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India’s Vaccine Maitri- A Unique Friendship by Jabs

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

It is very well known that India, in its world view and foreign policy outreach pays great attention to “Share and Care” approach. Despite limitation of resources India continues to provide assistance in capacity building and human resource devel....

February 22, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Nepal , Bhutan , PM Modi , Bangladesh , SAARC , COVID-19 , vaccine , Covishield , UN Peacekeepers

Assessing Indo-Pacific in 2021: Indian Perspective

Amruta Karambelkar Article

The year 2020 was a landmark event in and for the Indo-Pacific. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the regional perception of China. Until then the challenge from China was known but it had yet to manifest itself in its entirety. The major ....

January 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , US , China , Russia , Nepal , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , Australia , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Japan , Indian Ocean , COVID19 , Galwan , Himalaya , Biden , Maritime

Sustainability of Federalism in Nepal

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

Federalism is a system of government that distributes power between the Central government and the regional bodies.¹ Most of the countries in the world have adopted federalism for it helps them in bridging the gap between the government an....

September 11, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , Federalism , Budgetary allocations , CPN (Maoist) , Janjatis , Madheshis

India’s Economic Miracle & Nepal

Prof Hari Bansh Jha

The book “India’s Economic Miracle and Nepal” reiterates the time-tested view that no two countries of the world are as close to each other, particularly at the people-to-people level, as Nepal and India. The relationship between both countries....

September 09, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal , Visakhapatnam Port , demonetisation , Monograph , Economic Miracle , Modi in Janakpur , Mahakali Treaty , River Water Management , Nepal-India Relations , Gujarat Model , Pegging Arrangement , Indian Investment

Sustainability of Federalism in Nepal

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

July 30, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , Federalism , Madhesis , Local Councils , Provincial Assemblies , House of Representatives , Madhes Movements , CPN-Maoist

OLI TURNS HOLY | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

In Kathmandu at Singh Darbar Oli sat with his close team, He said he would go very far To realise his long cherished dream. To make sure that Nepalis saw That India was a foreign land, He had made up his mind to draw With his own h....

July 25, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , Ayodhya , Oli , Singh Durbar , Lord Ram , Madhesis , Treaty of Sagauli , Kalapani River , Dharmic , Hou Yanqi

Notes from the Sub-continent – May 2020

Mayuri Mukherjee Article

In this latest compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh, where the people had to deal with a super cyclone even as they struggled to cope with the novel coronavirus pand....

June 11, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Amphan , Twitter , Lipulekha

Notes from the Sub-continent – April 2020

Mayuri Mukherjee Article

As coronavirus infections continue to rise around the globe, much of the media focus in the Indian sub-continent has remained focussed, as expected, on different aspects of the pandemic--how are governments managing this public health crisis, do they....

May 14, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Coronavirus , Tablighi Jamaat , Extraction , Easter attacks , Indian Muslims , USCIRF , KP Oli

Notes from the Sub-continent: CAA, NRC and others

Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we look, first, at the coverage of India’s recent amendment of its Citizenship Act and the related issue of preparing a national ....

January 12, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Constitution , NRC , CAA , Saffroni , Modi-Shah