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Rise of Regional Parties and Coalition Politics and its Pitfalls
May 28 , 2018 RNP Singh
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India has a multi-party system. It is estimated that over 2100 registered political parties have appeared in India since the Independence. Now, only six national political parties and 30 regional politi...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Coalition Politics , national security , Regional Parties

Fifty-Fourth Death Anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the First Prime Minister of India
May 25 , 2018 RNP Singh
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It is over fifty years that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru passed away and his ashes, as he had wished, were flown and scattered all over the lands and heights of Himalayas and immersed in the Ganges to mingle...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Nehru’s policies , Nehru’s role and legacy

चीन और जापान के बारे में स्वामी विवेकानंद के विचार
May 25 , 2018 Dr Arpita Mitra
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स्वामी विवेकानंद (1863-1902) ने बहुत यात्राएं की थीं। जो व्यक्ति 40 वर्ष भी जीवित नहीं रहा हो, उसके लिए भारत और दुनिया के दूसरे भागों की इतनी व्यापक यात्रा करना संयोग मात्र नहीं था। यह उस कार्य का हिस्स...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Hindi , विवेकानंद की चीन यात्रा , स्वामी विवेकानंद

20 Years of India’s Nuclearisation: Retrospect and Prospect
May 24 , 2018 Dr Kapil Patil
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On 11th & 13th May 1998, India surprised the world by conducting five nuclear tests in the Pokhran deserts of Rajasthan.1 The tests marked the end of India’s long ambivalence vis-à-vis the nuclear w...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Nuclear and Disarmament

Tags : India’s nuclear doctrine , India’s nuclearisation

The Rise in Pakistan Defence Budget: What to Read?
May 24 , 2018 Prateek Joshi
Commentary Views: 3274
Pakistan’s Budget was unveiled last month, as part of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-led government’s last budget for its term before the elections kick-in in the coming months. Of all the allocations, t...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Pakistan’s defence budget , Pakistan’s higher defence spending

China’s Maritime Challenges in the Indo-Pacific
May 22 , 2018 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 3701
Overview With the status quo under challenge and competition for strategic space intensifying, especially among the major regional powers in the Indo-Pacific, the region has seen an increase in tensions...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China’s blue sea capability , China’s maritime dominance

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