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Remarks by JS, NSCS in the Inaugural Session during the Seminar on ‘India-Nepal Think Tank Summit’ on 03 Apr 2025
April 4 , 2025 Gaurav Ahluwalia
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Let me commence by congratulating the Vivekanand International Foundation for organising today’s seminar in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA). VIF has...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : AIDIA , energy partnership , High Impact Community Development projects , India Nepal Railway cooperation , ITEC programmes , UPI payments

नेपाल का राजनीतिक दोराहा: लोकतंत्र, अस्थिरता और राजशाही की बहस
April 3 , 2025 Nikhil Sahu
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एक बार पुनः नेपाल की जनता राजशाही के समर्थन में काठमांडू की सड़कों पर है। उनकी स्पष्ट मांग है की पूर्व राजा ज्ञानेंद्र शाह के नेतृत्व में नेपाल में राजशाही की स्थापना की जाये एवं नेपाल को एक संवैधानिक र...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : केपी शर्मा ओली , गृह युद्ध , चीन , नेपाल , नेपाल के राजनीतिक संकट का कारण , नेपाल में राजशाही की वापसी , नेपाल में लोकतंत्र की स्थिति , प्रदर्शन , राजशाही , राजशाही बनाम लोकतंत्र , लोकतंत्र , संविधान , हिंदू राष्ट्र

Where are the US-Russia Peace Negotiations on Ukraine Headed?
April 2 , 2025 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 705
The return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2025 has significantly reshaped the global geopolitical landscape, particularly in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. His administration's ...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Black Sea , energy infrastructure , grain exports , Peace talks , Riyadh , Ukraine

India-Russia Historic Connection : RIAC-Embassy of India Conference on Indo-Russian Relations, Moscow
April 1 , 2025 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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I would like to thank RIAC and the embassy of India for inviting me to this session on India-Russia cultural and historical connect. The discussion is timely. Both India and Russia are ‘branding’ thems...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bollywood , Ganga Volga dialogue , India Russia Historic connections , Nicholas Roerich , Vedantic Society

Ukraine is not an easy nut to crack
March 31 , 2025 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 722
This war is not about Russia and Ukraine as much as between Russia and NATO, which seeks to inflict a comprehensive strategic defeat on Moscow. The Donald Trump administration’s shift in approach to the...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Russia-Ukraine War , Trump administration , Ukraine

GPS Spoofing Threat and Mitigation
March 31 , 2025 Sudhir Saxena, Senior Fellow, VIF
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Recent media reports have highlighted the growing menace of GPS Spoofing across the world and its potential disastrous effects on a range of technical systems and utilities, especially aviation. This is...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : GPS spoofing , manipulation , NavIC , PNT , Signals

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