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भूख से लड़ने की रणनीति और नेपाल
March 13 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
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विज्ञान और तकनीक के विकास के कारण मनुष्य चांद और मंगल तक पहुंच चुके हैं और अब वे सूर्य तक पहुंचने के सपने भी देखने लगे हैं। लेकिन क्या यह विडंबना नहीं है कि एक ओर वे ऐसे चमत्कार कर रहे हैं और दूसरी ओर व...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : challenges in Nepal , Climate Resilience Measures , Global HungerIndex , Hindi , Sustainable Development Goals

Challenges of Building Disaster Resilient Indian Smart Cities
March 12 , 2020 Dr Swati Mitra
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March, 8, 2020: The world is gripped with the fear of COVID-19, including India. December 9, 2019: More 42 people killed in the Delhi Fire incident July 16, 2019: Building collapses in India’s Maximum C...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Disaster Management

Tags : Indian Smart City Concept , Japanese Smart City , Singapore Smart City , Smart City

Should Certain Technological Applications of China be Emulated?
March 11 , 2020 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)
Article Views: 4197
For many centuries, China was credited with four inventions - papermaking, compass, gunpowder, and printing. Since its formation in 1949, the PRC has endeavoured to imbibe and improve on modern technologies and in some cases, transcended achievements of the western world.

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 5G , AI , China's S & T , Facial digital data , Quantum computers , R & D , Robotics , Satellites , Space systems

West Asia Roundup– February 2020
March 11 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 3575
After a weeklong trial halt in violence by Taliban against US or Afghan targets the Peace Agreement was signed between US and Taliban in Doha that seeks to end the 19 years old war and presence of US forces in Afghanistan and to promote a dialogue between various Afghan stakeholders.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hosni Mubarak’s death , Idlib conflict , India , Iranian elections , Israel , Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Qatar hosts peace agreement , Saudi , Taliban , US

Turkey using refugees as a leverage
March 9 , 2020 Rajesh Soami
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Turkey has aided all shades of Syrian rebels (except the Kurds) with arms and other kinds of support in the Syrian civil war since it began in 2011. The Turkish army has also launched incursions across ...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Assad regime , Erdogan , EU policy , Greece , Islamic radicals , Migrants , Moscow , refugees , Syrian civil war

Myanmar Economy: Current Trends and Issues
March 6 , 2020 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
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According to a recent World Bank Report (15 January 2020) the Myanmar economy is growing at a steady pace; it grew at 6.3 percent in 2018/2019 which is slightly higher compared to 6.2 percent growth in...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : COVID-19 , economic sanctions , India , Myanmar GDP , Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan (MSDP) , State Owned Enterprises , World Bank

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