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Dr. Rajendra Singh: Waterman of India
April 3 , 2023 Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF
Positive Bharat Views: 9299
India is facing water distress in both quality and quantity. This is expected to worsen if urgent all-round remedial measures being taken prove to be inadequate. Water shortages, pollution, overuse and ...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Climate Change , Johads , Positive Bharat , rainwater harvesting , Water conservation , water literacy , water security

Sri Lanka's Local Government Elections marred by Uncertainty
April 3 , 2023 Dr Anil Kumar
Article Views: 6312
The Local Government (LG) elections in Sri Lanka have been postponed twice in the last one year. The election to choose new administrations for 340 local councils[1] that serve four-year terms was last ...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Economic crisis , elections , IMF , Local Government , Protests , Sri Lanka

Opening of Maoist Insurgency Period Cases and its Impact on Prime Minister’s Future in Nepal
April 3 , 2023 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 5449
Last December, the Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal became Prime Minister of Nepal with the support of the Communist Party of Nepal – Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML), but in two months he changed his...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : CPN (Maoist Centre) CPN-UML , Maoist insurgency , Nepal , Supreme Court , Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Significance of Kishida’s visit to India
April 1 , 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 5320
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been on a diplomatic blitz in recent days. First he hosted the South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol breaking the ice in the frosty ties that troubled the two As...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : FOIP , G-20 , G-7 , Indo-Pacific Strategy , IPEF , Maritime Security , Shinkansen project , Special Strategic and Global Partnership

Buddhism and India’s Soft Power Diplomacy
March 31 , 2023 Ankit Mohonto
Article Views: 7042
India has always been aware of the need to avoid using military might as the cornerstone of its foreign policy since gaining independence. The values of peaceful coexistence have governed India since Ja...

Historical and Civilisational Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Buddhism , China , Diplomacy , India , Nalanda , SCO , shinzo abe , Soft Power

International Order and Taliban: Theory and Practice
March 29 , 2023 Georgi Asatryan, Ph.D.
Commentary Views: 5980
Afghanistan has historically been on the fringe of global politics while also being unexpectedly and tragically entangled in international processes. It was afflicted throughout the 20th century by link...

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghanistan , International order , Pakistan , Taliban

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