Saturday, 21 May, 2022
TopicBorder security

Topic: Border security

BSF is a boon for border populations. It can do much more than just protect them

Sanjiv Krishan Sood -
Since 1965, the BSF has not only protected India's border areas with Pakistan and Bangladesh but also helped with internal security and development.

MHA order dilutes what BSF was raised for even more. It already guards Lutyens’ Delhi

Manvendra Singh -
With the shortage of workforce touching five-figure levels, enhancing BSF's operational roles in Punjab, West Bengal, and Assam is plainly illogical.

The future of India-China relationship is now all about the flux in US-China ties

Zorawar Daulet Singh -
As the prospects for armed conflict at LAC recede, Indian strategists must now begin the process of making sense of the troubled India-China relationship.

India brimming with confidence, we are seeing it at the borders, says PM Modi

PTI -
Addressing a gathering of the IT industry sector, Modi said govt's decision to liberalise geospatial data indicates the same confidence.

What India can learn from IFAS and my grandfather KC Johorey in tackling border issues

Ambika Vishwanath -
The Indian Frontier Administrative Service was disbanded in 1968. But some of its core concepts are worth remembering today when frontier regions feel a disconnect that was not always there.

Lessons from Sunjuwan: Get a smart, effective perimeter security system at military bases

Pranab Dhal Samanta -
A committee formed after Pathankot and Uri attacks gave a detailed plan to overhaul perimeter security in almost all military locations.

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Opinion

Representative image of an ethanol-blended fuel station plug | Wikimedia Commons

Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

Kushan Mitra -
India’s reliance on ethanol blended fuel is only set to increase in the wake of rising crude oil prices. But are we going to adapt in time?
PM Modi with Army and BSF Jawans in Kashmir in 2017 | @narendramodi/Twitter

American SiG Sauer rifle fine for Army—for now. Indian firms should be Modi govt’s priority

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif | ShehbazSharif/Facebook

Pakistan’s being governed by London Sharif and Islamabad Sharif. But they’re not on same page

Economy

A shopkeeper arranges stock at a grocery store in Bengaluru | Representational image | Bloomberg Photo

Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds online survey

ThePrint Team -
A LocalCircles poll found that 70% of respondents felt their monthly household budget increased by 10% while 55% expected expenses to go up by another 10% in the next 3 months.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels

Shekhar Gupta -
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.

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