India

How India Holds an Election with 900 Million Voters and 8,000 Candidates

May 8, 2019 In Homeland Security Staff

From April 11 to May 19, nearly 900 million voters can participate in India's national elections. An array of political parties, regional diversities and societal cleavages make it difficult to elect India's Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament — let alone assemble a majority to govern.

India

India's Space Program Advances with Successful ASAT Test

April 5, 2019 William Tucker

For India, the successful ASAT test is but one step toward developing a comprehensive strategy to deal with modern threats.

Trump Said Trade Wars Were Easy, Now Harley-Davidson is Moving Jobs Abroad

June 26, 2018 In Homeland Security Staff

The complexity and unpredictability of trade disputes became especially apparent Monday when iconic American motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson announced its decision to move some work abroad in order to escape tariffs that the European Union has imposed in response to the president's earlier tariffs on steel and aluminum.

A Security Breach in India Has Left a Billion People at Risk of Identity Theft

January 4, 2018 In Homeland Security Staff

Over a billion Indian citizens may be vulnerable to identity theft and intrusions of privacy after a newspaper sting uncovered a security breach in the country's vast biometric database, which contains the personal data of almost every citizen.

U.S. Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson Thinks India Is More Responsible Than China

October 18, 2017 In Homeland Security Staff

Tillerson proposed that the United States and India, as democracies interested in a free and open Indo-Pacific, should partner to develop transparent financial mechanisms that would help build the connectivity needed to increase trade and economic prosperity.

Obama in India to Discuss Nuclear Options

February 4, 2015 In Homeland Security Staff

From Forbes

India is dramatically expanding its nuclear energy and its nuclear weapons – separately. Both are inevitable.

Russia Signs Deals With India and Other Non-Western Allies

December 12, 2014 In Homeland Security Staff

By Brett Daniel Shehadey
Special Contributor for In Homeland Security

Moscow and Beijing agreed to gas deals that Gazprom estimated at $400 billion over the next 30 years. However, since the massive 2014 drop in oil globally, those original Gazprom figures could be down by hundreds of billions of dollars in profits for that timeframe.