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India Should Prepare to Deal with the Fallout of Multiple Global Crises

The Russia-Ukraine war, now in its eighth month, shows no sign of ending. It has entered a new phase with Russia annexing the regions of Donbas and Luhansk. Putin has ordered a mobilisation of citizens to get fresh recruits to fight the war. He has g....

October 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , G20 , World Bank , IMF , Inflation , climate finance , Food Crisis , forex reserves , recession

China: Daily Scan, September 26, 2022

Chinese FM expounds on right way for China, U.S. to develop relations in new era: Xinhuanet

September 23, 2022

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, making a keynote speech here on Thursday at the headquarters of....

September 26, 2022 Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , BRICS , Srilanka , G20 , Weibo , WTO , China Daily Digest , Jiangsu , Renminbi

India’s G20 Presidency

Amb Rajiv Bhatia

In this episode of VIF podcast, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House discusses with Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation on India’s upcoming G20 Presidency and the associated c....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , G20 , Emergency pandemic aid , Multilateralism , COVID19 , Podcast , Ukraine Crisis , African Union

Financial Stability Board of the G20: Emerging Vulnerabilities to Global Financial Stability

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Set up by the G20 in 2009, the Financial Stability board (FSB) is venerable institution with a responsibility to assess the vulnerabilities in the global financial system and suggest measures to deal with them. It coordinates the actions of the centr....

August 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , G20 , Economic Recovery , crypto currency , Financial Stability

India should Make ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah’ as the Overarching Theme for its G20 Presidency

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

India will take over the presidency of the G20 from Indonesia in November 2022 for one year. This is a rare opportunity for India to shape G20 agenda and leave a mark. However, that will be a challenging task.

Disorder

The world is be....

August 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Climate Change , Article , Terrorism , Cybercrime , G20 , SDGs , health , Digital economy , Environment , unilateral sanctions

China: Daily Scan, July 11, 2022

Afghanistan

Afghan Coal Sold to Companies Linked to Pakistan Army: Analyst: Tolo News

Owners of coal factories in Afghanistan said the Afghan coal is being sold to three Pakistani companies: Fauji Fertilizer Power Station, Ch....

July 11, 2022 Pakistan , Australia , Sri Lanka , BRICS , G20 , COVID-19 , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Tencent , Alibaba , Henan , RMB , Bali

China: Daily Scan, April 21, 2022

Full Text: Youth of China in the New Era: Xinhuanet

April 21, 2022

The State Council Information Office of China on Thursday published a white paper titled "Youth of China in the New Era." The following is the full text of the r....

April 21, 2022 Xi Jinping , Wuhan , G20 , IMF , Shanghai , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Liaoning , CEEC , Harbin

China: Daily Scan, March 16, 2022

Xi's speech on Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to be published: Xinhuanet

March 15, 2022

A speech by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a central conferen....

March 16, 2022 India , Beijing , Ukraine , BRI , G20 , COVID-19 , Indonesia , Shanghai , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Jilin , Evergrande , BYD

China: Daily Scan, February 28, 2022

China appoints new minister of civil affairs: Xinhuanet

February 26, 2022

Tang Dengjie was appointed minister of civil affairs by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Monday.

February 28, 2022 Russia , Ukraine , EU , Social Media , G20 , Robotics , Covid , Hong Kong , China Daily Digest , Y-12 , Macao

India 1989-2014 and after — a paradigm shift

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Why China, why not India?” is a question debated in India without a credible answer. Asking an identical question, “Why China flew, India just grew?” Forbes magazine (2019) answered that it was because of the barrier-free autocracy in China and....

November 30, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article , modi , G20 , COVID-19 , COP26 , COVID Challenge , paradigm shift , India vaccine , G7-plus