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Talk by H.E. Sidharto Suryodipuro, Ambassador of Indonesia to India

On 27th May Vivekanand International Foundation hosted the Ambassador of Indonesia to New Delhi, H.E. Sidharto Suryodhipuro. The Ambassador delivered a talk on ‘Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific’. The gist of his talk is given in the succeeding para....

June 09, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Indonesia , Maritime domain
Release of VIF Task Force Report: Towards More Effective Education: Emergence of STEM Education in India

On 22 April 2019, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) released the Task Force Report on “Organisation of STEM Education in India”. The task force report was released by Dr. V K Saraswat, former chairman Defence Research & Development O....

June 07, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Book Discussions , DRDO , STEM Education , Defence Research & Development Organisation
Israel’s Dissolved Knesset
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On 9 April 2019, national election was held in Israel in which the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assumed victory. The ruling party, Likud maintained its lead in the 120 members Israeli Parliament, Knesset with 35 seats. Likud’s allies....

June 07, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel elections , Netanyahu’s political test , political dissonance in Israel
27 मार्च 2019 का ए-सैट परीक्षण
Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, PhD Article

भारत ने आखिरकार उपग्रह रोधी प्रौद्योगिकी (ए-सैट) का परीक्षण कर ही लिया। भारत की क्षमता दर्शाने क....

June 07, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , उपग्रह रोधी ए-सैट , भारत का मिसाइल रक्षा , भारत का अंतरिक्ष क्षमता
Ideas for PM Modi’s upcoming SCO Summit in Kyrgyzstan
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is scheduled to be held on 13-14 June 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is the second summit after India was granted full membership of this organization in June 2017, along with Pakist....

June 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , SCO Summit 2019 , India’s objectives in SCO , India-CAR’s relations
Historical Perspective on Ancient and Medieval Sino-India Wars
Colonel D Lakshmana Kumar Article

Abstract
Before the 1962 border clash, Mao Zedong apparently told his commanders that China and India had previously fought ‘One and a half wars’ and in both instances India had been defeated convincingly. This historical misconce....

June 06, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Mao’s notion of Sino-India history , Mongol incursions in mediaeval times
Jal Shakti
Rajesh Singh Commentary

One of the highlights of Government formation for a second time under the prime ministership of Narendra Modi was the creation of a new Jal Shakti Ministry. This was pursuant to the promise the Bharatiya Janata Party had made in its poll manifesto, n....

June 05, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Water crisis , Jal Shakti Ministry , Water conservation
Shangri-La Dialogue-2019 - Implications for India’s Security Policy
Commodore Somen Banerjee Commentary

Recalling Queen Victoria’s diamond Jubilee in 1897, Arnold Toynbee had remarked, “Here we are at the top of the world. We have arrived at this peak to stay forever. There is off course, this thing called history”. At the Shangri-La Dialo....

June 05, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Shangri-La Dialogue-2019 , China’s Indo-Pacific intent , US policy in Indo-Pacific
नए भारत के निर्माण में सहयोग के लिए चारों शीर्ष मंत्रियों को करना होगा मिलजुलकर काम
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

मोदी सरकार के नए मंत्रिमंडल की एक अनूठी विशेषता यह है कि चार शीर्ष मंत्रालय - गृह, वित्त, रक्षा और....

June 04, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , नए भारत के निर्माण , मोदी सरकार , मंत्रिमंडल
A Survey of Global Media’s Perspective on Indian Elections
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Afghanistan
The media in Afghanistan has covered Indian elections from the beginning. The Kabul based TOLO News wrote a story on 11 April 2019 tilted “India’s giant elections get underway”. The story talks about how Prime Minister ....

June 04, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , Indian Elections , Global Media’s Perspective , Election 2019 , Media
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