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When Dalai Lama was to fly from Lhasa to India
Claude Arpi | 23 Feb , 2016 1 comment

An episode, not very not well-known, was the possibility to ‘evacuate’ the Dalai Lama from Lhasa soon after the Chinese troops crossed the Upper Yangtze river and entered Chamdo in 1950. S.N. Haksar, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations wrote a Top Secret Note on November 30, 1950. The Note was...

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Mehbooba must stop acting like an opposition in her own coalition
Dr Simrit Kahlon | 22 Feb , 2016 0 comments
Mehbooba must stop acting like an opposition in her own coalition

Governor’s rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir on January 08 2016, pursuant to the unfortunate demise of the state’s incumbent chief minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Mufti had been running a coalition government with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) since March, 1, 2015. The leadership role shifted to Mehbooba Mufti, the daughter and...

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Northeast - Integrating the Seven Sisters
Brig Amrit Kapur | 20 Feb , 2016 15 comments
Northeast - Integrating the Seven Sisters

The ravishingly beautiful and picturesque landmass of our country, which adorns the mantle of the northeastern states, may distance wise be even less than Chennai or Trivandrum is from New Delhi, yet it remains emotionally detached from the rest of India. The reasons are more than intriguing. The perceived distance has more to do with the...

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Engage South Asian Nations
Engage South Asian Nations

South Asia continues to be in a state of flux. Maldives, which recently faced political turmoil, now appears to be stabilizing. Sri Lanka, post the last election, has seen a sea change in its internal situation. It is still early days and the tussle between the previous and present heads of state continues. Nepal has still to resolve the issue...

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International Solar Alliance: India’s Quest to Emerge as a Global Powerhouse of Solar Energy
Aniket Bhavthankar | 18 Feb , 2016 0 comments
International Solar Alliance: India’s Quest to Emerge as a Global Powerhouse of Solar Energy

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande laid the foundation stone of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquartered in Gurgaon during the latter’s visit to India as a chief guest for 67th Republic Day. Modi and Hollande jointly announced formation of the ISA during Conference of Parties-21 in Paris...

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