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TopicInternal security

Topic: Internal security

To deal with a 2.5-front war, India must tackle the half-front inside

+TFP R Jagannathan -
As Gen Bipin Rawat once pointed out, India has to be ready for a two-and-a-half front war, with the half referring to unnamed internal enemies.

Defence has received poor budgets for years, no collective long-term thinking—J&K ex-governor Vohra

Keshav Padmanabhan -
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir governor N. N. Vohra has warned that the prolonged “interface” between the Indian Army and civilian and political...

Treatment of the BSF shows border security is not a priority. This must change

Sanjiv Krishan Sood -
Large number of troops are withdrawn from their primary task of border guarding for other tasks such as elections. Their utilisation for such duties needs rationalisation and should be restricted.

Jammu drone attack shows the difficulty of separating Kashmir issue from geopolitics

Shyam Saran -
Drone attack on Jammu Air Force station shows the limits of tactical moves such as the LoC ceasefire and relaxation of political tensions in J&K.

Indian Army should be relieved from internal security in J&K. It goes against secular ethos

Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah -
Indian Army must be kept insulated from prolonged exposure to internal disorder so that it doesn’t become communalised like the police forces.

For 5 years, Modi put national security reforms on hold. Now, he must act fast

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
India is way behind China and no longer enjoys a decisive edge over Pakistan.

Insecurity within

Shekhar Gupta -
NDA's internal security balance sheet is now poorer than ‘spineless’ UPAs. It could break PM Modi’s momentum despite skilled messaging.

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Opinion

Welfare state is socially and economically a national disaster: GN Lawande

G N Lawande -
In a welfare state, the rule of law has been defiled and public opinion and sovereignty are being superseded by the undemocratic decrees of the ministers, wrote GN Lawande in 1958.

Ajit Pawar’s death brings new churn to Maharashtra politics. Pawar family still holds the key

What’s missing from the colonial archives of Indian freedom struggle? Love, exile, family

Economy

Land, labour, licences: From UP to Tripura, states race ahead on Centre-led deregulation push

Moushumi Das Gupta -
76% of Centre’s deregulation reforms implemented across states under Phase-I of compliance reduction exercise. Several states & UTs adopted flexible land use, 3rd party inspections, labour reforms.

Defence

During Op Sindoor, hackers targeted NSE website 40 crore times in 10 minutes, Exchange CEO says

Snehesh Alex Philip -
NSE CEO Ashish Kumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.

National Interest

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

Shekhar Gupta -
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.

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