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The Palestinian Dilemma
May 6 , 2021 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 290
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 deep seated political and principled differences and the international politics undermined any chances of a unity government or even a broad workable mechanism. A division among the major Palestinian factions obviously defeats any chances of resolution of the festering plight of the Palestinians.
Tags : Abraham Accords , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Israel. PLO , West Bank , International Relations and Diplomacy
COVID-19 Pandemic and Indian Armed Forces
May 5 , 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.)
Article Views: 296
The traditional Tamil treatise, Thirukkural, written over 2,000 years ago had defined a nations’ characteristics, "Pini inmai Selvam Vilaivinbam Emam, aniyenba Nattirkiv vainthu," implying that, "the important elements that constitute a nation are: being disease free; wealth; high productivity; harmonious living and strong defence." The nation is facing the gravest of national security crisis, the pandemic, with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2021 causing unprecedented devastation in India.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , AMC , Armed forces , COVID-19 , logistics control centres , medical staff , National and State Crisis Response Centres , Defence
Covid: Missing facts, misdirected discourse
May 4 , 2021 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Commentary Views: 402
"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 that had peaked to 90,000 cases last year, were down to less than 9,000. But things changed dramatically into an unprecedented disaster in April (see table). The grim situation called for a huge national resolve to deal with the crisis.
Tags : COVID-19 , Dr Harsh Vardhan , India , Oxygen , Governance and Political Studies
Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) Protests in Pakistan
May 4 , 2021 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Podcast Views: 356
Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) a politico-religious party is resorting to unprecedented rampage across the country. The protests escalated to unmanageable levels post the imposition of a ban on the party and arrest of its Emir (leader), Saad Hussain Rizvi. The latest unrest in Pakistan led by TLP has brought to limelight existing contradictions in Pakistan. Join Mr Tilak Devasher and Aakriti Vinayak as they discuss the current internal political and security crisis in Pakistan.
Tags : Domestic politics , Pakistan , Protests , TLP , Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies
Myanmar’s Return to Tragic Past, Set for a Long Haul
May 4 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 464
At a time when Myanmar was leapfrogging to give a sound footing to its nascent experiment of democracy after decades of military rule, the military takeover on 1 February put the clock back to where it was with debilitating consequences. The junta remains unmoved to the global outcry and killing of the civilian protestors. After the military takeover, the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained on spurious charges together with other democratically elected leaders.
Tags : ASEAN , Asian NATO , Aung San Suu Kyi , Free and open Indo-Pacific , junta , Min Aung Hlaing , POSCO , Rohingya Muslims , Tatmadaw , UN arms embargo. , Xi Jinping , Myanmar , Neighbourhood Studies
तिब्बत बड़े बदलावों की ओर अग्रसर
May 4 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 272
पीपुल्स डेली ने 25 मार्च 2021 को चे डलहा के 3975 शब्दों का एक विशालकाय लेख प्रकाशित किया था। चे तिब्बत स्वायत्तशासी क्षेत्र (TAR/टार) के अध्यक्ष हैं। अपने इस महत्वपूर्ण आलेख, जिसमें चे ने चीनी राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग का 9 बार उल्लेख किया है, वह निश्चित रूप से तिब्बत में हो रही गतिविधियों पर केंद्रित है, लेकिन यह स्पष्ट है कि तिब्बत एक कठिन दौर की तरफ बढ़ रहा है।
Tags : एनपीसी। सीपीपी। दलाई लामा। तिब्बती। मंदारिन। हान। पुतगहुआ। सिनिसाइजेशन। सिचुआन-तिब्बत रेलवे। , China , Tibet , International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies
Action Plan for Handling the Covid-19 Threat-Second and Subsequent Waves
May 3 , 2021 (VIF Experts Group Report)
Article Views: 526
Vivekananda International Foundation conducted a webinar on 01 May 2021 on the challenges arising from the second phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. Leading specialists from various fields participated in the webinar and included Members of the National Defence Management Authority (NDMA), senior medical personalities, healthcare professionals, representatives of CII and experts from the field of logistics management. The recommendations for the optimum management of the current crisis, based upon the intensive discussions at the webinar, are given below.
Tags : coordination , COVID-19 , Crisis Management Teams , EOCs , Healthcare , human resources , medical manpower , national mobilization , nurses , Oxygen supply , student doctors , Governance and Political Studies
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