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Article no.
2597


From Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Delhi

 
Date
16 June 2008




China´s Cyber Warfare

 


M Shamsur Rabb Khan
Freelancer
e-mail: samsur.khan@gmail.com
China´s intensified cyber warfare against India is becoming a serious threat to national security. The desire to possess ´electronic dominance´ over India has compelled Chinese hackers to attack many crucial Indian websites and over the past one and a half years, they have mounted almost daily attacks on Indian computer networks - both government and private....

The Asian Age, 7 April 2008

Antony stresses N-E infrastructure

New Delhi: Defence minister A.K. Antony on Sunday visited Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and met Indian troops deployed on the border areas of the Sino-Indian border. In a significant message, Mr Antony said that "infrastructure development in the Northeast is now a top priority for the government". Mr Antony also visited the Tawang war memorial (dedicated to the Indian soldiers who died in the 1962 Sino-Indian war) and laid a wreath. This visit was also significant, sending out a message that India has not forgotten the sacrifices of her soldiers...

The Asian Age, 8 April 2008
Tibet worries Arunachal
Tawang: The Arunachal Pradesh government is concerned over developments in Tibet and have urged the sizeable Buddhist population in the state to maintain calm. "We are concerned about what is happening in Tibet ... We have ensured that calm prevails in the state," chief minister Dorjee Khandu told a group of visiting reporters here on Sunday. Tawang, the picturesque monastery town surrounded by snow-clad Himalayan peaks, has a dominant Buddhist population known as Monpas, who regard the Dalai Lama as their spiritual head...

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India, Africa cosy up as trade, politics top agenda

8 April 2008








Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, left, shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh before a meeting in New Delhi on Monday (AP)

India will ease access for exports from the world´s poorest countries, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as he opened a summit with African leaders with calls for fairer global economic and political representation.
Hosting leaders from more than a dozen African nations as it tries to emerge from China´s shadow on the continent, India...

The Indian Express, 18 May 2008
Tip of Sikkim is latest India-China flashpoint
New Delhi: China has surprised India by laying claim on a small tract of land in North Sikkim, even threatening this week to demolish existing stone structures there. India has strongly rebutted these claims, lodged an official protest and barred Chinese troops from entering the area. Referred to as the "Finger Area" by Indian armed forces, this territory falls north of Gyangyong in Sikkim and overlooks a strategically important valley known as the Sora Funnel...