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Yoga and an Indian Framework of Ethics
June 21 , 2018 Dr Arpita Mitra
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In September 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the world by surprise when he proposed the adoption of an International Yoga Day (IYD) that will help ...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : International Yoga Day , Yog , Yoga

OHCHR Report on Kashmir: Inconsistencies Exposes Malicious Intent
June 20 , 2018 Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle
Commentary Views: 2229
It is ironic that on a day when the entire nation was mourning the killing of one of the most respected journalists of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Mr Sujaat Bukhari, the Office of the United Nations Hi...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Biased OHCHR report , inconsistencies in OHCHR Report

The Trump-Kim Summit: A Mixed Bag
June 20 , 2018 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 2340
The fact that the much talked about Summit meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim happened on June 12 in Singapore is an achievement by itself. The world would have been on edge without it. T...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula , US-North Korea Summit

Review of the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on “The Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir”
June 19 , 2018 Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3431
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) Report (hereafter called ‘the Report’) on ‘The Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir’ attempts to project itself as an even-handed Report.1 Th...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Flawed UN HCHR Report , Pakistani manipulation UNHCHR Report

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