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A Critical Examination of the SCO Council of Heads of Government Summit in Islamabad
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) Summit held in Islamabad has garnered significant attention due to the regional dynamics among member countries, particularly between India and Pakistan, as well ....

October 28, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , CPEC , BRI , Connectivity , Gwadar port , SCO summit , Terrorism and Extremism
Tourism or Strategy? China's Geopolitical Play with 'Visit Nepal Year 2025'
Nikhil Sahu Commentary

In the sixteenth meeting of....

October 23, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , BRI in Nepal , Nepal Railway , Kyirong to Kathmandu , Chinese loan , Trans-Himalayan Railway , Nepal-China relation , KP Sharma Oli.
Earth Sciences Ministry : Not ‘Glamorous’, but Critical to Lives and Livelihood
Rajesh Singh Commentary

What does the Finance Ministry do? What role does the Home Ministry perform? What are the functions of the External Affairs Ministry? What is the purpose of the Defence Ministry? Put these questions to any lay citizen, and one can expect a fairly acc....

October 22, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Arctic , Earth Sciences Ministry , Antarctic , Tsunami , INCOIS , polar diplomacy
Maldives and India: Better Late Than Never
Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

The President of Maldives Mohammed Muizzu, accompanied by his wife, landed at New Delhi on Sunday,6th October on a four-day state visit on the invitation of his Indian counterpart. This was his first state visit to India after he won the election in ....

October 18, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Commentary , India , China , Maldives , Maritime Security , Neighbourhood First , Muizzu
My humble Homage to the great man, Ratan Tata
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Ratan Tata my friend whom I admired immensely is no more. My 5 decades of relation with him became more intense during & after globalisation hit Indian industry like a tsunami. Indian businessmen were selling out. I met many of them, but found Ratan ....

October 10, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Ratan Tata , Tata group , Jamshed Tata
West Asia Peace: The Lost Chance in Camp David Summit of 2000
Rajesh Singh Commentary

The Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis and all those others pitted against Israel in the ongoing conflict in West Asia have demanded that Israel should vacate the territories it has occupied; territories they that they say belong to the Palestinians. If Israe....

October 08, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Palestine , Iran , Hamas , Yasser Arafat , Ehud Barak , Bill Clinton , Camp David Summit 2000 , Mosab Hassan Yousef
The Art of Escape: From Fleeting Getaways to Profound Journeys/ Purushartha
Anshika Agrawal Commentary

Have you ever gotten burnt out from the mundane routine and yearned to lose yourself amidst the towering peaks of majestic mountains or the soothing caress of sun-kissed shores by leaving all the weight of the world behind? Whether it's connecting to....

October 07, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , World , LIFE , Escape , Journey , Travel , Weekend , Purushartha , Balance , Meaning , Philosophical
India’s Hard Power through the Prism of Gandhi’s Soft Power of Non-violence
Rup Narayan Das Commentary

When the world will be observing Gandhi’s birthday as International Day of Non-violence as declared by the United Nations and at a time when India has emerged as one of the major powers in the world demonstrating its prowess, a natural question ari....

October 01, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , modi , Galwan , Gandhi , Nuclear test Vajpayee , Pokhran
The Fifth World Nomad Games in Kazakhstan: Embracing Tradition Through Sports
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Introduction
Kazakhstan hosted the Fifth World Nomad Games (WNG) from September 7–13, 2024, in its capital city Astana. Since its inception in 2012, the World Nomad Games (WNG) have expanded into a notable platform showcasing the tradit....

September 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Central Asia , Soft Power , Tourism , Keywords- Nomadic Culture , Traditional Sports , ethnosports
The First India-GCC Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue -Outcomes and Assessment
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On 9th September, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held the first ever meeting of the Foreign Ministers in Riyadh, thereby institutionalizing the much-awaited dialogue and format which also attests to both sides attaching high importance ....

September 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , GCC , I2U2 , IMEEC , Joint Action Plan
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