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China Marshals 4IR Technologies to Contain COVID-19
March 19 , 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
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The Chinese National Health Commission has announced that COVID-19 epidemic has peaked and plateaued, but people have been warned not to be complacent amid risks of more outbreaks. Meanwhile, temporary ...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 4IR , AI , Autonomous Platforms , Bigdata , COVID-19 , RNA , SenseTime , surveillance

Defence Exports: Analysing the Armenian Success
March 18 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 11024
On 01 Mar 2020, the media was abuzz with the breaking news of India having won a 40 million USD contract to supply four Swathi Weapon Locating Radars (WLR) to Armenia beating strong competitors like Rus...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Akash missile , BrahMos , Defence Exports , DPSU , DRDO , radars , Swathi WLR

Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal: An Irreparable Loss to Strategic & Security Community
March 17 , 2020
Commentary Views: 3313
The sad and sudden demise of Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal after a bout of illness in Army’s R & R Hospital came as a shock to members of strategic and services’ community. He was commissioned into the Regim...

Tags : Gurmeet Kanwal , Security Community

BIMSTEC Should Address the Common COVID19 Crises: Preparatory Mechanisms need to be put in Place
March 17 , 2020 Dr Sreeradha Datta
Commentary Views: 4164
As the numbers of confirmed cases affected by Corona virus keeps rising in India and elsewhere, the fears and apprehensions surrounding it have multiplied over the past few weeks. While the disseminatio...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : BIMSTEC , COVID-19 , Pandemic , SAARC , WHO , Wuhan

अमेरिका-तालिबान के बीच सैन्य निकासी समझौता
March 16 , 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 2999
18 महीने की बातचीत के बाद अमेरिका-तालिबान ने 29 फरवरी को 30 देशों और अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों के प्रतिनिधियों की उपस्थिति में दोहा में सैन्य निकासी समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किए, जिससे देश में 18 साल पुराने युद्...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , US-Taliban deal , अमेरिका , तालिबान , दोहा

China and U.S. Could Emerge as Adversaries over The Tibet Issue
March 13 , 2020 Jayadeva Ranade
Commentary Views: 4767
China’s communist authorities appear to have reached the conclusion approximately 18 months ago that the time for selecting the reincarnation of the XIVth Dalai Lama is drawing near. Since then they hav...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Panchen Lama , reincarnation , Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) , XIVth Dalai Lama , ‘Tibet Policy and Support Act’

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