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Reviving the Nepalese Economy under COVID-19
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

There is hardly any country in the world that is not affected by COVID-19 pandemic. However, the impacts of the pandemic are not uniform. Whereas its impact was more lethal in some countries in terms of both morbidity and mortality; in others, its im....

December 01, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , economy , Employment , COVID-19 , Taxes , Kathmandu Valley
The Boat Clinics of the Brahmaputra: Life, Hope, Healing
Sanjoy Hazarika Article

A few months back, the national lockdown to battle the Covid-19 was in its early critical phase and a boat clinic in Assam’s Dhemaji district on the mighty Brahmaputra was on its regular way to a routine camp on one of the thousands of islands or <....

November 11, 2020 Article , Assam , COVID-19 , National Health Mission , Brahmaputra , C-NES , CSOs , Doctors boat , NGOSs , Majuli , Primary Health Care
Post Covid-19 World Order: An Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has been described to be the greatest challenge for the world since the Great Depression and the Second World War. No country and its people had anticipated that they would have to deal with a crisis of such a large scale. The c....

November 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , European Union , WHO , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Covid-19 Crisis , World War II , Post Covid-19 World Order
Myanmar Round Up: October 2020
Dr Cchavi Vasisht Article

Myanmar is scheduled to conduct the third general elections in November 2020. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services, during the fifth anniversary of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 15 October stated that....

November 09, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Arakan army , COVID-19 , Rohingya , Elections 2020 , Indiain Myanmar , Violence EAO , Chinainterventions , Online Media
Janakpur-Jaynagar Railway Line: A New Milestone in Nepal-India Relations
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

People in Nepal and India were shocked when Nepal’s only Janakpur-Jaynagar Railway that connected Janakpur, the holy city of Nepal with Jaynagar, the border town in Bihar, India was closed almost a decade ago. But those people are in rejoicing mood....

October 07, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Ayodhya , COVID-19 , Goddess Sita Janakpur , Jaynagar , Developmental Partnership , religious tourism
United Nations at 75
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech to the 75th UNGA session mentioned that the form and structure of the UN reflect the world of 1945. These are inadequate to face the challenges of the 21st century. He also highlighted India’s contribution....

October 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Pakistan , China , Turkey , COVID-19 , Multilateralism , UNGA , France , reforms , UAE , UN Secretary General
Unlocking the Lockdown in Nepal
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

In Nepal, people suffered most during the nationwide lockdown that was imposed in the country almost six months ago on March 24. Nevertheless, COVID-19 cases keep on spreading in different parts of the country. There were only two COVID-19 cases in t....

September 28, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Tourism , COVID-19 , Remittances , Diwali , Kathmandu Valley , UN Development Programme , Vijay Dasjami
The Twin Crises at America’s Doorstep
Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran Article

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Addressing the China Challenge
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

(This is a modified version of the talk delivered by Mr. Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF at the Panchnad Research Institute recently)
I propose to dwell essentially on three issues namely the nature and gravity of this challenge, it....

September 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Pakistan , China , South China Sea , Taiwan , CPEC , PLA , COVID-19 , WTO , LAC , Tibet , Galwan valley , CBMs , Pangong Tso , Wang Yi , data theft , Sino-US , Sinkiang
Libya: Turning a New Page?
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

After months of stalemate, a cease-fire in Libya was announced on 21st August in parallel statements by the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and the House of Representative (HOR) based in Tobruk. General Haftar however, issued a dism....

September 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Egypt , Turkey , GNA , COVID-19 , Greece , UAE , Gen Haftar , Mediterranean , Muslim Brotherhood Tobruk , UNSecurity Council
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