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Any reading of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, which obliges the host nation of a diplomatic mission to provide adequate security for mission premises and to prevent any intrusion or damage, should make it clear that London had failed in its obligation.
This article is a summary of important events that have taken place in last one week affecting, India's national security.
NEWS IN BRIEF
1.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday said that he has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi that those responsible for attacks on Hindu temples in Australia will "face the full force of the law".
2. India tells UK to deport 4 Khalistanis involved in London High Commission attack.Individuals involved in the violence include Harjeet Singh, Manroop Singh, Mandeep Singh and Rajinder Singh. The four held Indian passports and remain actively involved in the separatist movement. Video shows Khalistanis hurled eggs, ink-filled balloons at Indian embassy in London
3. Xi Jinping's visit to have no impact on India-Russia ties: Russian envoy.Chinese President Xi Jinping was on a three-day visit to Russia from March 20 to 23.
4. Chinese warships in the Pacific have raised an alarm. They are said to have been jamming communication systems of various commercial airlines.
INTERNAL SECURITY
Informed Debate For New Drug de-addiction strategy In Punjab
Punjab, has nearly 10 lakh addicts; 2.62 lakh were undergoing treatment at government de-addiction centres and 6.12 lakh at private rehabilitation facilities. The actual number would be far higher, the Chief minister said, presenting a worrying reality check over a negligible rate of cure. The number of addicts is rising, and not coming down, despite Punjab having 528 outpatient opioid assisted treatment centres as well as 36 government and 185 private de-addiction facilities. There are 19 government and 74 private rehabilitation centres, but several of them fare badly on follow-up after initial treatment; thus, most patients suffer a relapse.
“RECOMMENDATIONS: Drug addicts should not be sent to jails; they should go to rehabilitation centres.The new strategy includes utilising services of religious preachers, setting up yogshalas, providing livelihood skills, and ensuring doctor-psychiatrist teams to handle the detox part. There are also plans for supplying an antidote to the deadly drugs. While embarking on a policy change, the government needs to back it up with a periodic assessment. Leaders of all parties should use their energies for an honest, informed debate on drug de-addiction programmes.”
Diaspora Warfare-Proactive Diplomacy
In a hardball diplomatic move, India removed extra barricades outside the British high commission and the residence of the high commissioner in New Delhi on Wednesday. And, presto, security outside the Indian high commission in London that again saw pro-Khalistani protests was noticeably better than earlier. That it came to this is entirely the fault of Britain, which seems to have confused earlier Indian interventions with a sign of weakness. The tricolour was forcibly lowered by vandals. Any reading of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, which obliges the host nation of a diplomatic mission to provide adequate security for mission premises and to prevent any intrusion or damage, should make it clear that London had failed in its obligation.
India, therefore, had to send a message. If being nice doesn’t work, sometimes in diplomacy one has to act a little rough.The onus is on the Sunak government to repair relations from this point on. Bear in mind that India has plenty of leverage – Indian students in Britain are a major funding source for higher education,for second rate British universities, Indian rich are important players in London’s luxury real estate market, India is the biggest market for Scotch whisky by volume.
In recent weeks and months, Khalistani groups have been upping the ante both inside India and abroad. The inspiration is clearly from outside, including from Pakistan. Outside India, our diplomatic missions have been attacked, including most recently in London and San Francisco. Many Hindu temples have been vandalised in Australia and elsewhere.
The violent actions inside India need firm and nuanced handling, while the ones outside need proactive moves to counter disinformation.
Fuelling economic growth J&K
THE proposed opening of a mega shopping mall and an IT tower in Srinagar by a UAE-based group is a confidence-booster for foreign as well as domestic investment in Jammu and Kashmir. It offers, an infrastructure upgrade and assimilation Kashmir in India’s growth story. These representatives of the real estate, hospitality, food processing, agriculture and other sectors were invited to get a first-hand experience and allay their concerns over the law and order situation. Promising to create a favourable ecosystem for investors, the Lt Governor has assured allocation of land within 15 days of the submission of any proposal.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has received investment proposals from 5,000 domestic and foreign companies within 22 months of implementation of the new industrial policy, with 45 units starting their operations last month. A steel processing plant is coming up at Pulwama in south Kashmir. J&K has also caught attention because of the large discoveries of lithium. India could potentially have the third largest reserves of the prized metal. Fuelling economic growth could be the most transformative confidence-building measure, bringing relief to the unemployed youth and giving a fillip to development.A record 1.8 crore tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir in a year; there’s been a huge reduction in every kind of violence.Assembly elections in the state must be conducted as early as possible.
Popular Front Of India Planning To Target 10% Muslim Population: NIA
In the charge sheet, NIA quoted a couplet extracted from one of the YouTube channels of PFI: "Wahi purani riwayat ko lane wale hai, tumhe pata hai na hum log aane wale hai. Duniya ke har zalim se takrane wale hai, hum apni tarikh ko phir dohrane wale hai (loosely translated as 'will bring the old tradition, we are going to come. We are going to collide with every tyrant of the world, we are going to repeat our date again')."
Living with Covid - Get the basics right; no need for drastic step
According to health experts, the fresh spike in cases is not a harbinger of a new wave. They have asserted that there is no need to panic as the fatality rate and the number of hospitalisations are not increasing significantly. This reassurance should suffice to rule out any drastic step to curb the movement of people. The key takeaway from the Covid-induced restrictions imposed in the past three years is that they have merely delayed the inevitable. The lockdown of 2020 proved disastrous for the Indian economy. The havoc wreaked by the zero-Covid policy, which China had to withdraw after nationwide protests, gives India another reason to not make any self-defeating move.
The current surge is being attributed to Omicron XBB sub-variants. A recent US study says that vaccines and boosters are effective against these highly transmissible strains.
“RECOMMENDATIONS: The five-fold strategy — test-track-treat-vaccination-Covid-appropriate behaviour — should be continued in earnest as it has proved to be a success. An area of concern is the booster dose coverage, which has remained below par. The authorities need to revitalise the immunisation campaign and urge people to shed vaccine hesitancy.”
EXTERNAL SECURITY
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