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The expectation from the second full-year budget presented by the Imran Khan government was out-of-the-box thinking to tackle immediate and long term issues. These included the COVID-19 pandemic, economic slowdown and mounting debt on the one hand an....

June 24, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Economic Survey , Defence budget , COVID-19 , negative growth , deficit , Debt & liabilities , IMF conditions , revenue targets

Virtual Vimarsha on 'Global & Indian Economy'

A special virtual edition of Vimarsh was organized on Global & Indian Economy in the Post-COVID era by the Vivekananda International Foundation on June 8, 2020. The public webcast brought together an eminent panel comprising of Sh. S. Gurumurt....

June 23, 2020 Vimarsh , Economic Studies , Global Economy , COVID-19 , Self-reliance , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , US-China Decoupling , Economic Recovery , Indian Political Economy

A Brief Assessment of China’s 3^rd Session of the 13^th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference - May 2020

Jayadeva Ranade Article

As usual China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), held its annual plenary session in Beijing along with the National People’s Congress (NPC). The plenum was delayed this year a....

June 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Politburo , CCP , PLA , Li Keqiang , COVID-19 , CPCC , PAP , Deputies , critics of Xi , Hong Kong Deputies , National security Law , TAR , Xinjiang

Hydroxychloroquine: Pandemic, Parasites and Politics

Radhika Daga Commentary

In this six month long mercurial quest for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, winners are far from declared. Among the various antiviral treatments tested or deployed to inhibit the viral growth, hydroxychloroquine has had an unparalleled....

June 22, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , artificial intelligence , Donald Trump , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Hydroxychloroquine , Vaccines , ICMR , Science

A Guide to India-Australia Relations

For the first time in India’s diplomatic history a summit was held on a virtual platform. On 4th June 2020 Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed a range of issues with his Australian counterpart, Prime Minister Scott Morrison. This summit is signi....

June 22, 2020 Terrorism , India , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , International Relations , Maritime Security , Indian Ocean , COVID-19

COVID-19 in Tajikistan: From Denial to Full-scale Crisis

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Despite being surrounded by the countries with positive cases of coronavirus, the Tajik Government had consistently denied the existence of the virus until April 30 when 15 cases were reported. This announcement was made when the World Health Organiz....

June 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , India , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , poverty , Unemployment , Tajikistan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , World Bank , Pandemic , IMF , Remittances , Pneumonia , Medical Diplomacy , Vande Bharat

India’s Medicine Diplomacy

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

“Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam” (World is one family) has been a key ingredient of India’s outreach to the world from time immemorial. It has also acquired a greater salience in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. The whole world is suffering and is frankly ....

June 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , GCC , WHO , COVID-19 , Hydroxychloroquine , Vande Bharat Mission , International Vaccine Alliance , Pharmacy of the World , e-Arogyabharati

Migrant Labour and Justice

Dr P M Nair Article

“Mazdoor hai, magar Mazboor nahin”, was the response of a Good Samaritan farmer of Haryana who sent all his labourers to their home town by flight. His decision speaks volumes about compassion and the concern for labour rights. Since media and ....

June 08, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , COVID-19 , Migrant labour , Interstate Migrant Workmen Act 1979 , Section 370 IPC

Global Scenario of Covid-19: Some Reflections

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

After the number of infected persons from the coronavirus or Covid-19 crossed 6 million and now in kissing distance of reaching 7 million worldwide with close to 4 lakh fatalities in about 213 countries,¹ many countries that took resort of....

June 08, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Tokyo , Coronavirus , WHO , COVID-19 , Hydroxychloroquine , epidemiologists , Seoul , Incheon , Dr. Geo , Japanese model , survey , second wave , vaccine , worldometer

The World Environment Day: Bring Back Respect and Reverence for Nature to Save Mankind

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The UN General Assembly designated fifth June as the World Environment Day in 1972. In 1974 the first Environment Day was celebrated on the theme “Only one Earth”. That theme is as relevant today as it was then. Covid-19 has brought home the onen....

June 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Locusts , Nature , earth , Cyclones , sustainable development , need & Greed