South China Sea (SCS) has a potential of strategic advantage which can be claimed by whosoever controls it. Due to these reasons SCS, at present, is one of the most disputed and unstable regions in the world. China’s expansionist policy in SCS has threatened the peace and security of many other countries. Further, the threat of militarisation of SCS has led to alteration of the balance of power in maritime Southeast Asia. SCS requires a balance on urgent basis. Peace and security also need to be restored and maintained in the region, while China’s increasing influence requires a stronger response. India, by changing its policy, has continuously used offensive strategy against China so as to counter its assertive behaviour. The present study is an attempt to analyse China’s expansionist policy in SCS which it had pursued since long to acquire certain areas of interest and how Indian evaluation is based on this.

The year 2021 marks the century long journey of the Communist Party of China, since its founding in 1921, having closely witnessed the overturning of political regimes, transiting from the Republican Nationalist KMT government into a CPC led one- party communist state, spiritual turmoil, followed by an overhauling of China’s traditional feudal socio-cultural tendencies, and adaptation of western ideologies in response to an urgent domestic call for political nationalism and cultural iconoclasm, and waves of modernization and globalization through changes in leadership strategies within the Party, ranging from the chairmanship of Mao Zedong to the present tenure of Xi Jinping. On the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), China watchers across the globe are engaged in putting forth their interpretations and interventions about how the once sleepy fishing villages dotting the eastern coastline of China even until about the mid-twentieth century could have been transformed within a matter of about forty- fifty years into technologically advanced, modern, industrial, cosmopolitan cities and special economic zones. All of China’s present-day economic miracle, its projected model of sustainable development, assertive political presence in the international community, and a strong military preparedness occupy the focal point of many an academic discussion amongst scholars of Chinese Studies today. However, the overt and covert signs of massive transformation which have occurred within the different layers of Chinese society, at varying paces, throughout the last one hundred years of communist ideological presence in the country have been overlooked, understated and most often neglected, given the complexities that emerge out of the points of convergence and divergence between social, cultural, intellectual and political forces. The research article here attempts to take a critical view of few of President Xi Jinping’s well laid out strategies devised in the recent few years to launch a new era of ideological control which would ensure in the forthcoming decades almost next to zero percent resistance against government policy initiatives, both within and outside of the Party-State structure, a sign quite ominous for China’s citizens.

The components of health-related fitness enable an employee to comfortably perform such activities which is related to the nature of work of an employee and increase productivity and accountability. The practices of physical fitness on a regular basis can reduce the risk of coronary artery disease, the most common form of art disease along with diet control. The present study was conducted on limited subjects (n =30) and which ranged from 35 to 45 years of age. The study was focused on finding significant differences amongst all three categories in their physical fitness level. The categorisation of these three groups depended on their designation and working nature, Class A (managerial post), Class B (clerical post), and Class C (labour class). A sample consisting of 10 subjects belonging to each age group was taken for the purpose of the study. The subjects were selected randomly from micro lab Mamring South Sikkim, Sikkim. The profile of all subjects was collected from the company record. Statistical test (ANOVA) was employed to analyse the data for finding the difference amongst different occupational working staff in selected health-related variables. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The analysis of the data revealed that statistically, there were insignificant differences in selected health-related physical fitness variables among the workers of Micro lab limited, Mamring, South Sikkim, Sikkim.

The problem of illegal migration in Assam is a perennial issue and it has dominated the socio-cultural and political life of Assam since the formation of Bangladesh in 1971. All Assam Student Union and All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad launched six years long Assam Agitation to get rid of foreigners from East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh). Finally, Assam Accord was signed in 1985 to solve the problem of illegal foreigners. However, in real sense of the term, it gets only limited success in solving the problem of illegal foreigners in Assam. Gradually, the problem entered into the politics and permanent solution to the vexed problem becoming uproar. In fact, dominant factors for migration of people from erstwhile East Bengal/East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) since colonial period were ushered by ‘push-pull’ factors existed in the origin and destination place. In present day context, networking is playing an influencing role in further migration from Bangladesh. Now, the problem has been identified as major threat to India’s internal security system.