Jaibans Singh Diplomatic parleys to diffuse the situation between India and China in eastern Ladakh are being carried out with great urgency. Towards this end, the sixth virtual meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs was held on October, 01. The thrust was to take forward the "five-point consensus" between foreign ministers … [Read more...] about Ladakh misadventure has left China between the devil and the deep sea
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New domicile rules are ushering contentment in J&K
Onkareshwar Pandey Abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A of the Indian Constitution led to the opening of doors for grant of Domicile to certain people who had been residing in Jammu and Kashmir for decades on end without the benefit of State Subject (citizenship) under the State constitution. A Gazette Notification by the Government of India on March, 31, 2020, has laid … [Read more...] about New domicile rules are ushering contentment in J&K
Global Times: Benchmark of Obnoxious Chinese Information Warfare
Jaibans Singh In the world of today, information has been identified as the biggest asset; it is utilised by Nations for creating beneficial narratives on the one hand and dissension within inimical domains on the other. Authoritarian regimes are masters in the use and misuse of information. It is so because they can ensure full internal secrecy and simultaneously apply … [Read more...] about Global Times: Benchmark of Obnoxious Chinese Information Warfare
Army ethics for counter-terrorist operations: Minimum force & good faith
Jasbir Sarai It is being alleged that three men from Rajouri, who had gone to work as labourers in Kashmir, have been killed in the course of a counter-terrorist operation in Shopian. The gunfight took place on July, 18 and the men, declared unidentified at that time, have now been identified on the basis of photographs shown to the families. Earlier, the families had … [Read more...] about Army ethics for counter-terrorist operations: Minimum force & good faith
‘India-Pakistan question’ needs to be removed from the agenda of UNSC
Hardip Bedi The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January, 6, 1948 took up an agenda item termed as 'India-Pakistan question,' that related with the Jammu and Kashmir issue. It is now more than 72 years and the agenda continues to remain unresolved, mainly because Pakistan is unwilling to accept the reality that it is in forcible occupation of Indian territory that … [Read more...] about ‘India-Pakistan question’ needs to be removed from the agenda of UNSC