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Navy Team Tarini at the Vivekananda International Foundation

Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Tarini (INSV Tarini) comprising six women officers of the Indian Navy circumnavigated the globe in 254 days. The voyage commenced on September 10, 2017 and was completed on May 21, 2018. The expedition was called ‘Navik....

October 01, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , Indian Navy , Team Tarini , Navika Sagar Parikrama , INSV Tarini

Libya in Turmoil

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Nearly seven years after the revolution, Libya remains in the grip of civil war. The country’s ranking in terms of the UN Human Development Index has continued to fall from 43rd in pre-revolution period (2010) to 50th in the immediate post-revoluti....

October 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Libyan turmoil , post-revolution Libya

India-Africa: A Partnership for Growth

The India-Africa partnership is rooted in their shared historical experience. India has played a major role in the fight against apartheid and colonisation. The success of the decolonisation process increased the number of sovereign African countries....

September 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Indian Diaspora , India-Africa partnership , Agenda 2063 , Africa's Growth , India -Africa Forum Summit

Interaction with Myanmar Delegation

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised an interaction with a Myanmar delegation led by Gen. U Aung Min and comprising of five other members of Peace Development Foundation of Myanmar. Gen. U Aung Min, formerly a Minister and Chief N....

September 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Interaction , OBOR , Arakan army , Myanmar Delegation , India-Myanmar relations , Indo-Myanmar border , U Aung Min

एनआरसी केवल असम के लिए है या उसे उन सभी राज्यों में लागू किया जाएगा, जहां बांग्लादेशी प्रवासी फैल चुके हैं?

Pravas Kumar Mishra Article

राष्ट्रीय नागरिक पंजी (एनआरसी) में असम के भारतीय नागरिकों के नाम शामिल हैं। उसमें खास तौर पर उन �....

September 28, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , राष्ट्रीय नागरिक पंजी , नागरिकता का सत्यापन

Modernisation of the Armed Forces of China: Wake Up Call for India

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Issues Meriting Importance

The People’s Republic of China was established in 1949 under the Chairmanship of Mao Ze Dong. The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) defeated Generalissimo Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek), and formed the government.....

September 28, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , PLA modernisation , India’s military modernisation

Address of Shri. T. S. Tirumurti, Secretary (ER), at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on ‘Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation’, 26 Sep, 2018

T. S. Tirumurti

Dr. Arvind Gupta, Amb D P Srivastava, High Commissioner of Rwanda to India Ernest Rwamucyo, Shri Tulsi Tanti, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. It is indeed a great pleasure for me to be present here for the inaugural session of ‘Enhancing In....

September 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Prime Minister Modi , India-Africa Cooperation , Rwanda , Ugandan

Korean Peninsula – Two Steps Forwards, One and a Half Steps Back

Amb Vishnu Prakash Commentary

A productive inter-Korean summit was held in Pyongyang on 18 to 20 September - the third since April 2018. The historic first North Korea-USA summit took place in Singapore on 12 June. Preparations for the second are afoot. President Xi Jinping a....

September 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , North Korea denuclearisation , Korean peace

Evolution of China-Sri Lanka Relations

Over the last ten years China has been paying renewed attention to its ties with Sri Lanka. There has been a large rise in Chinese investments in various projects in Sri Lanka. Beijing has also diplomatically supported Colombo on various issues, espe....

September 26, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , Sri Lanka , China-Sri Lanka Relations , South Asian region