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  • Reservations for OBCs & Consequence Management
    PR Chari    ·   06 Jun, 2006    ·    #2031    ·    Commentary    
    Hundreds of articles in newspapers, innumerable talk shows on TV channels, and dozens of seminars hosting the chatterati have analyzed the government's decision to apportion 27 per cent of the seats in state-aided educational institutions fo...
  • Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue & the Stability/Instability Paradox
    KS Manjunath    ·   05 Jun, 2006    ·    #2030    ·    Commentary    
    Among the various issues being addressed by the ongoing Indo-Pak composite dialogue, conventional and nuclear CBMs are significant as they seek to deal with reducing, if not altogether preventing a - conventional or nuclear - conflict in the sub...
  • Iran Nuclear Debate Continues
    Beryl Anand    ·   01 Jun, 2006    ·    #2029    ·    Commentary    
    The Iranian nuclear crisis is moving fast in an alarming direction. Its quest for nuclear energy is becoming a dangerous adventure with grave regional and international implications. At the heart of the issue lies the Iranian regime's aspira...
  • Recent Developments in Sri Lanka & Nepal
       ·   30 May, 2006    ·    #2028    ·    Commentary    
    Recent Developments in Sri Lanka Dr N Manoharan Senior Research Fellow, IPCS The situation in Sri Lanka is complex and violence has escalated to a new high and is characterised by attacks ranging from claymore mines to shootouts. This...
  • USAF-IAF Air Combat Exercises: A Review
       ·   30 May, 2006    ·    #2027    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: Dr Peter Lavoy, Director, Center for Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA         Maj Peter Fesler (USAF), Naval Postgraduate School, M...
  • Lashkar-e-Taiba: Unmasking the New Face
    Sameer Suryakant Patil    ·   28 May, 2006    ·    #2026    ·    Commentary    
    The arrests of suspected terrorists from various parts of Maharashtra have placed the intelligence and police officials in Maharashtra and neighbouring states on high alert. Police officials believe they may have unearthed a massive conspiracy t...
  • Valley Uproar: Sex Scandal in Srinagar
       ·   28 May, 2006    ·    #2025    ·    Commentary    
    The Kashmir Valley, particular Srinagar, is burning over a social issue - prostitution, which started with the Indian Express publishing a news report revealing that the J&K police is investigating a sex racket that included top politicians,...
  • Nuclear Iran Threatens Global Security
    Jacob Chriqui    ·   28 May, 2006    ·    #2024    ·    Commentary    
    The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is inherently unfair, allowing only five select countries to reap the political and military benefits of possessing nuclear weapons. This inequality is further emphasized since nuclear proliferation to some c...
  • Reservations On Reservations
    Urvashi Aneja    ·   27 May, 2006    ·    #2023    ·    Commentary    
    Despite protests by students and other concerned citizens, the UPA government has decided that the bill to provide 27 per cent OBC quotas in all central institutions will be introduced during the monsoon session of Parliament to be implemented f...
  • Star on Earth: ITER Project
    Swapna Kona    ·   26 May, 2006    ·    #2022    ·    Commentary    
    On 24 May 2006, representatives of seven countries including Russia, US, India, China, Japan, South Korea and the European Union will start work on an agreement towards the formal establishment of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Rea...
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