Editorial

Sudhirendar Sharma Within a month of its launch, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (SBA) is on an upward swing to transform people's attitude towards open defecation. From projecting it on a slew of top television shows, such as Satyamev Jayate…
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M. M Khajooria ‘The Million march on Kashmir' in London  disaster not only embarrassed Pakistani establishment but upset many  political and diplomatic initiatives  crafted to fallow 'the march' whose success was taken for granted. The …
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Rajesh Singh Certain people have been finding it difficult to digest the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in Maharashtra and Haryana. They must have wished that with the blink of an eye the nightmare would vanish. Since this is not…
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The sinking of yet another naval vessel is a reminder of the state of marine war machinery. In the latest series of the incidents a sailor was killed and another four were reported missing after a Torpedo Recovery Vessel (TRV) sank 30…
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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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