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Pakistan: Recurrence of Terrorist Violence
August 1 , 2019 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
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Imperceptibly, violence, both terrorist and separatist, is rearing its head in Pakistan again. Following several operations like Zarb-e-Azb and Radd-ul-Fasad, the army had claimed that the situation had...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Pakistan , Pakistan’s violent society , Terror attacks in Pakistan , Terrorists’ host Pakistan

अल्पसंख्यक कौन हैं?
July 31 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 9895
केंद्र की नरेन्द्र मोदी सरकार ने अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय तक अपनी पहुंच और बढ़ा कर देश में एक स्पंदन पैदा कर दिया है। उसने अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय के छात्रों को अगले पांच वर्षो में पांच करोड़ की राशि छात्रवृत्ति में...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , अल्पसंख्यक की परिभाषा , अल्पसंख्यक शिक्षा स्तर , अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय तक पहुंच

Recent Maritime Incidents in the South China Sea
July 31 , 2019 Amruta Karambelkar
Article Views: 5691
The last few weeks witnessed two maritime incidents in the South China Sea. The first involved the Philippines and China, and the second between Vietnam and China. The incidents have once again drawn a...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China-Vietnam-Philippines stand-off , Chinese maritime assertiveness , South China Sea incidents

Linking the Events from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Strait of Hormuz
July 30 , 2019 Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 3108
On 4 July 2019, the United Kingdom’s Royal Marines seized an Iranian oil tanker, Grace I in the Strait of Gibraltar on the charges that Iran was breaching the European Union’s (EU) sanctions by supplyin...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Oil tanker movement in Gulf , shipping in Strait of Hormuz , UK-Iran ship seizing

2019 Hong Kong Protests: A Series of Contending Perspectives
July 30 , 2019 Anjali Gupta Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Saumya Joshi
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The 2019 Hong Kong (HK)’ protests were one of the biggest street protests in the last three decades. The protests were against the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019, also known as Extradition Bill

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hong Kong extradition bill , Hong Kong protests , Hong Kong’s democracy

भारत-भूटान संबंधों के बदलते आयाम
July 30 , 2019 Alakh Ranjan
Article Views: 7094
भूटान महत्वपूर्ण पड़ोसी है और भारत के नए विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने पहले द्विपक्षीय दौरे पर दो दिन (7-8 जून) की यात्रा के लिए भूटान को ही चुना। इस यात्रा से दोनों देशों के बीच नियमित यात्राओं तथा सर्वोच्...

Bhutan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , चीन की भूटान में बढ़ती पैठ , भारत-भूटान सहयोग , विदेश मंत्री भूटान यात्रा

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