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  • Brahmaputra Water Diversion: A Print Media Survey
    Jayasree Nath    ·   11 Aug, 2011    ·    #3438    ·    Commentary    
    The dam over the Brahmaputra being constructed by China has evoked an outcry in India, and especially in its Northeast, as reported by the local media. This article presents an overview of opinions and facts that emerge from the debate. Accordin...
  • Media and Power Play in China
    Gunjan Singh    ·   11 Aug, 2011    ·    #3437    ·    Commentary    
    In a very tragic incident in China, a high speed bullet train collided with a stationary train near the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. Various Chinese and international media reports have provided different figures about the total number ...
  • Disintegration of Madhesi Parties: An Analysis
    Buddhi Man Tamang    ·   10 Aug, 2011    ·    #3436    ·    Commentary    
    The recent split within the Nepal Sadhbavna Party(SP) into the Federal Sadhbavana Party(FSP) led by Anil Kumar Jha  has been primarily attributed to ideological differences with the SP party President Rajendra Mahato and the alleged appropr...
  • Chinese Economy: Inflation on the Rise and Manufacturing on the Wane
    Teshu Singh    ·   29 Jul, 2011    ·    #3435    ·    Commentary    
    China has gradually become a manufacturing hub of the world by letting in capital and technologies and bringing its low cost advantages into full play. However, the growth of the manufacturing sector in China has slowed down in the past seven mo...
  • NSG Guidelines: Possible Implications for India
    Pradeepa Viswanathan    ·   25 Jul, 2011    ·    #3434    ·    Commentary    
    The decision of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on 23-24 June 2011 to strengthen guidelines on the transfer of sensitive enrichment and reprocessing technologies concerns countries which are non-NPT members, and those who have not adopted IAEA...
  • SC Verdict on Salwa Judum: End of State-Sponsored Civil Vigilantism?
    Medha Chaturvedi    ·   18 Jul, 2011    ·    #3433    ·    Commentary    
    The Indian Supreme Court declared the Salwa Judum movement (peace militia in Gondi) unconstitutional, rapping the government for arming civilians to combat a resistive insurgency. Was the Salwa Judum constitutional? Why was it formed, and organi...
  • Border Trade at Nathu La: Five Years After
    Bhim B Subba    ·   18 Jul, 2011    ·    #3432    ·    Commentary    
    It has been five years since the resumption of Nathu La border trade between India and China following a lull of four decades after the Sino-Indian War in 1962, yet neither has there been any mention of it in the print media both at the national...
  • China’s Nepal Focus
    Bhavna Singh    ·   14 Jul, 2011    ·    #3431    ·    Commentary    
    The appointment of Yang Houlan as China’s ambassador has been the most high-profile diplomatic appointment to Nepal so far. This reflects the evolving priority accorded to this small neighbouring country in China’s foreign policy str...
  • Internal Security Reform: Yet Another Opportunity
    Ali Ahmed    ·   12 Jul, 2011    ·    #3430    ·    Commentary    
    In a landmark judgment on a writ petition filed by Nandini Sundar, Ramchandra Guha, EAS Sarma and others, Justice B Sudershan Reddy and Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar have asked the Chhattisgarh government to discontinue the counter-insurgency em...
  • Nepal’s Peace Process and the ICG Report
    Buddhi Man Tamang    ·   11 Jul, 2011    ·    #3429    ·    Commentary    
    Recently, the International Crisis Group (ICG) published a report titled ‘Nepal’s Fitful Peace Process.’ This comes a month before the extension of the Constituent Assembly’s term by three months for the second time...
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