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Understanding the Constitutional Provisions on Citizenship in the Current Context
December 24 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 705
A furious debate is on in the country over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Protests erupted in parts of the country and, unfortunately, some of them turned violent. Lives were lost and public and private property damaged. But there have also been many voices in favour of the amendment.
Tags : Article 14 , Articles 5-11 , Citizenship Amendment Act , Constituent Assembly , Supreme Court , Ilegal Immigration , Governance and Political Studies
एशियाई भूराजनीति में चीन का प्रभावः भारत के लिए निहितार्थ
December 24 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 554
शी चिनफिंग के शब्दों में चीन ‘बंधुत्व, परस्पर विश्वास एवं समावेशन’ के आधार पर प्रमुख देखों के साथ संबंधों का एक ‘नया मॉडल’ यानी नवीन प्रतिरूप बना रहा है जिसमें पड़ोसी देशों के साथ संबंध बनाने की एक नीति भी तैयारी की जा रही है।
Tags : Hindi , एशिया प्रशांत क्षेत्र , चीन , बीआरआई , बेल्ट एंड रोड इनिशिएटिव , China , Neighbourhood Studies
Citizenship Amendment Act: Uncalled for Protests
December 23 , 2019 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 1169
In the wake of the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) several parts of the country have been rocked by violent protests including with the participation of some prominent institutions of learning. While violent protests are per se reprehensible, in the instant case an objective analysis of the nature of the Act and the prevailing circumstances would militate against even a peaceful agitation. Clearly, the protests being witnessed are the result of unfounded apprehensions fomented by vested interests who are acting against the national interest.
Tags : Article 14 , Article 15 , CAB , illegal immigrants , NRC , Refugee Policy , Ilegal Immigration , Governance and Political Studies
भारत-मंगोलिया -आध्यात्मिक पड़ोसी
December 20 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 560
जब हम मंगोलिया की बात करते हैं तो हमें वहाँ हाड़ कंपानेवाली ठंड, इसकी भारत से दूरी और इसकी सुंदरता ही ज़ेहन में उभरती है। यह एक ऐसा देश है, जहाँ भारतीयों से लोग शायद बौद्ध धर्म से उनके संबंध और हिमालयन हेरिटेज के कारण प्रेम करते हैं। मंगोलियाई लोग अपनी गर्मजोशी और आतिथ्य के लिए जाने जाते हैं। यहाँ के लोगों से जब भी आप मिलते हैं तो ‘सेन-बाई-नू’ शब्द से अभिवादन यहाँ के लोगों की सरलता और भरपूर जीवंतता का परिचय कराता है। चीन और रूस मंगोलिया के पड़ोसी हैं। सोवियत संघ के विघटन के बाद यहाँ -30 डिग्री की ठंड में 1990 के दशक में प्रदर्शन हुए थे और इस देश ने लोकतंत्र को इसके बाद अपनाया था। कुछ करने की इ
Tags : Hindi , भारत-मंगोलिया आध्यात्मिक-भौतिक सहयोग , भारत-मंगोलिया सम्बन्ध , International Relations and Diplomacy
Boris Johnson’s victory and Brexit
December 19 , 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 499
Boris Johnson’s victory in last Thursday’s elections has secured an 80 member majority for the Conservative party, which won 365 seats as against 202 for the Labour party. This has given the Prime Minister free hand to negotiate Brexit with enhanced credibility. EU’s dilemma during previous rounds of negotiations arose from the fact that it had a negotiating partner with dwindling margin of support in a divided Parliament and rift within the ruling party itself. This stage is over.
Tags : Brexit , Conservatives , elections , EU , labour party , Scotland , Trade deal , Europe , International Relations and Diplomacy
Renewable Energy is the Way Forward
December 19 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 653
In a span of just seven days recently, two varying bits of information emerged on the climate change front for India. The first is that India lost 2,018 lives in 2018 due to the fallout of this crisis. And the second is that the country entered the league of top ten nations in climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), bettering its rank from eleventh last year to ninth this year.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Climate change and India , looming climatic disaster , Resort to renewable energy , Governance and Political Studies
China’s influence in Asian Geopolitics: Implications for India
December 18 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 1164
China, in Xi Jinping’s words, is a building a “new model” of major-country relations, and crafting a policy of building relations with neighbouring countries, based on “amity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness”.
Tags : Asia , BRI , China’s influence in Asian geopolitics , India China Relations , Indian Ocean , OBOR , China , Neighbourhood Studies
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