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Our Constitution: Preamble Debates
Rajesh Singh Article

Last month (June), the nation remembered Emergency, which had been imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975. The horrors that followed have been repeatedly chronicled — large-scale arrests of the then Prime Minister’s political adversaries....

July 23, 2019 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Article, Indian Constitution, Preamble of Constitution, Constitutional debates
पाकिस्तान में नए आईएसआई प्रमुख की नियुक्ति के मायने
Prateek Joshi Article

सेना के शीर्ष क्रम में बदलाव के तहत हाल ही में ले. जन. आसिम मुनीर की जगह ले. जन. फैज हमीद को इंटर-सर्....

July 23, 2019 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Hindi, Article, आईएसआई का नया प्रमुख, पाकिस्तान सेना का राजनीति में दखल
A Look at the Boeing-Bloomberg’s Bloomer on 737 Max Aircraft
Sridhar Vembu Article

A Bloomer! In claiming that cheap Indian coders brought down the plane, here is the actual Bloomberg headline: ‘Boeing’s 737 Max Software Out-sourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers’(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-m....

July 22, 2019 VIF Alerts, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, 737 Max crash, Bloomberg’s propaganda article, Boeing management’s gaffe
The Spirit of Indian Federalism
Rajesh Singh Article

The issue of India’s federal nature has been both a subject of reiteration and conflict between the ruling party and the opposition. There have been instances when the opposition parties accused the Centre of violating the federal spirit through po....

July 18, 2019 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Article, Indian Constitution, Federalism in India, Indian Union
बिम्सटेक - एक सुरक्षा ढांचे की तरफ
Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Article

प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के दूसरी बार जनादेश पाने के भारत के घरेलू और विदेश नीति दोनों के लि....

July 18, 2019 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Hindi, Article, बिम्सटेक प्रतिबद्धता, भारत के दक्षिण-पूर्व एशियाई सम्बन्ध, साझा कारोबार-सुरक्षा मसले
Challenges for the New President of European Commission
Gautam Sen Article

Sixty year-old, Ursula von der Leyen, the German defense minister, has been nominated by the national governments of the European Union (EU) to be president of the European Commission (EC). If the nomination is approved by EU Parliament, Leyen will b....

July 16, 2019 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Europe, Article, European Commission, new president of EC, EC president’s challenges
Burhan Wani and the Rise in Militancy in South Kashmir
Bashir Assad Article

In the continuing trend of Kashmiri youth joining militancy, five youth from five villages under the jurisdiction of Srigufwara and Bijbehara police stations in Anantnag district went missing in the last week of June. They showed up on social media s....

July 16, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Kashmir militancy, Burhan Wani factor, New hot bed of militancy
पश्चिमी एशिया की समीक्षा- मई, 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

अमेरिका और ईरान पवित्र रमजान का महीना मई, अमन बहाली के बजाय, मध्य-पूर्व में तनाव बढ़ने का गवाह र....

July 16, 2019 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Hindi, Article, ईरान पर अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध, मध्य-पूर्व तनाव, इस्राइल-फिलिस्तीन विवाद, सीरिया शांति प्रक्रिया
US Policy and India’s Energy Needs
Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Article

The United States of America has decided to roll back the waivers on its sanctions on entities or countries engaged in oil trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The waivers known as Significant Reduction Exemption (SRE) expired on 2 May 2019. Non....

July 15, 2019 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Iran sanctions, Oil supply, India’s energy security
Budget 2019: Indian diplomacy needed a shot in the arm but budget flatters to deceive
Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Union Budget 2019 India: Analysis reveals some notable facts: the MEA budget, from being close to 0.1% of India’s GDP in 2012-13, declined to 0.08% in 2018-19. Union Budget 2019 India: As the stature of India rises internationally, its diplomac....

July 10, 2019 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, VIF Scholars Outreach, Article, MEA, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Union Budget 2019, India’s Act East Policy
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