपैठ की आशंका रोकने के लिए अपनी पहली निवारक (डिटरंस) गश्त सफलतापूर्वक पूरी कर ली है। भारत की परमाणु स्थिति में इसके साथ ही अहम बढ़त मिल गई क्योंकि इससे परमाणु तिकड़ी पूरी तरह सक्रिय हो गई और देश शत्रुओं को रोकने के लिए भरोसेमंद परमाणु क्षमता हासिल करने के करीब पहुंच गया है।

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Hindi , आईएनएस अरिहंत का गश्त , भारत की परमाणु स्थिति

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