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Operationalising the Supply Chain of Corporates as an effective Disaster Management Response
Dr Swati Mitra Article

Introduction
The Pandemic has re-drawn lines in the entire gamut of the social system wherein concepts like globalization, industrialization, information technology etc, have re-coined themselves. Mankind’s imaginative ideas that had cr....

February 24, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Disaster Management , Article , Pandemic , Supply chains , sustainable development , NDMA , CFC , corporate social responsibility , Parsonian state
Future of Tokyo Olympics Uncertain
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Yoshihide Suga government in Japan is in a fix. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin in six months from now on 23 July but in the wake of surging pandemic, there is increasing clamour both from the public and the opposition parties....

January 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Tokyo Olympics , Vaccines , Budget , Toshihide Suga , Kazuo Shii , Yukio Edano , Japanese Communist Party , Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , draft bill
VIF Webinar on “Indo-Uzbek Relations”

India and Uzbekistan share close historical and cultural links dating back to ancient times. Uzbekistan is India’s extended neighbour and a strategic partner. This relationship is multi-faceted and includes cooperation in political, trade-economic,....

December 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Central Asian Republics , Uzbekistan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Indo-Uzbek , Tashkent
APEC More of a Talking Shop than a Meaningful Regional Forum
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The summit of the 21 members Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC hosted and chaired by Malaysia this year on 20 November was held in the virtual mode because of the coronavirus pandemic. In response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacifi....

December 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Economic Studies , Article , ASEAN , Donald Trump , Vietnam , Summit , RCEP , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Multilateralism , TPP , Hanoi , APEC , CATPP , Kuala Lumpur , Barack Obama , free trade , Pacific Islands Secretariat
Post Covid-19 World Order: An Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has been described to be the greatest challenge for the world since the Great Depression and the Second World War. No country and its people had anticipated that they would have to deal with a crisis of such a large scale. The c....

November 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , European Union , WHO , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Covid-19 Crisis , World War II , Post Covid-19 World Order
Bilateral Meeting Vivekananda International Foundation (India) & the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka)

On 17 August 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a bilateral meeting in collaboration with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) on “India - Sri Lanka relations”. Dr Arvind Gupta - Director of the VIF, welcomed the part....

August 29, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC , Security , Indian Constitution , Article 370 , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Ayodhya Mandir , Indo- Sri Lanka economic , ETCA , SAGAR
COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for Climate Change Responses
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is simultaneously a public health crisis and an economic crisis. On the public health front, it has resulted in 21,527,747 total confirmed cases and 772,370 deaths in 188 countries as of 16 August ....

August 21, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , COVID-19 , Pandemic , lockdown , Green Recovery , Air Pollution , CO2 emissions , dirty recovery , clean and renewable energy , energy transition , low carbon economy , Paris Agreement 2015 , climate crisis , climate emergency
Rural Growth, Agricultural Reforms & RBI Monetary Policy in a High Systemic Risk Economy
Praveen Menon Article

When the RBI meeting of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in August commences, it would probably be the strangest voting decision. On one hand, RBI may be acutely sensitive to the diminished consumer confidence and risk aversion the pandemic and subseq....

July 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , economy , agriculture , Indian Economy , Reserve Bank of India , Pandemic , Economic crisis , Rural economy , Monetary policy , Banking crisis , Liquidity , MPC , Financial system , NBFC , Agricultural reforms , Agrarian economy , Economy of India , NPA , Financial crisis
An Assessment of China’s 13th National People’s Congress – May 2020’
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Summary
The United States and the COVID Challenge: it’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election
Dr Harinder Sekhon Article

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the United States. In June, the US crossed the two million mark in infected cases and has reported over 117 thousand deaths. Of these, New York alone has recorded over 382,000 cases, far higher than most nat....

June 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Donald Trump , US elections , Pandemic , New York , US economy , Immigration , Paycheck Protection Program , COVID Challenge , US Demographics , US Unemployment , Great Depression , CARES Act , America's troubles , H1B Visas , Epicentres of the disease , Rural America.
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