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Deep Seek and India’s AI Mission
April 17 , 2025 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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What is DeepSeek?
DeepSeek is a China-invented AI model which represents a paradigm shift in the development of Artificial Intelligence Models. As the Chinese paper which developed DeepSeek said, “Our goal is to explore the potential of LLMs to develop reasoning capabilities without any supervised data,

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : AI , China , DeepSeek , India's AI Mission , LLMs , Nvidia , US

India and the Shifting Sands of Geopolitics
April 17 , 2025 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 45
Geopolitics and geo-strategies are like shifting sands. They change according to developing circumstances and are also influenced by the quality and outlook of leaderships. They take into account the ne...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Ayatollah Khomeini , Chabahar Port , Henry Kissinger , India-Sri Lanka defence pact , Indo-Soviet treaty of friendship , Iran , Mohamed Muizzu , Muhammad Yunus , Richard Nixon

The Ramakrishna-Vivekananda’s Influence on Gandhi
April 16 , 2025 Nikhil Yadav
Article Views: 55
India in the nineteenth century witnessed the birth and work of three great stalwarts whose impact and influence continue to grow with each passing day: Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda, and Mahatma Gandhi.

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Gandhi , Ramakrishna , Sanskrit , Theosophical , Vivekananda

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Through the Eyes of the Survivors
April 15 , 2025 Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 115
April 13, 1919, a day meant for celebrating the spring harvest, was turned into one of the darkest days in Indian history by the malevolent British Raj. It was the day of Baisakhi, and thousands of peop...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : British imperialism , Colonial Atrocities , Hunter Commission , Indian National Movement , Jallianwala Bagh massacre , Punjab , Reginald Dyer

The Evolution of India-U.S. Trade Relations and the New Delhi Negotiations of March 2025
April 14 , 2025 Dr Joseph N. Sanate, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 120
President Trump’s imposition of reciprocal tariffs with a multitude of global partners and competitors alike has elicited a plethora of reactions ranging from outrage to agreements to renegotiate trade ...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bilateral Trade Relations , BTA , India US Trade , India-U.S. relations , President Trump , tariffs , U.S. foreign policy

Uniting North and South for Sustainable Development in the Arctic
April 14 , 2025 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Views: 98
(Given below is the Welcome Address delivered by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF on 20 March 2025 during the VIF-Northern Forum International Conference held on 20th March 2025) Mr Vladimir Vasilev, Ex...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Arctic Council , Arctic governance , Climate Change , Geopolitics in the Arctic , Inclusive Arctic Research , India-Russia Arctic Cooperation , India’s Arctic policy , North-South Cooperation , Scientific Collaboration , Strategic Minerals , sustainable development

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