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Efficiency is the new mantra of business

29 Apr 2024

Efficiency is classically defined as the measure of productivity per unit of time and is therefore traditionally linked to the ‘work attitude’ of the employee, the quality of management that...

The fundamentals of security management

13 Oct 2023

The concept of security whether it concerns the nation, an establishment of strategic importance or even a business corporation, revolves around some basic principles that brooked no compromise. We live...

An emerging world power whose voice matters

29 Aug 2023

India, under the regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has achieved a rare success in emerging as a world power whose voice mattered on the issues of global peace and...

Peaceful solution of Ukraine-Russia conflict vital

05 Mar 2023

The Ukraine-Russia military confrontation has stretched longer than expected largely because the plan of Russian President Vladimir Putin to establish a protective presence in the eastern provinces of Ukraine for...

The new age is eroding the capacity to think

30 Jan 2023

Human beings have been given the rare gift of ‘discretion’ which can be defined as the ‘pause’ one makes to allow for application of mind before some ‘action’ was initiated...

Determination of quality is linked to human psychology and choices and it also shapes customer loyalty

14 Nov 2022

All viable concepts tend to extend their areas of application by bringing in the human society at large in their purview. Pareto’s thesis that ‘there are a significant few among...

Blinken visit: A shot in the arm for Indo-US ties

09 Aug 2021

The visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to New Delhi on July 28 put the seal on strategic partnership between the two largest democracies and established India’s special...

Emerging threats to stability and security in India

04 Aug 2021

An important lesson drawn by India from the ongoing pandemic is that strict crime control and maintenance of law and order are needed to protect the nation from many of...

Despite challenges, India prioritises defence and security

26 Jul 2021

In the context of the pandemic affecting the world, India being amongst the worst impacted countries, the fundamentals of State-Citizen relationship in a democratic dispensation have come under the focus...

Rising geopolitical indicators India cannot ignore

12 Jul 2021

The long speech of President Xi Jinping at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on the occasion of the CPC’s centenary celebration on July 1 and the address of US President Joe...

DC Pathak

The writer is a former director of the Intelligence Bureau in India.

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