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India hosts seminar on evolving peacekeeping strategies

A seminar titled “Adapting Modern Peacekeeping Strategies to Contemporary Threats” was organized by the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) in collaboration with the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) at the Manekshaw Centre here on Monday.

India’s superpower dream

First, India has surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation. India’s population is expected to increase for at least the next 70 years, according to the UN. By 2090, its decrease might recur.

Brave New World

Given the great divergence of perception and opinion, preparing a balance sheet of the last nine years is bound to be difficult. One can say that the flagship initiatives of the Government Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Jan Dhan Yojana, Digital Payments, Aadhaar etc. have been hugely successful. Mr Modi gave them much needed impetus by espousing them personally. Then, we had changes like abrogation of Article 370 A, which was long overdue, but not attempted earlier because of the possible political fallout. The Government also took some other popular measures, like construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya