Author: Prajwal K M

Radioactive Uranium in cargo from Pakistan at Heathrow – Why the World needs to take note and stay alert!
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Radioactive Uranium in cargo from Pakistan at Heathrow – Why the World needs to take note and stay alert!

After a shipment containing uranium was intercepted at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom, a significant counter-terrorism investigation was opened. According to reports, the package, which was sent to a UK company with ties to Iran, likely came from Pakistan and flew in through Oman. The package flew from Muscat International Airport to London on an Omar Air passenger airliner.  Uranium is frequently used to create nuclear energy and is typically considered to be dangerous. Although "a very little amount of tainted material" was discovered during a regular inspection of the shipment, authorities have apparently determined that it poses "no harm to the public." According to sources, the uranium was "not weapons-grade" and hence could not be utilised to create a thermonucle...
Tehreek-i-Taliban and Pakistan: Frankenstein monster coming back to haunt its Creator
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Tehreek-i-Taliban and Pakistan: Frankenstein monster coming back to haunt its Creator

As it launches a violent assault on Pakistani land, the TTP intends to impose its rule over that country in a similar way it did in Afghanistan. The most recent clashes reveal the TTP's aspirations to seize control of some portions of Pakistan and set up a rival government in the country's northern region. Analysts have been raising grave concerns about the state of affairs in the nation that has been involved in numerous proxy wars. Pakistan's strategy of pitting one group against another has not worked and is unlikely to do so going forward. As a result of politics between the jihadist groups in the aftermath of the US invasion of Afghanis tan in 2001, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was founded in 2007. TTP asserted affiliations with Al Qaeda and claimed to be an...
The Global Power Struggle and the increasing role of India
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The Global Power Struggle and the increasing role of India

It is 'advantage India' in the global power struggle as the West which is fed up with China’s duplicity looks for reliable partners. India has to up its strategy in a crucial game it must win. India has the ability to have a substantial impact on the greater global power equation as a flourishing trading partner, a reliable ally and a powerful defence and maritime power. Geographically, the power struggle is rooted in the Indian Ocean region, which also houses the trade routes necessary to maintain China's economic growth. But this is where China's strategic vulnerabilities also lie. For the Chinese Communist Party, a disturbance in the Indo-Pacific marine trade routes might be fatal to its socioeconomic stability and lead to internal unrest that could endanger the Chinese State it...