Articles in Homeland Security

Weaponizing Refugees

Weaponizing Refugees

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Jul , 2023

France has been on fire since 17year old Nahel M was shot at point-blank range by the police in Paris. Clashes between civilians and police erupted soon after the video of the incident went...

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Manipur Crisis: A Complex Threat – II

Manipur Crisis: A Complex Threat – II

By: Maj Gen Nitin P Gadkari | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jun , 2023

Home Minister’s Visit & Beyond The Indian Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, visited Manipur’s troubled state from 29 May till 01 June 23. The long-awaited visit by a central minister was late in...

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Idea whose time has come

Idea whose time has come

By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jun , 2023

On 24th July 1991 when Dr Manmohan Singh was presenting the budget, he was cognizant of the plethora of economic ills that plagued India; inflation hovering around 14%, cost of interest to total...

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The ‘Snow Leopards’ of Ladakh

The ‘Snow Leopards’ of Ladakh

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jun , 2023

Though simple and peace loving, the people of Ladakh are extremely patriotic and fiercely committed when it comes to defending their homeland and this was evident in 1948, when a formidable...

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Poonch Terror Attack Exposes Pakistan’s Duplicity

Poonch Terror Attack Exposes Pakistan’s Duplicity

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 May , 2023

The recent attack on an Indian army vehicle by Pakistan backed terrorists in the Poonch area of J&K that claimed five lives is an extremely tragic incident that serves as a grim reminder of the...

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Kerala-Kashmir-Kabul and the Islamic State

Kerala-Kashmir-Kabul and the Islamic State

By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 May , 2023

Reports regarding emergence of a new terror group ‘Base Movement’ has been making rounds for some time. The ramifications, reach and consequences of this terror group, however has not been...

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Ideology and Civil Services in India

Ideology and Civil Services in India

By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Apr , 2023

Max Weber had argued that bureaucracy constitutes “the most efficient and rational way in which human activity can be organized and that systematic process and organized hierarchies are...

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Kashmir on a Roll

Kashmir on a Roll

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Mar , 2023

Investment entails acquisition of assets or items with the primary objective of generating income or for the purposes of wealth appreciation. However, since successful investment is dependent on...

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Indian Vision-2047 for Cyber Defence Security: Needs and Importance

Indian Vision-2047 for Cyber Defence Security: Needs and Importance

By: Col (Dr) AK Singh and Dr Rajeev Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Mar , 2023

  In order to make the military into the “Aatmanirbhar” force that Prime Minister  Narendra Modi had envisioned, the Ministry of Defence undertook ground-breaking reforms in 2022, led by Raksha...

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Kashmiris Protest Defiling of Mosques by Terrorists

Kashmiris Protest Defiling of Mosques by Terrorists

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Mar , 2023

The saying that terrorists have no religion was once again proven right last Tuesday when two terrorists violated the sanctity of Jamia Masjid in Padgampora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama...

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Decoding Targeted Killings in Kashmir

Decoding Targeted Killings in Kashmir

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Mar , 2023

The cold-blooded murder of 45-year-old Sanjay Sharma in Achan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday serves as a grim warning that there’s no let-up in the despicable trend of...

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Big Media, Narratives, Security Threats, and Perceptions: BBC (EIC: Ghost,...

Big Media, Narratives, Security Threats, and Perceptions: BBC (EIC: Ghost,...

By: R Rastogi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2023

BBC’s 1930s license to operate in India was an essential colonial tool and was created by Royal Charter, not much different than the honorable Company (East India Company-EIC) of a bygone era. ...

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The Kashmir ‘Solidarity Day’ Charade

The Kashmir ‘Solidarity Day’ Charade

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Feb , 2023

While flaunting it as a solemn occasion called ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’, Islamabad organises a comical extravaganza of sorts with emotional [as well as menacing] speeches and contrived...

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Only Courtrooms Cannot Secure India

Only Courtrooms Cannot Secure India

By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Jan , 2023

An unfortunate phenomenon has been witnessed in the last few years. The judiciary has been dishing out uninvited, unsolicited and unwelcomed directions to the country’s security apparatus...

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Digital India under Cyber Attack!!

Digital India under Cyber Attack!!

By: Deepak Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jan , 2023

India’s economy is aggressively progressing ahead to play a crucial role in propelling the global economy by quick implementation of policy programs, curbing the administrative lag, and more...

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Significance of Joint Maritime Exercises

Significance of Joint Maritime Exercises

By: Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan | Issue: Vol. 37.4, Oct-Dec 2022 | Date: 02 Jan , 2023

Relevance of Joint Military Exercises Joint Military Exercises are often used by nations to display their military might by showcasing weapons, systems and well-trained soldiers. Such exercises...

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Safeguarding the Indian Borders

Safeguarding the Indian Borders

By: Sanjeev Chopra | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 27 Dec , 2022

India’s land borders with six countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan as well as the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir – pose a major security challenge to...

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Tawang, Tibet and Taiwan

Tawang, Tibet and Taiwan

By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 25 Dec , 2022

Unlike its aggressive strategic designs that resulted in the major clash with India in Ladakh’s Galwan valley in June 2020, the latest India-China skirmishes in Tawang on December 9 seems to...

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China’s Interest in Arunachal Pradesh

China’s Interest in Arunachal Pradesh

By: Sudha Ramachandran | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 17 Dec , 2022

“For Beijing, it is a bargaining chip for an eventual ‘swap’ and the recognition by India of the occupation by China of Aksai Chin.” Sixty years ago, on November 21, China declared a...

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