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SP's MAI Issue No. 1 | January 01-15, 2015 - Internal Security Updates

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Terror by the sea
  By Lt. General P.C. Katoch
  Former Director General of Information Systems, Indian Army

  What is relevant for India is that while the Pakistani society may want peace, what matters in Pakistan is not civil society, but the army and the ISI and their band of so-called ‘good’ terrorists.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Need to revamp coastal security
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  Although in this latest episode, a terrorist attack has possibly been foiled through well coordinated action between the intelligence agencies and the ICG, it is a grim reminder that the threat to national security...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Himmat app launched

  The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched ‘Himmat’, an application for women’s safety. Lauding the Delhi Police for launching the emergency call application for women in distress...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Gunmen kill 12 French satirical magazine journalists

  Two hooded Islamist gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing ten journalists and editors...

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  MHA proposes investigative units on crimes against women

  The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) proposes to set up Investigative Units on Crimes against Women (IUCAW), in 20 per cent of the districts of each state on a 50:50 cost sharing basis with the states.

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  Appointment of Special Secretary

  The competent authority has approved the appointment of Ashok Prasad, IPS, presently working as Special Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB), as Special Secretary (Internal Security)...

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  Tracking illegal immigrant families, US approach

  The US Homeland Security Department is experimenting with a new way to track immigrant families caught crossing the border illegally and then released into the U.S.: GPS-enabled ankle bracelets.

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  Security shortcomings at diplomatic posts

  The top watchdog for the US State Department warned that US personnel overseas remain at “increased risk” due to security shortcomings at diplomatic posts, including the “egregious” use...

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  Smuggling drugs inside prison

  A US union representing correctional officers calls the discovery of hundreds of pills inside a prison a “major security breach.” AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan...

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  Atlanta airport tightens security after gun-smuggling

  Atlanta’s airport said it was tightening security following allegations that two men with ties to Delta Air Lines smuggled more than 130 firearms from Georgia to New York over the course...