October Pot Pourri

It was Bali bombing on October 1 and it ended with serial blasts in New Delhi on October 29. The line is straight though with a lot of variation! Iraq, however, continued to be burning with no signs of the ‘war’ abetting. Russian was again struck. The left-extremists in India registered their mark in October by killing 13 at one go in Ranchi (Jharkhand).

In between, one gets to know about a purported 6000-word strong ‘global agenda’ of the Al Qaeda and its having advertised for recruiting web-experts.

Then, while the way seems to be now clear for a female monarch in Japan, J&K registers the first case of a woman fidayeen in action. Women black cats are now parts of National Security Guard. A police station in Tamilnadu (India) has earned the distinction of being the first and only one of its kind in India with ISO 9001-2000 Certification.

China has plans for spacewalk in 2007 but the world’s highest mountain intends to shake off some inches with indications of new measurement recording a lesser height for Mount Everest.

Delhi Police continued its excellent work by way of educating the public through its series of security advisory and then we have added some security tips for the use of mobile phones, while driving and also for home security – courtesy significant contribution from a long-term friend who has now become a part and parcel of the IISSM.

We do hope you will read on.

D. C. Nath, IPS (Retd.)
Former Special Director, IB (MHA), Govt. of India
Editor-cum-Executive President & CEO
International Institute of Security and Safety Management
New Delhi, India