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Lockdown Scenario- A Golden Opportunity for Cyber Criminals
May 8 , 2020 Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 7370
“Anyone who thinks that security products alone offer true security is settling for the illusion of security.”1 - Kevin D Mitnick

National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security

Tags : Child Protection , COVID19 , Cyber Security , Cybercrime , Cybercriminals , Cyberspace , India , lockdown , Phishing , Ransomware

कोविड-19 – अफ्रीका होगा जंग का अगला मैदान
May 8 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 80817
कोविड 19 वायरस ने पूरी दुनिया को चपेट में ले लिया है और विकसित देशों पर इसकी सबसे ज्यादा चोट पड़ी है। इसके खिलाफ युद्धस्तर पर लड़ाई चल रही है और दुनिया भर के नेतृत्व एक साथ आ गए हैं मगर घनी आबादी वाले ए...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अफ्रीका , कोविड-19 , जनादेश , डब्ल्यूएचओ , महामारी , राजनीतिक अव्यवस्था , वायरस

The Quatrains of Nostradamus: A Poem
May 7 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Commentary Views: 10402
From where the golden orb rises far away in the east And the inhabitants have a pallid look, With eyes that run like slender arcs across the face And cheeks that gently rise from it like soft mounds, Wh...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bacillus , Dragon , Europa , Huaxia , Leizhou , Nostradamus , Panda , Phoenix , Silk Road , Yang , Zhongyuan

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 7, 2020
May 7 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3652
The resilient U.S. dollar and the resulting weakness in emerging-market currencies amid the coronavirus pandemic is increasing the risk of default on Asian companies' corporate debt, potentially triggering a wider credit crisis.Analysts say emerging Asia should tread with caution as domestic debt markets cannot rival the dollar bond market.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : COVID-19 , Currency Swaps , Daily scan , Debt Markets , European Banking Authority , European Union , Khalilzad , LNG demand , Phase 1 trade deal , Resilient dollar , Short-time Work , Swiss National Bank , Taiwan , Tomhawks , US- China tensions , WHO

West Asia Roundup - April 2020
May 7 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 3366
Covid -19 has not dented the desire of the hotspots in West Asia to stay hotter despite it being the Holy month of Ramadan. Any how the war weary Saudi Arabia led coalition declared a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen and further extended it which the Houthis did not accept and fighting continued.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Covid -19 , GNA , Iran-US escalation , ISIS , Khalifa Haftar , Lebanon Protest , OPEC , Situation in southern Yemen

Beyond the COVID-19: Indian Defence Industry
May 6 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 4897
The social media is bulging at seams in making unending predictions by the hour related to the ‘life after Covid’. The continuum ranges from a ‘total doomsday’ scenario painted by the naysayersto the ‘w...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Challenges of Services , COVID-19 , Defence and aerospace sector , Defence industry , Post covid world

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