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The WHO draft resolution sponsored by 61 nations, including India, is an eye-wash, as it lets China off the hook completely. There is no call in it for any independent investigation into Covid-19 origins. China or Wuhan is not mentioned directly or indirectly in the text. The words “transparency” and accountability” are missing too. That would explain Russia’s support. India had no reason to opt-out of an anodyne draft. With China now supporting it, there is no reason for Beijing to be upset by India’s position.The word “as appropriate” is mentioned in critical parts of the draft, which provides a…

To accuse India of Islamophobia is truly perverse. Given the wounds inflicted by centuries of Muslim rule, India as a majority Hindu country could have been deeply intolerant towards Islam. Instead, it has embraced Islam as an integral part of India.Attempts at peaceIslamic fundamentalism ravaged India in 1947, long before the world discovered the pernicious nature of this ideology centered on a clash of civilizations, refusal to accept modernity and diversity, the violent assertion of religious identity, religious intolerance, terrorism, unspeakable brutalities, territorial ambitions, and so on. The belief that Muslims formed a separate nation created Pakistan. Up to 2…

Our resistance to external interference in our internal affairs has greatly eroded at the national level. This gives unfriendly external forces more room to play on our internal differences, promote lobbies to weaken us from within, make governance more difficult, with consequences for the pace of India’s rise and its global ambitions. The UN Secretary-General has been violating the Charter’s core principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of member states by pronouncing on our legislative decisions, internal security steps and community tensions when India functions much more democratically than the UN.Out to offend IndiaThe UN High Commissioner of Human…

By Shloka Dikshit Introduction :Bioterrorism is a planned and organized use of pathogenic strains of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses or their toxins to spread life-threatening pathogens on a massive scale to devastate the population of the area. People have described the next hundred years as the ‘century of biology.’ Incredibly rapid and dramatic changes in genetic modifications in biomolecular engineering and strengthened bio-production technologies may, however, make it easier for terrorists to overcome the barriers that have hindered the procurement of bio agents in the past.The danger of biological warfare has attracted the attention of Indian defense and medical experts for…

INTRODUCTION China has been known by many names throughout history, but the most traditional name China used to refer to itself is – ‘Zhonggou’ meaning the Middle Kingdom or the Central Kingdom. The name implies the belief that, from a cultural and historical point of view, China is the ‘centre’ of the world. China was divided into several independent states thousands of years ago but united by an emperor. As China became more united, the middle kingdom referred to the actual middleness of these states. With time the term is used for the entire country as a whole rather than a small…

Virtual assets are any digital representation of value which can be traded or invested in a particular environment, it can be used as a means of exchange or store of value among a given group or community. The scope of virtual assets go far beyond crypto currencies, they may or may not be assigned values in fiat currency. Blockchain technology that gained traction in the past decade has created a new world in finance and subsequently money laundering and terrorism finance. Case studies done between 2017-2020 showed that the majority of crimes committed using virtual assets were money laundering offences. The…

DETERMINING COMPLANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN LIGHT OF UNLAWFUL PREVENTION ACTIVITES ACT,1967 Author : Dhakshayanee Srinivasan INTRODUCTIONThe Global counterterrorism strategy was adopted by the United Nations on September 2006which reaffirmed the General Assembly resolution 60/158. It states that the countries’ counterterrorism measures must be in consonance with international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international refugee law. this paper aims to analyze the whether indian counterterrorism law is in line with its obligation under international human rights law. this is discussed in three folds: firstly, a brief history as to the counter terrorism laws in India is…

Introduction:In today’s digital world, man have created another world for himself who is easily accessible, user friendly and faster known as cyber world or cyber space. As defined by Oxford Learners Dictionary, Cyber Space is ‘an imaginary world where electronic messages, mails, pictures, etc. exists connected with the internet or other networking computers’. It is almost akin to the natural world, which deals with almost everything. Walter Isacson aptly said; “The symbol of atomic age, which render to centralise power, was nuclear with electrons around it held tightly; the symbol of digital age is web with countless centres of powers…

Russia-Ukraine Crisis and Consequences on India’s Food and Energy SecurityThe treaty of Westphalia was initiated to connect different nations to get together on a common platform and form nation-states. The Industrial Revolution in Europe, Bill of Rights in the USA, De-Colonization in the Commonwealth, and treaties such as the Washington Treaty and the Maastricht Treaty led to the process of formation of contemporary globalization[1]. However, the very fact that the world got connected also became one of the major factors in affecting the nations through either their domestic policies or geopolitical complications. Recently, we are witnessing the crisis on the Eastern…

In observance of the in vogue dynamic challenges faced by two emerging nuclear super power nations namely, India and USA with the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic and multiple security menaces, Global Counter Terrorism Council organized a 2+2’ Ministerial dialogue enumerating strongly on the sustainable future prospects & challenges post India-USA bilateral talks. The eminent panellists and key speakers at the conference who levitated and gave a true meaning to this discussion as well as paved a ground framework to follow are Dr. Kanwal Sibal, IFS (Retd.), Professor Madhav Das Nalapat, G. Mohan Kumar, IAS (Retd.), Brigadier  General Chad T. Manske, Lt. Gen. Satish Dua, Christopher Jester (Counter-terrorism  Coordinator, US Embassy), Captain James…