Articles

Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to Nigeria Enhances Partnership

Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Abuja on 16-17 November, 2024 enhances India’s relations with Nigeria, a key country in the African continent, in the political, economic and security spheres. In recent years, India has stepped up it....

November 22, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , economy , agriculture , Defence , PM Modi , energy , diaspora , health , Nigeria , Global South

Talk on Role of Biotechnology for Society, Health & Food Safety

The VIF under its S&T series organized a talk on “Role of Biotechnology for Society, Health, and Food Safety: A Modern Perspective” by Prof Naveen Kumar Navani, Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, and Dean of Academic Affairs, ....

November 18, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , AI , Biotechnology , Food Security , health , ML , Biology , Biological Warfare , Anti-Biotech , Probiotic , S&T Series , TaMYaA

Multilateralism Digest: November 2023 - Issue 11

I. India in the UN

India-UN Development Partnership Fund turns six
Special Political Missions face new challenges, need transparent budgets, says India

II. India’s G....

December 12, 2023 ASEAN , World Bank , WTO , health , ICJ , IAEA , ADMM-Plus , Global South , Multilateralism Digest , India-UN Development Partnership Fund , Special Political Missions , Virtual G20 Summit , DPI repository , developing countries , IMF Quota , Digital Trade , UN Police

Revival of the Ancient Indian Martial Art of Kalaripayattu

Rohith Krishna Positive Bharat

Kalaripayattu or Kalari is popularly known as the ‘mother of martial arts’ for specific reasons. The term ‘Kalari’ refers to the martial art and the arena where it is taught and practiced, while ‘payattu’ means combat or practice. The tra....

May 10, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Self-reliance , health , Tradition , IKS , Positive Bharat , Indian Knowledge Systems , Martial Art , Kalari

How Ayurveda can Power the Development of a Global Health Culture

Dr. P Ram Manohar Article

The Global Burden of Disease Study reveals that people live longer but with more diseases. The global burden of disease is shifting from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases; chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, can....

February 10, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , dharma , G20 , Ayurveda , SDGs , health , Nature , Environment , AYUSH , biodiversity

The Outlook for 2023

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The year 2022 will go down in history in which the great power rivalries returned with a vengeance. Even as the Covid pandemic lingered on, the world saw a major conflict erupting in Europe, bringing in its wake huge supplychain disruptions, an unpre....

December 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Economic Studies , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , China , SCO , economy , hybrid war , Terrorism , 2022 , G20 , health , Gulf , Extreme weather , Russia Ukraine war , Global Agenda , multilateral fora , 2023 , Outlook , Trends

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

Modi Calls upon the Indian Industry to ‘Think Big’ and Help Build Aatmanirbhar Bharat

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Speaking at the 125th Annual Session of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon the Indian industry to take advantage of the unprecedented opportunities thrown up by the Covid-19 crisis and help build a st....

June 03, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Commentary , economy , COVID-19 , Supply chains , MSMEs , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , CII , health , structural reforms