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Unlocking the Lockdown in Nepal
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

In Nepal, people suffered most during the nationwide lockdown that was imposed in the country almost six months ago on March 24. Nevertheless, COVID-19 cases keep on spreading in different parts of the country. There were only two COVID-19 cases in t....

September 28, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Tourism , COVID-19 , Remittances , Diwali , Kathmandu Valley , UN Development Programme , Vijay Dasjami
भारत और बांग्लादेश: मजबूत और घनिष्ठ पड़ोसी
Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

बांग्लादेश के विदेश मंत्री एके अब्दुल मोमिन ने हाल ही में कहा कि ‘भारत के साथ बांग्लादेश के बेह�....

September 25, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , भारत , एशिया , बांग्लादेश , द्विपक्षीय
China’s Role in Eroding Tibetan Identity: Religious and Cultural Issues
Dr Himani Pant Commentary

Four years after passing a similar law in Xinjiang, the Chinese government passed the “Regulations on the Establishment of a Model Area for Ethnic Unity and Progress” in Tibet earlier this year. This contentious new law identifies Tibet “an ina....

September 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Commentary , Tibet , Communist Party of China , Identity , Religious and cultural identity , People’s Republic of China
The Dismal State of Human Rights in Pakistan
Aakriti Vinayak Commentary

Human Rights in Pakistan remain a vexed issue. The Pakistan state and its security agencies instead of protecting its people remains shamelessly in retreat and have habitually trampled on Human Rights in the name of security, religion and territorial....

September 21, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Imran Khan , Human Rights , minority rights , Blasphemy
Tactically Speaking…
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-A Soldier from the Line of Actual Control*
On 29 August 2020, as we had got ready to move, there was a feeling of expectancy. It had little to do with the devious adversary, the breath-taking heights, the extreme of weather or the....

September 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Artillery , PLA , Aircraft , LAC , Armour , Defence brick , Engineers , Gurung hill , Rezang La , Spanggur Tso
भारत का वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) और उसके पड़ोसी देश
Pratim Ranjan Bose Commentary

नरेन्द्र मोदी सरकार ने जुलाई 2017 में जब वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) को लागू किया तब हमारे कुछ छोटे क�....

September 16, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , जीएसटी। म्यांमार। सार्क। एफटीए। एलडीसी। कारोबारी ढांचा।
China’s Militarisation of South China Sea
Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

In September 2015 from the lawns of the White House, Xi Jinping announced that China would not militarise the South China Sea. Five years down the line, the picture is a complete contrast. As on today, China has effectively completed militarising th....

September 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , US , China , South China Sea , Missiles , military , Navy , SCS
Doha Talks: a Long Road Ahead
Dr Yatharth Kachiar Commentary

The al-Qaeda led-terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, impelled America to wage ‘global war on terror’. Consequently, the United States toppled the Taliban regime (1996-2001) in Afghanistan for giving sanctuary to the terrorist group, al-Qaeda.....

September 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Pakistan , US , Taliban , Peace talks , Ceasefire , Human Rights , war on terror , women rights , minority rights
Iran Revisited: Analysing India-Iran Relations
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Only recently President Rouhani took a dig at their so called strategic partners and friends who failed to stand up to the bullying by the USA even during the pandemic that had affected Iran probably worst in the ....

September 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , Rajnath Singh , INSTC , JCPOA , sanctions , USA , CPEC , Chabahar , Ali Khamenei , EAM , railway project
इस सहमति में कई पेच हैं
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

गुरुवार को भारत और चीन के विदेश मंत्रियों की मुलाकात के बाद पांच बिंदुओं का एक साझा बयान जारी कि....

September 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Xi Jinping , India-China , NSA , LAC , Line of Actual Control
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