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Initial Motivations and Management of Pakistani Nuclear Programme0
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- May 10, 2019
Pakistan’s nuclear programme has an independent origin, and the first step in this direction was taken in 1953. The year witnessed the setting up of an Atomic Energy Council (AEC), under the chairmanship of Dr. Nazir Ahmed. The Council was entrusted with the following tasks: (i) Survey of radioactive minerals, (ii) Working out a plan
READ MORESri Lankans grapple with the aftermath of Easter Sunday attacks0
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- May 10, 2019
By Rathindra Kuruwita 10 May 2019 The way we define a problem usually informs the way we attempt to deal with it. Moreover the narrative and approach used to tackle an issue ensures whether we are able to get the assistance of important stakeholders that are required for the success of an initiative. As Michael
READ MORETik Tok in India: An Analysis of Banning and Reprieving0
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- May 9, 2019
by Ishfaq Majid 9 May 2019 Tik Tok a Social Media app was launched in September 2017 in China and is owned by a company namely ByteDance. In August, 2018, the app merged with the musical.ly to enhance its video community. The app is available for Android and IOS users (except India) and enables them
READ MORESri Lanka’s Vision as a Transshipment Hub: Challenges and Future Prospects0
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- May 9, 2019
May 04, 2019 by Inoka Perera A key objective of Sri Lanka’s post-2015 foreign policy framework is to position the country as a dynamic and prosperous centre of the Indian Ocean and make the country a regional maritime and logistics hub. Located in the East-West trade route neighbouring India, Sri Lanka possesses the essential geopolitical
READ MOREPublic Interest and Purpose important in a sting operation – Delhi High Court0
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- May 9, 2019
by Dr Bhargavi D Hemmige 9 May 2019 A landmark Verdict was given by Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw’s of the Delhi High Court with respect to Sting operation on 2nd May 2019. This judgement will definitely help to look at Sting operations often considered deceptive, in a new light. A sting operation is a tool
READ MOREADDRESSING THE ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATION AND MARGINALIZATION OF INDIAN BIOSPHERES- A Study of the Keibul Lamjao National Park0
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- May 8, 2019
by Apoorva Sabavath 9 May 2019 Ecology is often politicized more than it appears to the naked eye. Political ecology does not essentially see the environment in isolation but views it as a result of political behaviour. Ecological change is not often natural but is ‘brought about’ through external interventions in the ecosystem. This change
READ MOREEaster Sunday in Sri Lanka: Crisis, Correction and Hope0
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- May 8, 2019
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera 8 May 2019 “What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen.” Robert D. Kaplan I was 16 when I witnessed the horror terrorism first hand. It was the blast I lost my father in. When the long battle ended with the Tamil Tigers in
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India: Primary Education0
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- May 8, 2019
By Eduardo Faleiro 8 May 2019 On July 2016, the State Government constituted a Committee on Education to study the system of grants and financial support to Government and Government aided primary schools and to recommend measures to improve their overall efficiency. The Committee submitted its report last January. It has not been made public.
READ MOREAssessing the Varying Dynamics of Tourism Development in Manipur: Interrogating National and State Policies0
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- May 7, 2019
by Moirangmayum Naresh Singh 7 May 2019 Introduction Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the 21st century as it is even expecting to grow faster in coming centuries. In various tourist hot-spots across the globe, transportation and communication and other allied services are always well upgraded. In addition, attentions are is being paid
READ MOREStatus of Pakistani Terror Laws Revisited0
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- May 6, 2019
Dr. Rajkumar Singh 6 May 2019 Today Pakistan is unable to contain the forces of anarchy it has unleashed. The struggle to establish a parliamentary democracy in a federal setting has been handicapped by inter-ethnic strife, social strains, fragmented elite, praetorian rule, and the influences of external power– both regional and global. Since independence, ‘the
READ MORESri Lanka: Where from here, the blasts-probe?0
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- May 6, 2019
N Sathiya Moorthy 6 May 2019 In an interview to BBC, Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Army chief, Lt-Gen Mahesh Senanayake, has said that the Easter bombers had visited Kashmir, Kerala and the Karnataka capital of Bengaluru (or, Bangalore, as it used to be known) for ‘some sort of training’. In another interview, this one to
READ MOREStrategic Regional Security; Heightening Tensions in South Asia following Trump’s exit from the INF Treaty0
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- May 5, 2019
May 05, 2019 by Inoka Perera Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty marks increased tensions of an arms race in South Asia, potentially escalating rivalries between India and China leading to the possible proliferation of the already growing nuclear skirmishes between the two regional powers; India and Pakistan. Geostrategically positioned U.S.
READ MOREIndian Election: A Limited Thriller0
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- May 3, 2019
Michael Kugelman 3 May 2019 The world is watching the Indian election. Sort of BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2014, when Narendra Modi was in Washington for his first visit as prime minister, I remember standing outside near the White House and doing a live interview with an Indian television reporter—one of many that had converged on
READ MOREMaking sense of the Sri Lankan Tragedy0
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- May 3, 2019
By Habib Siddiqui 3 May 2019 Thanks to the state and non-state actors, our world is increasingly becoming insecure and unsafe for ordinary civilians. No place is safe and secure for them! On the Easter Sunday (April 21, 2019) 253 civilians died and another 500 injured in Sri Lanka as a result of a series
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