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The Social Media Dilemma: From Capitalism to National Security
Anushka Saraswat Commentary

Introduction
The emergence of social media has challenged modern democracies on multiple fronts-be it enticing violence or communal hatred or concerns of privacy and fake news, making it a new playground of battle. Platforms like Facebook....

May 28, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , national security , Social Media , capitalism , Twitter , Pakistan-China combine
Covid-19: The villain, bats or bat lady
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Even now, what the world knows about the mysterious virus 18 months after it broke out in Wuhan city in China, is that it is mysterious. Though officially called Covid-19 after its name was changed many times within three months of its detection, its....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , US , China , Global Security , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , SARS , Wuhan Institute of Virology
Vivekananda for Covid Times
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Covid crisis has spread gloom and despair. Despondency is natural. So many people have died. The bad news is pouring in from all sides. In many families, several members have passed away within a few days. The virus is spreading to rural populati....

May 24, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Vivekananda , Covid , Civil Society , Sewa , Sikh culture
The Power of a Billion in Volunteering to Defeat COVID!
Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

The havoc wrecked by the pandemic has led to many theories, committees, criticisms, and calculations by luminaries across sectors on the handling of the COVID surge in India and the gaping hole in India’s public health system. This culminated in th....

May 20, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Covid , Socio-cultural , Civil Society , Public Private Partnership , Seva
International goodwill for India
Rup Narayan Das Commentary

At a time when India is confronted with unprecedented crisis situation due to the surging spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the country, it augur well that the country is receiving bounties of goodwill from countries the world over to fight the ....

May 13, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , modi , Taiwan , Trump , Putin , Singapore , COVID-19 , France , Biden , Suga , Morrisson , oxygen cylinders , sputnik v , HCQ
India Supports ASEAN in its Myanmar Initiative
Amb Gurjit Singh Commentary

The ASEAN leaders meeting on 24 April overcame expectations of its viability. Despite hesitations it achieved more than anticipated.1 Initially, ASEAN Chair Brunei was reluctant to have the first ASEAN summit of 2021. Preparatory work was ....

May 10, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , ASEAN , Myanmar , Indonesia , Gen Min Aung Hlaing , Special Envoy
ताकि दुनिया में सबको मिले टीका
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

कोरोना महामारी के बढ़ते प्रकोप को देखते हुए अमेरिका ने भारत और दक्षिण अफ्रीका के उस प्रस्ताव का �....

May 07, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , अमेरिका , कोरोना महामारी
The Palestinian Dilemma
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

After a prolonged disjunct and competition between Hamas ruling Gaza and Al Fatah (PLO) ruling out of Ramallah the two had agreed to bury their differences so that the next elections could be held in May 2021. Last elections were held in 2006when the....

May 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Gaza , West Bank , Abraham Accords , Hamas , Fatah , Israel. PLO
Covid: Missing facts, misdirected discourse
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

"One-fifth of Indian districts have not reported any Covid-19 cases for the last seven days. We seem to have flattened the Covid curve,” declared Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan two months back, on February 15. By then the daily infections t....

May 04, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , India , COVID-19 , Oxygen , Dr Harsh Vardhan
Overcoming the Pandemic: Some Suggestions
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The country’s public health infrastructure is at a breaking point. Daily new cases have crossed the 400,000 mark and may increase manyfold in the coming days. The country has only approx. 75,000 ICUs whereas nearly every day, 75,000 ICU beds are ne....

May 02, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Covid , Healthcare , logistics , fresh doctors , human dimension , ICU beds , NGOs , nurses , Oxygen
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