Sanat Kaul

Aviation Security and Ground Handling by Dr.Sanat kaul I n a major security lapse, YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was stabbed by a man inside the Vishakhapatnam airport’s VIP lounge in October 2018. According to data tabled in the Parliament on August 8, 2018, 27 security lapses were reported to Bureau of Civil Aviation over the last three years. Needless to say, the need for well-fortified airports arises from lessons learnt over the years from within the country and abroad. The Ministries of Civil Aviation and Home Affairs dread a security lapse similar to 9/11 which occurred in USA despite the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) warning them on their poor security in their domestic aviation sector. All flights which were hijacked and used as a weapon were domestic flights. In India, the hijacking of the Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu and landing in Amritsar on the last day of the millennium was our country’s last major aviation security ...

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” ―  Sun Tzu,  The Art of War Chinese take over of Hong Kong on 1st July    1997 peacefully    was based on a properly signed Agreement between the Government of UK    and People’s Republic of China and was registered with the United Nations in which the Chinese guaranteed a 50- year extension of its capitalist system. It , therefore, provided for the continuation of the existing British legal system till 2047. However, China’s recent attempt since 2019 at changing the same, in violation of the agreement , has led to a major protest movement in Hong Kong. The future of Hong Kong as a financial Centre and a free port is now in jeopardy. As flight of capital takes    place from    Hong Kong it’s position will deteriorate. China, being fully aware of it , has started developing Hainan island in South China Sea as an alternative to Hong Kong.    However, with ...