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Developments in Afghanistan: Concerns for Russia’s Central Asia Policy
August 13 , 2021 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
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Background
The failure of the Afghan Peace process and subsequent 'US-allied forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan has paved the way for an accelerated Taliban offensive in the country.

Afghanistan, Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Afghan peace process , Al Qaeda Tajikistan , IMU , military drill. , Russia , Taliban , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan

Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board –An Analysis
August 13 , 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 7676
A Bold Decision – Govt Walks the Talk Something big happened on 16 June 2021. In a run time of less than a year from first open announcement, the Govt of India has gone ahead to approve the Corporatisat...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Corporatisation of OFB , Govt announces corporatisation , OFB makeover , OFB transformation , OFB workers go on strike

ताइवान से नेताजी का नाता
August 13 , 2021 Rup Narayan Das
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ऐसे समय में जब भारत अदम्य नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस की 125वीं जयंती मना रहा है और उनका लापता होना एवं उनका निधन अभी भी रहस्य के आवरण में लिपटा हुआ है, तब यह बिल्कुल सही समय है कि अनुभवी पत्रकार हरिन शाह द्...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , ताइवान , द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध , नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस , हरिन शाह

Time for a Sporting Push in India
August 12 , 2021 Col (Retd.) Ravinder Pal Singh
Commentary Views: 5390
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 i...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : 2021 , Budget , Equipment , Infrastructure , Olympics , Schools , Sports , Tokyo Olympics , Universities

China Intensifies Campaign to Assimilate Tibetans into Mainstream Han Culture
August 12 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 6643
Tibet appears poised to initiate a vigorous campaign aimed at assimilating the Tibetan ethnic minority into the Han national mainstream. An important speech by Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Party Secret...

China, Tibet, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Buddhism , Dalai Lama , Gyaltsen Norbu , Han , Mandarin , TAR , Tibet , Wu Yingie

युद्ध, ओलंपिक और राष्ट्रवाद
August 11 , 2021 Dr Anil Rawat
Article Views: 4692
अंततः टोक्यो ओलंपिक 2020 के भव्य समारोह का शुभ आरंभ हो ही गया। तीन घंटे का यह शुरुआती समारोह इस पृथ्वी पर मानव के इतिहास में अब तक के देखे गए आयोजनों में सबसे अनूठा था। तब से ओलंपिक आयोजन दुनिया भर के ट...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , जापान। कोविड-19। टोक्यो ओलंपिक। क्योकुजित्सु-की। वाका। चीनी।

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