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Coronavirus : The need for a comprehensive Indian stimulus package to tackle health emergency, protect jobs and build a durable social security system for the future
March 22 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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Prime Minister in his address to the nation on 19th March announced the setting up of an economic task force under the Finance Minister to formulate India’s response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. C...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Covid-19 , CSR funds , Economic impact , Economic stimulus package , Health crisis , Indian response , Oil prices

चीन और अमेरिका तिब्बत मुद्दे पर एक-दूसरे के विरोधी के रूप में उभर सकते हैं
March 20 , 2020 Jayadeva Ranade
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चीन के कम्युनिस्ट अधिकारी लगभग 18 महीने पहले इस निष्कर्ष पर पहुँच चुके थे कि 16वें दलाई लामा के देहधारण के चयन का समय निकट आ रहा है। तब से उन्होंने तिब्बती लोगों के दिलों और दिमागों पर कब्जा करने और तिब...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , चीन , चीनी बौद्ध धर्म , तिब्बत , दलाई लामा , बीजिंग

China Marshals 4IR Technologies to Contain COVID-19
March 19 , 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Article Views: 4436
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: 10867
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: 3259
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: 4105
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

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