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Topic: security

Three reasons why it’s not Huawei or the highway for India’s 5G future

India needs to assess Huawei based on technical requirements and security capabilities, rather than being drawn into a US-China tug of war.

Modi & Amit Shah’s new Kashmir policy will make dynasties irrelevant & build local leadership

Abdullah, Mufti and Nehru-Gandhi dynasties aren’t the solution, but part of the Kashmir problem.

India’s problem is its policy to pamper China while treating weak Pak as full-blown threat

India needs disruptive foreign and security policies. Modi government’s most difficult decision will be to resume nuclear testing.

In second term, Narendra Modi must make room for people’s inputs in national security

A well-informed, vigilant and educated public opinion is the best assurance of national security.

Politicise all you want, but Indian soldiers don’t fight in the name of nationalism alone

Soldiers fight because of unit/sub-unit cohesion. They do not want to let down their comrades in a battle.

Indian airports to now get body scanners as govt steps up security measures

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed operators of all hypersensitive and sensitive airports to install the body scanners by March 2020.

Indian Coast Guard increases maritime surveillance following Sri Lanka blasts

More ships and aircraft have been deployed to ensure India faces no security threat after a series of blasts killed 290 in Colombo, a Coast Guard official said.

Terror recruitment & stone pelting in Kashmir has dropped this year, says govt

The number of youth recruited for terror from Kashmir in the first three months of this year is almost half that from the same period last year.

Research shows it makes sense for Narendra Modi & BJP to focus on national security in 2019

Congress in the post-Indira Gandhi years gave away its position to BJP on the national security question.

Centre wants states to bolster security at campaign venues of PM, other high-risk leaders

The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that states should ensure surveillance and access control at venues where high-risk dignitaries hold public meetings.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.