Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah | धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः | Dharma protects the protector. +INDIA ACCELERATING+ (aka अग्रसर भारत) is a public interest blog on India's strategic governance, economy, and security. The blog is diagnostic and prescriptive and suggests remedial measures with predictive insights.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope specifically designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. This enables investigations across many fields of astronomy and cosmology, such as observation of the first stars and the formation of the first galaxies, and detailed atmospheric characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led Webb's design and development and partnered with two main agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Maryland managed telescope development, while the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University operates Webb. The primary contractor for the project was Northrop Grumman. The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
Ex-RAW chief AS Dulat has said that he has a hunch that PM Modi will bail out Pakistan and that every day is a good time to negotiate with your neighbors. If PM Modi decides to bail out Pakistan, then it must be only in the form of essential commodities and medicines for the Pakistani people and NOT money for the Pakistani establishment.
The positioning of a global reserve currency takes decades
and centuries. India should not be in a hurry to catapult the Rupee as a reserve
currency just yet, as this could put us in an awkward situation with respect to
nations who are favourably disposed towards India in the current global
geopolitical order.
The debate rages within India for declaring India a Hindu Rashtra. This debate is meaningless. Why? Because since times immemorial, the word Hindu has its roots in 'Himalayas' and 'Indu Sagar' (Indian Ocean) in Sanskrit. 'Hi' from the word Himalayas and 'Indu' from the word Indu Sagar.
Clarity in speech and actions follows clarity in thought.
Clarity in thought is a by-product of an ordered mind which is possible only if
you remove the past biases, cobwebs, and confusion which plague the mind. This
is conceivable only if you sort out your thinking by deliberate, conscious
effort which requires a lot of exertion
and determination.
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Hindu temples are under government control, but not Muslim
mosques and Christian churches. This information shocked me beyond belief and I
felt a burning need to compile an article on this issue through various
sources.
Pakistan’s 23rd Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who
is also the brother of the former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, in an interview to
a UAE news channel has called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss
issues of peace and development for the two countries subject to resolving the Kashmir
issue and the treatment of Muslims in India.
Widespread and angry public protests rocked India’s capital
city Delhi after a horrific incident on January 1, 2023 where a 20-year-old woman
died allegedly after her scooter was hit by a car. Her corpse was dragged by
the vehicle for almost 13 km.
China has been a thorn in India’s neck since the last 65
years. Not without reason. The leadership in India cannot distinguish a foe
from a friend, and so-called friends who are actually wolves in lamb’s
clothing.
Strategic infrastructure means projects that develop
commonly utilized assets that provide an advantage to one or more private
sector entities or that create necessary physical infrastructure in the state,
and such projects are not adequately provided by the public or private sectors.
PWC projects that the world economy could more than double in size by 2050, assuming broadly growth friendly policies (including no sustained long-term retreat into protectionism) and no major global civilisation-threatening catastrophes.
China’s testing of the hypersonic boost glide missile on its
70th anniversary raises questions whether India should go in for the
full order of five squadrons of the S-400 Triumf air defence missile system
from Russia or wait and place orders for the other half of the deal for the
S-500 Prometey which can intercept and destroy ICBMs and hypersonic cruise
missiles and aircraft.
Life is a highway of lanes and thoughts, and therefore, one
must choose his lane and thoughts carefully. The BJP has come a long way since
the times of Hegdewar, Golwalkar and the Jan Sangh. Evolution of thoughts and behavior
are essential elements for survival and success.
The Decade Forecast report, compiled by private-intelligence firm Stratfor, reveals the issues set to emerge across the globe within the next decade. The world is already beginning to see a decline in the nation states created by Europe across North Africa and the Middle East with the US unable to solve the endless internal fighting taking place. Turkey, whose southern border is close to the troubles, will be slowly drawn into the fighting, Stratfor predict, emerging as both a major regional power and an increasing competitor with Iran.
An old video of former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar
has gone viral on social media, where he is seen backing 'Ghazwa-e-Hind,'
saying Muslims will capture Kashmir and then invade India. Ghazwa-e-Hind, which
means 'Holy War Against India,' is a phrase that has been used by Pakistani
militant leaders against India for decades.
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You can’t make a lion out of a lamb, nor can you make a lamb
out of a lion. Changing attitudes and behaviour is one of the most challenging
tasks in human history.
Two papers brought out by Unit for the Study of Personality in
Politics, College of St. Benedict / St. John's University, US have brought out
the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of US Democratic President-elect
Joe Biden and US Democratic Vice-president elect Kamala Harris from the
conceptual perspective of personologist Theodore Millon.
Psychodiagnostically relevant data about Biden were
collected from biographical sources and media reports and synthesized into a
personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC),
which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent
with DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and DSM-5.