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Ukraine Crisis : India’s balanced stand We all know that India is continuously abstaining from voting against Russia from each and every resolution that is brought up on table in the UN so far over the issue of Ukraine. India’s neutral stand on this issue is currently the subject of discussion all over the world and various countries are reviewing India’s foreign policy keeping in mind their own interests. T.S. Tirumurti (Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations) Keeping Gandhi’s ideology of prime importance, India as a country, has always been a supporter of non-violence, and has advocated for the path of dialogue rather than any military conflict. In this conflict also between Ukraine and Russia, India has chosen its old and tested policy of non-alignment. India is constantly demanding for a ceasefire and urging both the nations to resolve the issue by peace talks. India is also continuously providing humanitarian aid to the war affected country. India is...

Part I : What Russians claim! The eyes of the whole world are on the military conflict taking place in the Eastern Europe at this time. If we look at this tragedy in a larger perspective, then it seems that it is a military conflict between two countries due to their preference for their respective interests, but if we try to analyse it in a micro reality, this was an avoidable human tragedy. To understand how this conflict is produced, under what circumstances and whose interests it might serve, we must know that historically Ukraine was part of various European dynasties and regimes, but to understand the present scenario we must know that in WWI, territory of present Ukraine was dominated by Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Russia and after WWI they joined the U.S.S.R. as Ukrainian S.S.R. formerly known as Soviet Ukraine. But Ukraine as a fully independent country emerged only after the dissolution of U.S.S.R. by popular approval in a plebiscite and they changed their name from U...

India and Pakistan have been arch rivals since the time of their independence, and Pakistan can always be seen chasing India, although India being a big, responsible and sensible country is ahead in every aspect. Since independence, India and Pakistan have been involved in mutual conflicts at various times in history. We all know that there was a time when both countries were competing to become nuclear power countries. After the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, the Indian Army had long been advocating for practicing modern methods of land-based warfare and professionalism. Considering this in mind, India strategically launched Operation Brassstacks. There are theories of several possible purposes of this operation, so it is important to first talk about the scale of this operation. Operation brasstacks was held in the Western Border of India from November 1986 to March 1987. It is said to had the largest number of troops assembled in a region since World War II. It is said that at the time ...

  One of India’s finest and fastest overseas operations. When several countries declined to help the Maldives to prevent a coup, citing less armed force and time barrier, India took a big step within hours. This overseas operation by Indian armed forces will be remembered always as one of the fastest and finest. When Maldives was facing an attempt of a coup by a group led by Abdullah Luthufi with the help of PLOTE ( People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam). Around 80 mercenaries landed in Male, the national capi t al of Maldives, on the night of 2-3 November 1988, they captured important installations like airports, government buildings, radio stations, and ports. Then they headed towards the Presidential Palace, meanwhile, President Gayoom was rescued by Maldivian forces to the safe house. Then the mercenaries captured the Presidential Palace and kidnapped the Maldivian Education Minister as a hostage. Maldivian President Gayoom asked for military intervention from Pakista...

  The term "grass-root development" creates in my mind the image of inclusive development that truly benefits the disadvantaged people of society and the country the most. In a large country like India, due to lack of necessary effort, ignorance, and corruption by responsible persons, the problem is that development work and schemes are untouched by those who need them. Even after so many years of independence, India still lacks much-needed grass root development. According to me, grass-root development is a necessary condition for the full-fledged development of the country. The charact e ristics of a country's grassroots development also include employment availability, social prosperity, low number of people below the poverty line, women's safety, and reasonable sex ratio. The gap between uneven development between big cities, plush areas, small crowded towns, villages, slum areas, and remote areas of the country can be seen. This discrimination of development itse...