Articles

Col (Retd.) Ravinder Pal Singh Commentary

Nothing succeeds like success on an international stage for lifting nation's morale. But developing competitive sporting capacities in India for success in Olympics also has value in building national identity, national pride and bonding. For consoli....

August 12, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Tokyo Olympics , Olympics , Infrastructure , Budget , Equipment , Sports , Schools , Universities , 2021

Nepalese Budget 2021-22: Whiter Madhesh?

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

As the parliament in Nepal was dissolved by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on May 22 to pave the way for the mid-term elections in November, a week later, on May 29, in a televised address Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel presented the annual budget pl....

June 10, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , COVID-19 , Budget , Terai

Future of Tokyo Olympics Uncertain

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Yoshihide Suga government in Japan is in a fix. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin in six months from now on 23 July but in the wake of surging pandemic, there is increasing clamour both from the public and the opposition parties....

January 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Tokyo Olympics , Vaccines , Budget , Toshihide Suga , Kazuo Shii , Yukio Edano , Japanese Communist Party , Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , draft bill

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Central Asia

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF Article

Introduction

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is so profound that the world will never be the same again. Human communication, social norms and habits have transformed immensely due to this. More digitalisation and less physical intera....

December 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , GDP growth , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Tourism , COVID-19 , World Bank , IMF , lockdown , Remittances , Foreign Trade , Aid , Budget , ADB