One-party authoritarian regimes silencing mass populations and incarcerating critics or unwelcome voices are now a norm in the West. Are we seeing the rise of self-proclaimed democracies that are decidedly anti-democratic?
India's ambitious Deepwater Greenfield Port at Vadhavan is set to revolutionize global trade routes and strengthen national security. How will it impact trade, security and geopolitics.
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A “glitch” resulted in the cancellation of the launch of India’s ambitious Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon early on Monday morning. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has preferred not to say more, leaving a more detailed explanation until after examining what went wrong. SNI spoke to Group Captain Ajay Lele (Retd), a space and security specialist at the Institute of Defence Studies & Analysis in New Delhi. In his view, it is better the “glitch” was detected on Earth rather than in space when it would have been near impossible to save the mission. Scientists now have time to iron out all the problems before readying Chandrayaan-2 for what will hopefully be a textbook launch.
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