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July 23, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article View: 473

Last month (June), the nation remembered Emergency, which had been imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975. The horrors that followed have been repeatedly chronicled — large-scale arrests of the then Prime Minister’s political adversaries....

Keywords : Indian Constitution , Preamble of Constitution , Constitutional debates , Article , Governance and Political Studies

पाकिस्तान में नए आईएसआई प्रमुख की नियुक्ति के मायने

July 23, 2019 Prateek Joshi Article View: 346

सेना के शीर्ष क्रम में बदलाव के तहत हाल ही में ले. जन. आसिम मुनीर की जगह ले. जन. फैज हमीद को इंटर-सर्�....

Keywords : Article , Hindi , पाकिस्तान सेना का राजनीति में दखल , आईएसआई का नया प्रमुख , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

US Sanctions, Hormuz Strait and Security in the Gulf

July 22, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary View: 347

The seizure of Stena Impero by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 19th July in the Hormuz Strait follows arrest of Grace 1 off Gibraltar by Royal Marines earlier. This represents an escalation. Incidents of attacks on tankers on 12th May an....

Keywords : US-Iran spat , shipping in Persian Gulf , oil tanker seizure , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

A Look at the Boeing-Bloomberg’s Bloomer on 737 Max Aircraft

July 22, 2019 Sridhar Vembu Article View: 305

A Bloomer! In claiming that cheap Indian coders brought down the plane, here is the actual Bloomberg headline: ‘Boeing’s 737 Max Software Out-sourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers’(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-m....

Keywords : Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Boeing management’s gaffe , Bloomberg’s propaganda article , 737 Max crash

Chabahar Port - A Rethink is Needed

July 19, 2019 Rajesh Soami Commentary View: 846

Russian, Chinese, American and Pakistani representatives met in Beijing on the 10th and 11th of July to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. This was the third such consultation between Russia, China and the US, and the first in which Pakistan parti....

Keywords : Chabahar Port , US Sanctions , Iran’s changed priorities , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

The Spirit of Indian Federalism

July 18, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article View: 392

The issue of India’s federal nature has been both a subject of reiteration and conflict between the ruling party and the opposition. There have been instances when the opposition parties accused the Centre of violating the federal spirit through po....

Keywords : Indian Union , Federalism in India , Indian Constitution , Article , Governance and Political Studies

बिम्सटेक - एक सुरक्षा ढांचे की तरफ

July 18, 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Article View: 524

प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के दूसरी बार जनादेश पाने के भारत के घरेलू और विदेश नीति दोनों के लि�....

Keywords : बिम्सटेक प्रतिबद्धता , भारत के दक्षिण-पूर्व एशियाई सम्बन्ध , साझा कारोबार-सुरक्षा मसले , Hindi , Article , Neighbourhood Studies

Challenges for the New President of European Commission

July 16, 2019 Gautam Sen Article View: 311

Sixty year-old, Ursula von der Leyen, the German defense minister, has been nominated by the national governments of the European Union (EU) to be president of the European Commission (EC). If the nomination is approved by EU Parliament, Leyen will b....

Keywords : European Commission , new president of EC , EC president’s challenges , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

Burhan Wani and the Rise in Militancy in South Kashmir

July 16, 2019 Bashir Assad Article View: 528

In the continuing trend of Kashmiri youth joining militancy, five youth from five villages under the jurisdiction of Srigufwara and Bijbehara police stations in Anantnag district went missing in the last week of June. They showed up on social media s....

Keywords : Kashmir militancy , Burhan Wani factor , New hot bed of militancy , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir