Indo-Nepal Border Issues – Explained
Introduction India and Nepal have been sharing a fairly cordial relationship all along, primarily because of close cultural and ethnic ties. In fact nearly 4000 troops of the Gorkha Regiment, which is the pride of Indian Army, hail from Nepal. India is Nepal’s largest trading partner. Nepal being a land locked country, is largely dependent […]
How Must India Respond to Chinese Premeditated Barbaric Attack on Indian Soldiers?
Introduction Chinese troops launched a premeditated attack on Indian soldiers and martyred Col Santosh Babu, the Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar Regiment and 19 other soldiers in the most barbaric manner while de-escalation was in progress in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan valley. China in its pursuit for regional /global dominance has adopted a two prong policy: […]
OPEC+ OIL POLITICS IN CRONA DRIVEN DECLINE IN GLOBAL MARKETS
What is OPEC? Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is an intergovernmental organization of 14 nations, founded in September 1960 in Baghdad and is headquartered in Vienna (Austria) since 1965. The purpose is to coordinate and unify petroleum policies of its member countries in order to ensure stabilization of oil markets. OPEC was replaced by […]
THE UGLY INCIDENTS IN GALWAN VALLEY AND IT’S REPERCUSSIONS
What exactly happened in the Galwan Valley on Monday 15 June 2020? Tensions had been running high in the area for the past few weeks, with a large number of soldiers and military equipment deployed along the LAC by both sides. Even though the LAC in Galwan Valley was never disputed by the two sides, […]
COVID-19 : MYTHS & FACTS
Introduction Like a deer caught in the glace of headlights, ‘germophobia’ has frozen public life across the globe. Rumours and fear- psychosis about COVID-19 are spreading like wild fire through multi- media, derailing public life everywhere in the world. I think, we Indians, being the most sensible people in the world, should scavenge the truth […]
Is China Setting the Stage for a Two-Front Military Operation against India?
Introduction The constitutional change in the status of Jammu and Kashmir on 05 August 2019 and its division into two separate union territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh served as a major provocation for both China and Pakistan. Moreover, as the country went into a celebration-mode, many politicians playing up to the music of the prevailing […]
Financial Support Package Announced by Government to Tackle Corona Virus
Introduction The Government of India has been fairly proactive in the fight against Corona pandemic in India. PM Modi in his speech to the nation on 24th March acknowledged the lack of wherewithal and facilities in India to tackle Corona virus as compared to the developed nations of Europe and United States, who are presently […]
RUSSIA – INDIA – CHINA Grouping: Dreams and Reality
Background RIC as a strategic grouping first took shape in 1998 as a counterbalance to the Western alliance. The aim was to ensure that it is not left to the America-led West alone to shape the rules of global governance. The leaders of these countries have been meeting on the sidelines of meetings like G-20, in […]
Rate of Spread of Covid-19 in India and the World
Even though, COVID – 19 cases tested positive in India has increased at a high rate during the last week of March 2020, it is significantly lower than many other countries. In fact, next to Japan, India’s rate of spread of Corona is the least till 01 April 2020. As per a paper published in […]
Hong Kong comes closer into Chinese Control under the new Security Law
Hong Kong – a Special Administrative Region Hong Kong was handed over to mainland China by the British in 1997, making it one of its Special Administrative Regions. It is governed by a mini-constitution called the Basic Law — which affirms the principle of “one country, two systems”, and upholds Hong Kong’s liberal policies, system of governance, […]