Avinash Arora

  Myanmar's burgeoning drug production and trafficking issues have profound implications for India, particularly its north eastern states. The Golden Triangle, which includes Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos, is a global hub for the production of methamphetamine and heroin. The porous 1,643-km border between India and Myanmar facilitates the easy smuggling of these drugs into India. States like Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland are especially vulnerable, grappling with increased addiction rates and the associated social and economic problems. The complex political landscape in Myanmar , characterised by ongoing conflicts between the military Junta and various ethnic insurgent groups, exacerbates the problem. These insurgent groups often finance their operations through drug trafficking, creating a vicious cycle of violence and drug proliferation that spills over into India. The lack of stringent border controls and the challenging terrain further complicate efforts to curb this illicit t...

  Indian EAM Dr S Jaishankar visited the UAE on 23 June 2024 to meet Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE. India and the UAE have made significant progress in the past four years. They launched the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC). They have also signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in 2022. The agreement started trading with their currencies and linked UAE debit/credit cards with India’s Rupay network. CEPA: A Promising Economic Partnership The CEPA has greatly boosted trade between India and the UAE. Despite a global trade decline forecasted by the IMF in 2023, trade between the two countries grew by about 4%. CEPA removes tariffs on about 19,600 goods, across 18 commodity sectors and 11 service sectors. This benefits Indian goods worth $26 billion, which previously faced a 5% import duty in the UAE. Key sectors such as aerospace, metals, plastics, and jewellery have seen significant growth. Expanding S...

  The chronicles of carbon emissions in developing countries like India and China have been a part of the news for a long time. The concerns regarding carbon emissions and economic growth have been challenging to neutralise its global impact. In the past years, the lack of mitigation policies for regulating coal emissions shared rapid economic growth. But, the future made India and China revisit the goals of CO2 Emissions peak and decline to zero. Take a brief view of the alterations both countries attempted for the same. India’s & China’s share in Carbon Emissions China and India adhere to mixed energy fuels i.e. non-fossil fuels and fossil fuels. China’s proportion of non-fossil fuel consumption is more than India’s in 2022. Moreover, the change in China’s structural policy reflected its aim of declining coal dependence by moving from a Manufacturing and industry-driven economy to a domestic demand-driven economy. Declining Effect on the Economy The less use of coal in Organi...

It is well known that the military of Myanmar, locally called Tatmadaw, orchestrated a nationwide coup 3 years ago. It was done just to stop President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi from assuming their government duties in the parliament the next day. The country has been in an undeclared war with its people since that day. While the military of the nation is banking on the superiority of its traditional fixed-wing aircraft, the anti-Junta forces and ethnic armed groups are making the most of drone technology. Organisations like the Three Brotherhood Alliance have taken the route of using drones to strike back at the military. They have been using drone technology to not only map the territories for attack but also assess the troop strength of Tatmadaw. These groups are then dismantling the regime outposts and stakeout groups with the help of their drone techs and tools. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have played a significant role in this warfare. From Use to M...