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17 June 2014

India’s vulnerable SCADA systems

Critical infrastructure in India, including oil pipelines, dams and steel plants, is susceptible to cyber attacks because of outdated Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, which manage their operations. A cyber attack on these systems can be devastating. It is imperative for India to take counter-measures

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3 June 2014

India can learn from Brazil’s ethanol policy

India’s extreme dependence on imported energy often renders our economy vulnerable in the face of geopolitical changes. Given the high financial viability, India, being the world’s second-largest producer of sugarcane, should emulate Brazil by replacing petrol with ethanol as fuel.

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23 April 2014

Medha and Meera: A glimpse of the future

Rajni Bakshi, Gandhi Peace Fellow, Gateway House analyses the complementary roles played by the two key Aam Aadmi Party candidates from Mumbai. She says that while veteran activist Medha Patkar gives voice to the suffering of people at the grassroots, former banker Meera Sanyal highlights the principles that could build a more just and equitable society

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14 April 2014

Elections 2014: Be wary of tall claims

The Rediff.com website carried an article written by Rajni Bakshi, Gandhi Peace Fellow, Gateway House in which she argues that the reasoning of 'economic imperatives must be given priority over secular principles of society' is profoundly flawed

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18 March 2014

The economics of happiness

Rediff.com, an online news agency published an article written by Rajni Bakshi, Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House. In the article she talks about a conference which highlighted the need to find a new way to think about the economic system

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7 March 2014

Ukraine division is now permanent

The Pakistan Observer published an article written by M D Nalapat, Director, School of Geopolitics at Manipal University and an external expert with Gateway House. The article highlights the conclusions drawn at a Gateway House discussion on the Ukraine crisis.

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28 February 2014

India’s depleting naval strength

The Mint newspaper published an article written by Sameer Patil,Associate Fellow, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism, at Gateway House on how the disaster aboard INS Sindhuratna highlights the urgent need to acquire vital defence equipment liek submarines