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Pakistan remains under the scrutiny of FATF
July 7 , 2021 Aakriti Vinayak
Commentary Views: 5283
Amidst the changing regional and geopolitical dynamics, Pakistan remains mired in complexities and uncertainties. It continues to remain under the scrutiny of the terror-financing watchdog Financial Act...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : FATF , Grey List , Pakistan , Terror Financing , Terrorism

Japan’s Four-day Workweek Proposal Unlikely to Work
July 7 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 5382
Japan and Japanese are known for their famously workaholic corporate culture. There are cases in which companies have forced employees to put extra hours, thereby driving some to commit suicide and givi...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Abe Shinzo , Coronavirus , corporate culture , four-day workweek , karoshi , Microsoft , OECD , top-down system , Womenomics , Yoshihide Suga

BIMSTEC in a Changing World
July 6 , 2021 Amb Hemayet Uddin
Podcast Views: 4366
In the current geopolitics, the Indo-Pacific region has gained significance. Within this, BIMSTEC as a sub-regional organisation has an imminent place, as it connects two regions-South Asia and Southeas...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , Region , Regional identity

‘Great Rejuvenation’ of the Chinese Nation to Continue: Xi’s Message at the CCP Centenary Celebrations
July 6 , 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 4416
The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th birth anniversary. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a much anticipated speech on the occasion. Being a centenary speech, it had obvious politic...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP , Centenary , China rejuvenation , Party Congress , PLA , Xi

Origin and Growth of Sino Pak Nexus against India: Suggested Tenets of Indian Response
July 6 , 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Article Views: 5294
An Assertive and Proactive India
The Surgical Strike in Uri Sector (20161, Doklam standoff (2017)2 and air strike in Balakot3 have portrayed an assertive and proactive Indian response to the Chinese and Pakistani belligerence.

China, Pakistan, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Aksai Chin , Belt and Road Initiative , Sino Pakistan Nexus

टोक्यो ओलम्पिक के निरस्तीकरण का मामला
July 6 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 3341
इस लेख के लिखे जाने के समय (9 जून 2021), टोक्यो में ओलम्पिक खेलों के आयोजन की बात हो रही थी पर असाधारण वैश्विक स्थिति में लोगों की जान बचाने में कहीं देर न हो जाए, इसको देखते हुए इसको स्थगित किए जाने का...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , कोरोना वायरस। महामारी। टोक्यो ओलम्पिक्स। योशिहिदे सुगा। सेकौ हाशिमोतो। सुपर स्प्रेडर। कोसुके ताकाहाशी। तारो कोनो। थॉमस बाख। सर कीथ मिल्स।

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