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गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान में हालिया विरोध क्यों
February 6 , 2018 Prateek Joshi
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गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान काउंसिल, इस्लामाबाद द्वारा आयकर (अनुकूलन) कानून, 2012 के तहत प्रत्यक्ष कर लागू करने का ऐलान होने के बाद हाल में समूचे गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान में जबरदस्त विरोध प्रदर्शन शुरू हो गए। विरोध क...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Hindi , गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान आंदोलन , गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान विरोध प्रदर्शन

What does the Economic Survey tell us about National Security?
February 5 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Views: 28414
What does India’s Economic Survey 2017-18 tell us about national security? This may sound an unusual question because in traditional understanding of national security and economy are two separate entit...

Economic Studies

Tags : agriculture , economic reforms , Economic Survey , external trade , gender , GST , India’s Economic Survey 2017-18 , Jobs , national security , science and technology , skills

Commentary: Japan’s Challenges and Indo-Japanese Connection - Perspectives for 2018
February 5 , 2018 Aftab Seth
Commentary Views: 4707
In the new year, Japan under Shinzo Abe faces many challenges on the foreign policy front. Some of these are perennial problems and others are relatively new.

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Indo-Japan-ASEAN relations , Japan’s foreign policy

Commentary: From Football Icon to Liberia President - Can George Weah Lead Liberia?
January 31 , 2018 Dr Neha Sinha
Commentary Views: 5509
Liberia is a country in West Africa which is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast with an area of 111,369 square kilometers and population of approximately 4.6 million people. It has a repub...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Ivory Coast , Liberia , Liberia President , Sierra Leone , West Africa

Commentary: India’s Missile Arsenal - An Overview
January 31 , 2018 Brig Gurmeet Kanwal
Views: 10016
On January 18, 2018, the personnel of the Indian armed forces test-fired the 5,000-km-plus Agni-5 Interim Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The test, conducted from Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal, achi...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Agni , ICBM , Indian missiles

Tripura and a North-Eastern Perspective
January 30 , 2018 Gautam Sen
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India`s north-east is a fascinating geo-political entity in the country`s internal context. The developments in the region, or rather the sub-region, has continued to have ramifications since the first ...

North-East Insurgency, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : administrative structure , developments , economy , National Congress , North-Eastern , Tripura , TTAADC , West Bengal

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