Securitisation of environment

In November 2003, United Nations Secretary General Koffi Annan appointed a high level panel on 'Threats, Challenges and Change' commissioned to report to him on security threats facing the world in the 21st century and how to respond them. The Panel concluded relatively quickly that the threat faced was not a narrow one limited to international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

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Dandi - symbol of the new India?

On the way many enthusiasts joined the procession and at one stage it was two miles long. After resting for a day the next thing was to gather a handful of salt. And that fistful he took was to shake the British Raj in India and eventually led to the freedom of the Indians. Overnight Dandi became a national symbol of India's fight for freedom.

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