US Just Planned To Nuke Moscow During Cold War But Bombed Japan In WWII To Stop Bose
Newly declassified Cold War documents show America was prepared to destroy hundreds of Soviet cities, possibly prompting all-out nuclear Armageddon. This shouldn’t come as a surprise because the US and the allies did just the same during World War II when they bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki even after Japan was ready to surrender; in order […]
Another Parliament Session Wasted, But Who Gains?
With the Parliament’s winter session set to end on Wednesday there is already a feeling of big disappointment within the country. Now with just 2 working days remaining of the winter session, an all-party meeting was convened by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari where the government and opposition arrived at an agreement to pass key pending bills […]
Mystery Over Death Of Putin’s Ex-Advisor & Russia Today Creator Mikhail Lesin
Western media reports he was likely murdered for being an FBI informant. There are even separate allegations that Lesin may still be alive, with his demise faked by the US authorities. Mikhail Lesin, 57, was announced last weekend to have been found dead in the US capital. Lesin was found dead at 11:30 am on […]
Court Pardons David Headley, Accepts Him As 26/11 Witness
Former FBI agent and Lashkar operative David Headley on Thursday offered to be an approver in the 26/11 case before a sessions court in Mumbai. Headley was produced before Special Judge GA Sanap via video conferencing from an undisclosed location in the US. As reported by The Hindu: “I have revealed the charging documents filed […]
Russia Offers India A Chance To Replace Turkey
The shooting down of a Russian aircraft by Turkish F-16 fighter jets on Nov. 24 raised the specter of a full-fledged Cold War, since the unprovoked attack was undertaken by a NATO member state. Although it may not lead to direct confrontation, the overtures have already begun to show in various sectors. With Russia retaliating […]
Technology & The Laws Of Thought Part I
The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man. – B. F. Skinner Preface In the past couple of decades, the web of technology has encircled the globe. Devices have become obsolete so blindingly fast, that coming to grips […]
Gurdaspur & 26/11 Attacks: Recurring Patterns
Two months ago the report of the magisterial inquiry conducted by Gurdaspur sub-divisional magistrate Manmohan Singh Kang into the incident of terrorists’ attack on the Dinanagar police station, on July 27, had been submitted to Gurdaspur district magistrate Abhinav Trikha. But the district magistrate had rejected it on the ground that it concluded nothing and […]
How Paris Attacks Drives Stocks Of Weapons Manufacturers
Does likelihood of an expanded military response to ISIS signal a boom for the arms industry? Stock prices for weapons manufacturers sharply increased just after the terrorist attacks in Paris. When the New York Stock Exchange opened Monday morning, less than three days after terrorists attacked in Paris, five leading American weapons manufacturers saw their […]
Paris Attacks: Lessons From Mumbai & Madrid Attacks
Since the terrorists hit Paris on the evening of 13 November 2015, in a series of coordinated attacks—consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings, and hostage-taking comparisons were made between the Paris attacks and the 2008 Mumbai attacks by analysts worldwide. Michael Leiter, former director of the United States National Counterterrorism Center, said that the attacks […]
Digital India In The Age Of Information Warfare
Introduction Infrastructure in general refers to a set of interconnected structural elements which provide services and facilities necessary for the development of a society or nation state. National Infrastructure is defined as ‘critical’ when it is believed that, disrupting its function would lead to significant socio-economic crisis with the potential to undermine the stability of a nation […]