Major General S B Asthana,SM,VSM (Retd) Writes: The statement of Chinese Defence spokesman Ren Guoqiang to indicate that China will take the “necessary measures” to safeguard national security in the event of the collapse of the neighbouring North Korean regime (South China Morning Post, February 23, 2017), clearly proves the extent to which China has been supporting North Korea as its ‘Frontline state”, and how far it can go to help it,
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Dr. Roshan Khanijo's academic qualification includes BSc, MA and PhD. Her topic for the doctoral thesis was "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Developing Countries – A Critical Appraisal" She is the author of a book "Complexities and Challenges of Nuclear India" She was the member of the study team which did the Net Assessment on China and South Asia. She has been a panelist in Panel Discussions on nuclear issues. She presented a paper in the seminar organized by CIISS (China Institute for International and strategic Studies) in Beijing .She also took part in the discussions held by CICIR (China Institute of Contemporary International Relations) in Beijing. She has taken guest lectures for Jindal International University .Currently she is working as a Research Fellow at USI.
Cyber Swachhta Kendra : Free Wala Anti-Virus
Anuraag Dwivedi writes: The Government of India launched an online botnet cleaning and malware analysis centre called “Cyber Swachhta Kendra” on 21 Feb 2017.The website is operated by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) and is a part of the Government of India’s Digital India initiative under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to create a secure cyber space by detecting botnet infections in India and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users so as to prevent further infections.
No More War Games with Pakistan: Russia
Zubin Bhatnagar writes: While the US recently commended the role of Pakistan in battling the scourge of terrorism, a reflection of Pak’s indispensability in US war against terrorism in Afghanistan; Moscow’s decision to hold no more war games with Pakistan Army, exposes Pakistan’s duplicity and its policy of state sponsored terrorism.
Our “intellectuals” of ‘post-truth era’
Prof KN Pandita Writes: During past two months, former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha twice led a delegation of Delhi-based organization named “Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation” to Kashmir. This group of “intellectuals”, working on Kashmir for more than a decade, includes some top ex-bureaucrats, diplomats, senior army and civil servants, including a former Army Chief, a former RAW Chief and a former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, and others, all high profile personalities
Some Snippets on CPEC
MH Rajesh writes: The CPEC has more energy than corridor, with over three quarters of investments in power plants. Three quarters of these power plants use coal and shuns furnace oil, its legacy fuel for power generation. Hence when world is walking away from coal, Pakistan walks back into coal, adding to environmental woes.
ISRO Set to Make Record:104 Satellites In One Go
Sanjay Kumar writes: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to script history on 15 Feb 2017 with the launch of record 104 satellites in one go from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.