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The dark web and terrorism have become closely intertwined, presenting new challenges to existing security frameworks globally. This brief examines the role of the dark web in enabling terrorist activities, from communication and recruitment to radicalisation and propaganda dissemination. It reviews current literature to highlight the ecosystem of the dark web and its ramifications on national security. The analysis describes the strategies adopt

India’s rising urbanisation in recent years has triggered unbridled construction activities to meet the needs of the growing populations in these cities. Not all of these constructions abide by existing laws, however, leading to adverse consequences on governance systems, the environment, people’s health, transportation services, and overall citizen well-being. In extreme cases, illegal constructions have resulted in loss of lives and propert

Emergency humanitarian aid, which aims to save lives and reduce people’s suffering in times of crises, has grown considerably over the last century to become a central feature of international relations and of the multilateral system. It is estimated that over 400 million people depend on such aid today. The future of these people and of the humanitarian aid they depend on are fraught with risks, in light of five palpable trends: exponentially

Under the PAT scheme, the market based mechanism created for achieving energy efficiency seems to be inherently flawed. While the market for energy efficiency is about 74,000 crores, it is unlikely that this potential can be tapped by the mechanism envisioned.

Vasili Mitrokhin was born on March 3, 1922 in Yurasovo, in Central Russia. After completing his school education, he entered an artillery school of the Soviet army. While serving in the Army, he joined a university in Kazakhstan and graduated in History and Law.

Narcoterrorism—or the trafficking of illicit drugs by terrorist and insurgent groups—has long threatened India’s national security. Security agencies are attempting to address this challenge, which involves various groups like Khalistani terrorist organisations, Kashmir’s separatist militants, and insurgent groups in the Northeast; their efforts have achieved mixed results. This brief examines recent trends in drug trafficking and narcote

The affordable housing challenge plagues cities across India. Although city administrations have framed various strategies to tackle the issue, weak implementation, flawed policies, and an inherent lack of capacity to find longterm solutions have allowed slums to proliferate as an alternative. This paper examines the affordable housing issue in Greater Mumbai. Since affordability is not absolute but relative to the development stage and income di

The troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir is governed by two controversial laws – the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act (AFSPA) of 1990 and its predecessor, the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978. In the past few years, state security forces have been enforcing these two laws against suspected militants and insurgents with increasing severity. This paper argues that the combined enforcement of these two laws has s

While the draft Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 makes a genuine push for a better land acquisition regime in the country, the proposed legislation fails on many fronts to address some of the vexed issues related to land acquisition. This Paper looks at the key challenges to this legislation.

India needs governments that uphold the law and recognise that it also applies to them

Far too many times, states make the mistake of not recognising that they are confronted with insurgencies. Fearing the supposed legitimising effect of affording 'miscreants' the title of insurgents, they prefer to describe violent movements as law and order problems, situation, the troubles, and of course, terrorism.

The Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation & Resettlement (LARR) Bill 2011 is the single most important piece of 'legislation in waiting' for very long time. The Bill is a major improvement over the archaic 1894 land law that has contributed to most of the impasse over land acquisitions.

Situated in the northwest part of Pakistan, along the Afghanistan border, the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas or FATA is one of the most dangerous places in the world and has been the home-base for jihad and terrorism in South Asia. Governed by colonial era laws, and damaged by militancy and military operations, FATA residents remain second-class citizens, treated differently from the rest of Pakistan. This paper looks at the government’s

A common thread that runs through TPP, TTIP and CETA deals is the Investor-state dispute settlement system (ISDS), an opaque supranational court that decides disputes, bypassing the domestic courts and national laws. Now, the fear is that these trade deals might just end up producing managed rather than free trade.

Why is the Modi government not showing the same support for criminalising marital rape as it did with outlawing triple talaq. After all, gender violence is not religion, class or caste specific.

There is more at stake than geopolitical gamesmanship in the South China Sea

It was not a big surprise that the Bill that came into force as the 'The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013' on April 3 retained the age of consent at 18, taking away from the teenagers the right to make their sexual choices; a right that they had actually possessed for the last three decades.

In Saudi Arabia, the Biden administration is trying to walk a fine line between a robust interpretation of US interests and a softer definition of US values. For all his flaws, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has embarked on an ambitious and perilous mission to ‘normalise’ Saudi Arabia. The process isn’t democratic and there are times when reform & repression travel side by side.

It is imperative that a transdisciplinary knowledge base of rivers is evolved by combining fluvial geomorphology, engineering, hydrology, hydro⎯geology, ecological sciences, climate sciences, tectonic sciences, ecological economics, law, political sciences, sociology, social anthropology, humanities and culture, institutional theory etc. through a multidisciplinary team.

The state’s monopoly of violence is accepted only if it follows the rule of law; if it doesn’t, it justifies the breaking of its monopoly by individuals, mobs and insurgents.

For all its flaws, liberalism still has a future—it just may look different from what we are used to.

While it is legitimate to question the ethics and rules surrounding autonomous weapons, the idea that their development will necessarily usher in an apocalyptic future may not be accurate

The most urgent need is to upgrade India's physical infrastructure to encourage domestic and foreign direct investment in the manufacturing sector. This will absorb the rural labor surplus that is migrating to the cities by providing employment in labor-intensive, less technology-intensive manufacturing, regulated by humane labor laws catering to the contemporary needs of the economy.

Karachi is burning, once again. There has been a sudden spurt of violence in the city. Killings, bomb attacks and riots have taken a heavy toll during the past month. Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Maher has been forced to resign. Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali faces criticism for failing to impose law and order.

While the lobbying business in the US has continued to grow and starting salaries have risen to about $300,000 for the well-connected lobbyist, the enforcement of lobbying regulations has been lax. This has led to unethical practices, flouting of lobbying laws.

Political parties are the only entities which are not subject to any regulation or regulator. The phrase political parties has not been mentioned in India's constitution and post independence, the legislatures have not enacted any regulation or law governing the functioning of political parties.

ये लेख उन गोरखाओं की स्थिति पर चर्चा करता है, जो नागरिक, लड़ाकुओं और भाड़े के सैनिकों के तौर पर रूस की सेना और वैगनर समूह में शामिल हुए हैं. गोरखा भारत और ब्रिटेन की नियमित सेन

अग्निपथ योजना कागदावर व्यवहार्य वाटू शकते, परंतु व्यवहारात ती चांगली दिसणार नाही.

तालिबान के क़ानूनों से मुश्किल होगा औरतों का जीना, इससे बेपरवाह कई देश बढ़ा रहे नज़दीकियां

अमेरिकेतील न्याय पद्धती ही गुन्हेगारांना सुधारणारी व्यवस्था नसून, ती कृष्णवर्णियांना वेचून तुरुंगात टाकणारी व्यवस्था आहे, असे तेथील लोकांचे मत झाले आहे.

सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने ६ डिसेंबर १९९२ रोजी विवादित बाबरी मशिदीच्या केलेला विध्वंसाची घटना बेकायदा आणि गुन्हेगारी स्वरुपाचे असल्याचे म्हटले आहे

कर्नाटकात जो काही राजकीय गोंधळ झाला, तो पाहता देशातील पक्षबदल विरोधी कायद्याची अंमलबजावणी कमी उल्लंघनच जास्त आहे, हे स्पष्ट होते. 

कामगारांच्या बाजूने आवाज उठवणाऱ्या योग्य संघटनांचा अभाव असल्याने, सत्ताधीश मालकांच्या बाजूने झुकले आहेत. यातून कामगारांची फक्त फरफट होते आहे.

डेन्मार्कच्या पावलावर पाऊल ठेवून भारत समलिंगी दत्तक घेण्याबाबत दक्षिण आशियाई देशांसमोर आदर्श ठेवू शकतो.

खोऱ्याचा आर्थिक आणि वैचारिक बदल घडवून आणण्यासाठी घसरत चाललेल्या शिक्षण व्यवस्थेला लक्ष्यित उपाययोजनांसह हाताळण्याची गरज आहे.

भारताच्या आर्थिक प्रगतीसाठी कृषी क्षेत्रातील पायाभूत सुधारणांसह, बिगरकृषी क्षेत्रांमध्ये युवक-महिलांसाठी पुरेशा नोकऱ्या निर्माण व्हायला हव्यात.

विकसनशील देशांमध्ये लशींची उपलब्धता कमी असल्याने ‘लस पासपोर्ट’ सारखी कारवाई करणे अत्यंत भेदभावाचे ठरेल.

यह मानव इतिहास में अभूतपूर्व उदाहरण होगा, जिसमें करोड़ों लोग अपने देशवासियों की भावनाओं को ध्यान में रखते हुए बीफ खाना छोड़ दिया.

जागतिक दहशतवादाचा मुकाबला करण्यासाठी आंतरराष्ट्रीय समुदायांमध्ये आत्मविश्वास निर्माण करावा लागणार आहे. परस्पर सहकार्यातून हा प्रश्न सुटण्यास मदत होईल.

लोकतंत्र को सही ढंग से काम करना है, तो लोकतांत्रिक संस्थाओं को मजबूत होना पड़ेगा.

देशद्रोह कायद्याच्या निर्विवाद गैरवापरामुळे सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाला या पुरातन कायद्याची पुनरावृत्ती करण्यास भाग पाडले.

अमेरिकेने घातलेल्या बंदीमुळे “चीनला कायमचे थांबवता येणार नाही”, अमेरिका आणि त्याच्या मित्र राष्ट्रांची आगेकूच कायम राहावी, म्हणून त्यांना चीनला रोखायचे होते.

चीनमध्ये त्यांनी दावा केलेल्या क्षेत्रातील अतिक्रमणविरोधात त्यांच्या तटरक्षक दलाला शस्त्रवापरासह अन्य उपाययोजना करण्याची मुभा देणारा कायदा करण्यात आला आहे.

जी-२० परिषदेने डिजिटल अर्थव्यवस्थेच्या दृष्टिकोनातून सायबरसुरक्षा समस्यांकडे पाहिले असले तरी, सायबर सुरक्षेचे कायद्याच्या अंमलबजावणीशी असलेले संबंध दुर्लक्षित केल�

नेपाळ मधल्या नागरिकत्व दुरुस्ती कायद्यामुळे हजारोंना नेपाळी नागरिक होण्याचा मार्ग मोकळा झाला आहे. परंतु याच कायद्यांमुळे महिला मात्र दुय्यम दर्जाच्या नागरिक बनल्या आ�

नोएडात अलीकडेच जमीनदोस्त करण्यात आलेल्या ट्विन टॉवर्सच्या प्रकरणातून असे दिसून येते की, रिअल इस्टेट उद्योगातील नागरी कायद्यांचे उल्लंघन यापुढे खपवून घेतले जाणार नाही.

परकीय संबंध कायद्यासह, चीनने निर्बंधांविरूद्ध त्याच्या शस्त्रागारात एक नवे शस्त्र जोडले आहे आणि पक्षाची विदेशी सहभागावरील पकड आणखी मजबूत केली आहे.

अमेरिकी कांग्रेस की अध्यक्ष नैंसी पेलोसी की ताइवान यात्रा के बाद कई अमेरिकी नेता भी वहां पहुंचे हैं. आखिर नैंसी पेलोसी की यात्रा के बाद चीन की क्या रणनीति है. क्या चीन अमेर�

महिलांना आरोग्यसेवा मिळवून देण्यासाठी आणि त्यांना सक्षम बनविण्यासाठी फेमटेक हे एक महत्त्वाचे साधन असल्याचे सिद्ध होईल.

As India’s landmark Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 completes its decadal anniversary, the country continues to grapple with the problem of poor learning outcomes in schools. This brief argues that the RTE Act must now move beyond “easy to measure” metrics and focus on the quality of learning. Moreover, since states across India have varying requirements, the law must work towards increasing the scope for decentralisation. The brief take