Continuing its tradition of passing laws that has no practical use the Union Cabinet of India today approved a proposal submitted by the Civil Aviation Ministry to amend the Anti-Hijacking Act of 1982. This was announced by the Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni. The modified act will include the following: Section 3 and [...]
Last week leaders of 70 nations met in London to discuss the future of Afghanistan. The goal of the Western nations is to increase the size of the Afghanistan security forces to about 300,000 by mid next year. This will enable the NATO and other forces to drop down the number of military personnel and [...]
In an interview to The Economic Times India’s Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna has disclosed that China has placed a “technical hold” on the inclusion of Maulana Massod Azar in the “Consolidated List of the 1267 Committee of the United Nations”. This list is setup and maintained by the United Nations. The list includes individuals, groups, [...]
According to the Oxford English Dictionary a terrorist is a “person who uses violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”. So is someone like Subhash Chandra Bose a terrorist? He supported violent resistance against the British rule in India. During World War II he
