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Commentary: India Joins Ashgabat Agreement

Background India has recently joined the Ashgabat Agreement, which envisages creation of an International Transport and Transit Corridor connecting Central Asia with the Persian Gulf. This corridor is set to facilitate connectivit....

February 19, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , INSTC , Ashgabat Agreement , Eurasia , Central Asia

A Study on Skills and Employment Strategy for India’s Poor Districts

Partha Pratim Mitra

Introduction The focus of the study is to identify the reasons for their remaining poor and backward, and designing a skills and employment strategy based on the ground conditions as revealed by the census data. This Study reli....

February 16, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Socio-economic parameters , poor districts , employment plan

राष्ट्रपति ट्रंप और येरुशलम

Amb K P Fabian

येरुशलम को इजरायल की राजधानी के रूप में मान्यता देने और अमेरिकी दूतावास को तेल अवीव से हटाकर ये�....

February 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Jerusalem , येरुशलम , इजरायल राजधानी , फलस्तीनि दावे , President Trump

हंटर किलर से मौतें अपरिहार्य क्यों – तकनीकी पड़ताल

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

दुनिया के विभिन्न हिस्सों (पाकिस्तान, अफगानिस्तान, यमन, सीरिया, इराक और कई अन्य देश) में जिहादी आ�....

February 13, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , आतंकवादि के खिलाफ ड्रोन हमले , ड्रोन अभियानों में अवांछित मौत , Hunter Killer Casualties

Threat of Military Conflict on Korean Peninsula

..... the latent possibilities of a conflict have now moved into the direction of a US-North Korea conflict. The increased pace of nuclear and missile testing under Kim Jong-un’s supremacy has sought to hasten North Korea’s surge of being able to....

February 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , North Korea , US , Korean Peninsula , US-North Korea conflict , Songun Policy , Kim Jong-un Regime

‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy’, Gurmeet Kanwal, Harper Collins Publishers Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017, pp 268, INR 599

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

The book deals comprehensively with India’s nuclear arsenal and finally suggests as to what must be done to sharpen it in the current environment. The book has 13 Chapters and six interesting Appendices. The first Chapter deals with the reluctan....

February 09, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , TNWs , Defence technology , Book Reviews , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Deterrence Policy

Commentary: Exhibition - India at 70 and the Jammu & Kashmir Saga

Dr Ramanand Garge Commentary

On the occasion of 70 years of Jammu & Kashmir’s accession to India, an interactive digital exhibition was organised by the National Archives of India from January 11, 2018. The exhibition has been organised at the National Archives of India, Janpa....

February 07, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , Commentary

Commentary: Maldives in Turmoil- Political Conflict Intensifies

Akash Sahu Commentary

A Political Turmoil The island nation in the Indian Ocean is suddenly facing serious political turmoil on account of the sharp turn of events beginning Thursday on 1st February, 2018, when the Supreme Court of Maldives pronounced ....

February 07, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Commentary , Supreme Court Maldives , opposition protest Male , presidential election in Maldives , Maldives

Aadhar 2.0 - Leveraging Blockchain

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized an interaction the topic being "Aadhar 2.0: Leveraging Blockchain" on 23rd January, 2018. Presentation on the topic was given by Sh. Vinayak Dalmia, Co-founder, Amber Health, and Smt. Shikha Me....

February 06, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Conferences , blockchain , Aadhar 2.0