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The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan of 11th March 2011: A Wake up Call for India
April 5 , 2011 General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM
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On 11th Mar 11 literally the hell struck the north eastern coastal areas of Japan in the form of a devastating earthquake of 9 magnitude which triggered a powerful tsunami with 10 meter high waves which...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Need to move step by step
April 5 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 4485
Good sense dictates that we remain open to the possibility of settling our differences with Pakistan, but common sense demands that we do not anxiously chase solutions. We seem to believe that our over-...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Socio-Cultural destabilisation of Arunachal Pradesh by Insurgent Groups and other Anti National Forces
April 5 , 2011 B. B. Jamatia
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Janjati Dharm Sanskriti Suraksha Manch would like to draw your kind attention on the topic – “Christianity: For a New Status in Arunachal Pradesh”, published in ‘The Sentinel’ dated 19th March 2011 writ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, North-East Insurgency

Neighbour is not Sporting but we have Handed out invite.
March 28 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 3658
Not only the World Cup sporting fortunes of our cricket team in the quarter final match against Australia were in play, the political fortunes of our relations with Pakistan were at stake too. Unknown ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

China - Naxalite linkages: Gauging its dimensions
March 25 , 2011 Anoop A. J.
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The linkages synthesized by Maoist groups with militant organisations, North East insurgents and radical Islamic organisations particularly for availing terror logistics continues to be a key concern f...

Leftwing Extremism

Kashmir – A History of failed Interlocutors
March 25 , 2011 Indranil Banerjie
Views: 5814
If the Indian Home Minister is to be believed, then a solution to the Kashmir problem is at hand. Home Minister P Chidambaram told a Parliamentary Consultative Committee1 in early December 2010 that th...

Jammu & Kashmir

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