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NASA for first time emails hardware digital file for 3D printing on ISS

For the first time in history, NASA has emailed hardware digital file for 3D printing to International Space Station (ISS). Using this digital file, a ratcheting socket wrench...

December 23, 2014

Computer Emergency Response Team

To enhance the security of India’s Communications and Information Infrastructure through proactive action and effective collaboration, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) was established in January 2004. The...

December 23, 2014

Critical Infrastructure

We all know that infrastructure refers to the goods and services that support the other sectors. The roads, airports, power plants, and communication facilities are the infrastructure which...

December 23, 2014

Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security

Kautilya has written that a state could be at risk from four types of threats viz. internal, external, externally-aided internal and internally-aided external. Out of them, the internal...

December 23, 2014

Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security

Kautilya has written that a state could be at risk from four types of threats viz. internal, external, externally-aided internal and internally-aided external. Out of them, the internal...

December 23, 2014

Anti-naxal Strategy and Measures in India: Various Issues and Challenges

Various Issues and Challenges in the Anti-naxal Strategy and measures in India include Land reforms, empowerment of the grassroot organizations, transparency in land acquisition, employments, presence of efficient...

December 23, 2014

Linkages between Development and Left Wing Extremism

Development and Extremism are linked into two ways. First, development is vital for tackling extremism or strengthening national security. Second, growth of extremist organisations, coupled with their ability...

December 23, 2014

Naxalism in India: Historical Background

The Naxal movement finds its origin from the Naxalbari incident that happened on 25 May 1967 at Bengai Jote village in Naxalbari, located in the Siliguri subdivision of...

December 23, 2014

North Eastern Council

North Eastern Council is a statutory, advisory body established in 1972 via the North Eastern Council Act, 1971 for three key objectives viz. balanced development of the North...

December 23, 2014

Linkages between Development and Extremism in North East India

Insurgency is development in reverse. {←Essay Topic}  India’s North East Region is a quagmire of economic backwardness, though it certainly does not deserve to be so. The economic...

December 23, 2014

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