Articles By Rakesh Kr Sinha
BSF gets extended powers to search in borderStates. Why the fuss?
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Oct , 2021
The Govt of India, in the exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 129 of the Border Security Force Act, 1948 (47 of 1968)”, has extended BSF’s jurisdiction to 50 km in...
Baghdadi and his impact on India
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Date: 01 Nov , 2019
Abu Bakar al – Baghdadi seems to have died finally if we trust the announcement made by the US President Donald Trump. Baghdadi, carrying a reward of $ 25 million on his head, had proclaimed the...
Impeachment proceedings on Trump and its impact on India and on global stage
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2019
The Constitution of United States of America provides an authority to the Congress to impeach and remove the President and other civil officers upon a determination that such officers have...
Article 371: A mirror of sensitivity of Indian federalism
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Sep , 2019
As a part of Chapter XXI of the Constitution of India, Article 371 grants temporary, transition and special provisions to 11 States – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Andhra...
UAE honours Indian Prime Minister: A clear snub to Pakistan
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Aug , 2019
All hell broke loose as the news of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being conferred ‘Order of Zayed’ the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) highest Civilian Honor reached Pakistan. The Pakistani...
Is United Kingdom a new hub for anti India activities?
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Aug , 2019
If protests and violence outside India House in London during the celebration of India’s Independence Day on August 15, 2019 and the past events are any indication then, nobody should have any...
IMF takes control of Pakistan’s economy and foreign policy: Is Pakistan...
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Aug , 2019
The Pakistani army initially thought that Imran Khan’s image could be able to overcome the economic crises of the country and hence had supported him in the last election. But the army was not...
'Yellow Vest Movement' of France: Is this a new “French Spring”?
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jan , 2019
The Yellow Vest (gilets jaune) Movement, named after the high-visibility jackets the protesters wear, has drawn world attention to France’s toughest problems: high unemployment and a stagnant...
The Brexit conundrum and the limited options for Theresa May
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jan , 2019
The time is running out for the British Prime Minister Theresa May as the March 29, 2019 deadline for Britain to leave the European Union(EU) is approaching. Her Brexit deal has fallen on the...
Trump’s enforced shutdown: No end in sight
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jan , 2019
The US Government partial shutdown is continuing since December 22, 2018 as the US Congress did not agree to the funding of the Mexican border wall costing $5.7 billion. This has been the sole...
De-radicalisation in China: The communist way
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jan , 2019
The Communist China does not have any religious faith patronised by the Government. It prefers handling the question of religious fundamentalism purely in the interest of national security. China...
Resurgence of Taliban and Indian dilemma
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jan , 2019
Taliban is expanding again. They got space and time to regroup themselves. This is happening when the world powers are competing to appropriate their maximum influence over Afghanistan. Russia...
Rise of Pashtun Nationalism in Pakistan
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Oct , 2018
There is an ethnic minority group of about 49 million people called Pashtun mostly living in Pakistan. Many of them live in Waziristan in the west which unfortunately is the battlefield...
Testing time for Indo-Russian friendship
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Oct , 2018
So here comes Vladimir Putin, whom Prime Minister Vajpayee once hailed as the worthy successor to Peter the Great, with all his diplomatic might and military inventory to shake the hand with an...
Are we becoming a ‘Police State’
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Mar , 2018
Cambridge Dictionary defines a Police state as “a country in which the government uses the police to severely limit people’s freedom”. Merriam Webster defines a Police State “a political...
Sri Lanka on the verge of another ethnic strife
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Mar , 2018
Kandy is said to be the cultural capital of Sri Lanka, also known for its most memorable cinematic appearance in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The fictional Mayapore village,...
Is PNB like scams a manifest of cyber attacks on banking security?
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2018
India is moving towards a cashless economy with lots of fanfare and it is being trumpeted as big achievement by the Government and the Reserve Bank of India touted as one of the largest financial...
Justin Trudeau and a new low in Indo-Canadian relationship
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Feb , 2018
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived on 17th Feb 2018 on a weeklong visit to India alongwith his family and three ministers of Indian origin; Navdeep Bains, Harjit Singh Sajjan...
Nepal Goes Red and Closer to China
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Dec , 2017
In the first direct election of the Pratinidhi Sabha after the promulgation of new Constitution in Nepal, the Communist Party combination have won 116 out of 165 seats. The remaining 110 seats of...
USA’s new immigration laws’ motto – ‘Make America White Again’
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Date: 23 Nov , 2017
‘Trumpism’ is the new bulwark in contemporary white America meant to stem the flow of ethnic diversity and cultural pluralism and its intentions are clear ; to deliver the United States back...