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SEBI’s Prudence & Finance Ministry’s Concerns on AT-1 bonds
April 01, 2021 Praveen Menon Article

Back in March 2020, the Reserve Bank of India proposed an SBI-led restructuring package for the struggling Yes Bank by exercising a clause in a manner no one expected.1 The proposed restructuring entailed writing down of over Rs.8400 crore....

Tags: Economic Studies , Article , RBI , AT-1 Bonds , Finance Ministry Mutual Funds , NAV , SEBI
Ten years since Arab Spring and its implications on the West Asian Region
March 31, 2021 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Join Amb. Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das unfold the legacy of Arab Spring and explore its political intricacies and regional dynamics". ....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Syria , Arab Spring , Libya , Yemen , Bashar al Assad , Podcast , Muammar Gaddafi , Houthi movement
China has just Raised the Level of Threat for India
March 31, 2021 Jayadeva Ranade Article

Capitals around the world have undoubtedly carefully monitored the recently concluded plenary sessions (March 4 - 11, 2021) of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), popularl....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , NPC , LAC , TAR , Brahmaputra , the Great Bend , 14th Five Year Plan , Long Range Objectives 2035 , Shigatse
‘असहिष्णुता’ की रक्षा में
March 30, 2021 Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Commentary

इस बात के अभी ज्यादा समय नहीं हुए हैं, जब नरेन्द्र मोदी सरकार के पहली बार सत्ता में आने के बाद भार....

Tags: Governance and Political Studies , Hindi , Commentary , मीडिया। अकादमिक। फासिस्ट। सहिष्णुता। विश्वविद्यालय।
Solution to the North Korean Conundrum Unlikely
March 30, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Not exactly in a clear departure from his predecessor Donald Trump’s Asian diplomacy but in a distinct style of his own, President Joe Biden broke out onto Asia’s diplomatic stage in a big way, first by joining Japan, India and Australia in the f....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Kim yo-jong , Moon Jae-in , 2+2 talks , Denuclearisation , Six-Party Talks , Kim un-jong , Japan and South Korea going nuclear , Mun Chol Myong , Choe Son Hui , Antony J Blinken , Chung Eui-yong and Minister of National Defense Suh Wook , Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III
In Defence of 'Intolerance’
March 26, 2021 Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Commentary

It was not long after the first Modi government came to power that a number of Indian academics based in some Indian and Western universities, issued a public statement expressing apprehension about the dangers that the country supposedly faced fr....

Tags: Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Media , academia , fascist , tolerance , university
सीपीईसी : पाकिस्तान के ‘टेंट’ में चीनी ‘ड्रैगन’
March 26, 2021 Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Article

चीन-पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कॉरिडोर पर पाकिस्तान की कैबिनेट कमेटी (सीसीओसीपीईसी) ने सोमवार, 22 फरवरी ....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Hindi , Article , चीन। सीपीईसी। ग्वादर। पाकिस्तान। नौसेना। बीआरआई। पिशकुआन
Japan’s Strategic Outlook in the Indo-Pacific
March 25, 2021 Amb Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa

Japan is the pioneer of the Indo-Pacific construct. India and Japan are close partners in the Indo-Pacific. Join Ms. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa and Amruta Karambelkar as they discuss Japansee foreign policy & its security interests in the Indo-Pacific.....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , India , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Japan , shinzo abe , Podcast , Senkaku
India Bangladesh the Mitali (friendship) Journey
March 25, 2021 Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Commentary

The Mitali Express scheduled to run between Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Jalpaiguri (India, West Bengal) will be inaugurated by PM Modi and PM Sheikh Hasina on the 27th morning during PM Modi’s two days trip to Dhaka (26-27 March 2021). This visit is spe....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , PM Modi , India Bangladesh , War of Liberation , Bangabandhu , Mujibur Rahman , Sheikh Hasina , celebration
Biden’s Afghanistan Dilemma: Withdraw or not to Withdraw Troops without a Peace Deal
March 25, 2021 Dr Anwesha Ghosh Commentary

February 2021 marked exactly one year since United States (US) and the Taliban signed “The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan”, in a bid to end decades of war in the country. One of the key features of the agreement reached by the former....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Afghanistan , Commentary , Afghanistan , Taliban , troop withdrawal , Biden Administration , Antony Blinken's letter , Moscow Talks , negotiated settlement
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