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Commentary: India’s Lines of Credit Dilemma
May 16 , 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3348
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his third visit to Nepal at the end of the week from May 11-12, closely on the heels of visit of Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. Speaking at the India Foundat...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Diplomatic Lines of Credit , Economic diplomacy

Commentary: Will Japan Carry the Bastion of Constitution Amendment After Abe?
May 16 , 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3693
“角を矯めて牛を殺す” (Kill a bull by straightening its horns, meaning: Action taken to put something right is often more unpleasant or damaging than the original problem)

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Japanese Constitution , Japan’s Defence Policy

एयर चीफ मार्शल बीएस धनोआ ने एक सार्वजनिक भाषण में बताया कि बदलते सुरक्षा वातावरण में कैसी है भारतीय वायुसेना की भूमिका
May 15 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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विवेकानंद इंटरनेशनल फाउंडेशन (वीआईएफ) के आमंत्रण पर एयर चीफ मार्शल बी. एस. धनोआ ने “राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा में भारतीय वायु सेना की भूमिका” विषय पर सार्वजनिक संबोधन किया। संबोधन में सामरिक समुदाय के सदस्य, आम जनता और स्कूल-कॉलेजों के छात्र मौजूद रहे।

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Hindi , राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा , वायु सेना की भूमिका

Obituary: Pravrajika Atmaprana, Biographer of Sister Nivedita, Passes Away in Delhi
May 15 , 2018 Dr Arpita Mitra
Article Views: 4874
Pravrajika Atmaprana, a senior nun of Sri Sarada Math, passed away at the age of 96 on the morning of 13 May at Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, New Delhi.

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Pravrajika Atmaprana , Ramakrishna Sarada Mission , Sister Nivedita’s Biographer

India’s Fifth Largest Military Spending Rank by SIPRI – A Reality Check
May 14 , 2018 Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle
Commentary Views: 2975
The latest report on global military spending published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 02 May has placed India as the fifth largest defence spender in the World in 2017. SIPRI attributes increase in the global military expenditure in recent years to, “substantial growth in spending by countries in Asia and Oceania and the Middle East, such as China, India and Saudi Arabia”.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Indian defence budget , Military spending report

Chinese Economy in 2018: Changes and Challenges
May 14 , 2018 Aayush Mohanty
Commentary Views: 5379
Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Le Keqiang, while addressing the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress kept China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 6.5 percent for 2018, somewhat lower than the 6.9 percent growth attained in 2017.

Economic Studies

Tags : China’s financial policy , Chinese economy

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