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Building Capabilities and Capacities for India - Policy suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024

July 11, 2024

The Vivekananda International Foundation has published a report Building Capabilities and Capacities for India: Policy Suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024. It makes several policy suggestions in areas ranging from f....

Tags : India , foreign policy , Climate Change , Government , NDA , Ayurveda , Higher Education , International trade , cybersecurity , VIF Report , Modi 3.0 , Policy suggestions , Building Capabilities

Deepfakes: A Threat to National Security in the Digital Era

July 11, 2024 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

मिथ्याज्ञानं तमोगुणः संशयात्मा यदा जायते। तदा जगदिदं सर्वं भ्रान्तं व्यामोहमोहितम्॥ (Engli....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security

Tags : Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , economy , technology , Terrorism , Japan , AI , Political , Bharat , Cyber , ML , Deepfake , Unreal , GAN , Neural , Defence Security

Political Instability Resurfaces Again in Nepal

July 10, 2024 Dr Rishi Gupta Commentary

Nepal, nestled between the two biggest Asian economies—India and China—is again witnessing political uncertainties. The ruling Left Alliance is on the brink of collapse following the withdrawal of support from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unifie....

Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Nepal , Nepali Congress , KP Oli , Nepal Communist Party , Maoist Centre , Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'

Strengthening Ties: PM Sheikh Hasina’s Strategic Visit to India

July 09, 2024 Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction On 21 June the PM of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi for a two-day state visit at the invitation of PM Narendra Modi, thus becoming the first leader to pay a bilateral state visit to India following the conclusi....

Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Tags : Article , India , China , Bangladesh , Connectivity , Sheikh Hasina , Teesta River Project , Intra- Regional Trade

New Dynamics in Nepal-India Relations

July 08, 2024 Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

Nepal-India relations are as old as the history of human civilization. No two countries of the world are as much tied together through the bonds of geography, culture, social, economic, religion, and language as these two countries. Because of these ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

Tags : Commentary , India , Nepal , border issue , hydropower trade , Pancheshwar project , Treaty of Sugauli

The Rise And Rise Of Ajit Doval

July 06, 2024 Nitin A Gokhale Article

The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), in its 25th year, continues to grow in size and importance. Led by India’s longest-serving National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, the NSCS, which directly functions as part of the Prime Ministe....

National Security and Strategic Studies

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Navigating Pakistan’s Federal Budget 2024-25 and its Key Parameters

July 05, 2024 Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF Article

On 12 June Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb unveiled the country’s Federal budget for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025, a day after the Ministry of Finance came out with the Economic Survey Report for the outgoing year 2023-2024. The ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Pakistan , IMF , Federal Budget

Saying ‘No’ to Religion-Centric Reservations

July 04, 2024 Rajesh Singh Commentary

Every now and then, especially during election seasons but even otherwise, the subject of providing reservations based on religion is raised by somebody or the other, whether in the political field or outside. On occasions, a few state governments ev....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Commentary , Constituent Assembly , Scheduled Castes , Scheduled Tribes , Other Backward Classes , 42nd Amendment

Future Politico-diplomatic Initiatives with China and the Border Dispute

July 03, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The phase of intense politico-diplomatic relationship between India and China got over in May 2020, having lasted nearly thirty years plus. Of the guiding mantras of diplomacy and deterrence, the former was centre-stage, and the latter was underplaye....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , India , China , PLA , Aksai Chin , Trade Deficit , LAC , Corps Commanders level talks , patrol clashes