Editorial

N Janardhan From 19th-20th century geo-strategist Alfred Mahan to contemporary analyst Robert Kaplan - both Americans - and many others in between, scholars have emphasised that the Indian Ocean is where the global struggles will unfold in…
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Rameshwar Singh Jamwal The coming elections in Jammu and Kashmir are being watched by Kashmir watchers across the globe with consternation as it will point to the way the politics of Kashmir will lead to the politics of region. Well…
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Kushan Mitra About a month ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared that cleanliness was the need of the hour and had launched the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission) by symbolically cleaning a low-income area in central…
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Seeking apology and acknowledging mistake at the Chattergam incident is perhaps the rarest of the rare case for the army engaged in anti-militancy operation and checking infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir. The remorse comes in the wake of …
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The proposed reshuffle of the Union Cabinet which is to take place on Sunday will have some new faces. Given his IIT background and clean image, former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar, who is likely to take over the charge of Defence…
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 Abhijit Iyer-Mitra Slowly but surely signs are emerging of a paradigm shift in the way security is understood in the country. The issue is that while the disastrous tender for the light aircraft replacement and the recent clearance of…
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Mayuri Mukherjee In Afghanistan's long drawn out transition process to peace and stability, this year has been particularly crucial. Western troops who have held the country together over the past decade and a half are now wrapping up…
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Saikat Majumdar Protests by about 80,000 students in Italy this October have sent a clear message to their government. They don't want a university education that merely trains them for the job market. In overwhelming numbers, they have…
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Gautam Mukherjee While the Modi Government may want to provide housing and toilets for all by 2022, and launch 100 Smart Cities shortly, the housing sector today is both in an unregulated mess and in dire financial straits. Two things…
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The second list released by the Congress comprising names of 69 candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections has nothing new for the voters as the party has retained seniors in their own constituencies. The party has repeated all…
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