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Building Capabilities and Capacities for India - Policy suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024
July 11 , 2024
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The Vivekananda International Foundation has published a report Building Capabilities and Capacities for India: Policy Suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024. It makes se...

Tags : Ayurveda , Building Capabilities , Climate Change , cybersecurity , foreign policy , Government , Higher Education , India , International trade , Modi 3.0 , NDA , Policy suggestions , VIF Report

Deepfakes: A Threat to National Security in the Digital Era
July 11 , 2024 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 1691
मिथ्याज्ञानं तमोगुणः संशयात्मा यदा जायते। तदा जगदिदं सर्वं भ्रान्तं व्यामोहमोहितम्॥ (English Translation: When ignorance born of darkness and doubt arises, Then this entire world appears delusory and ve...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security

Tags : AI , Bharat , China , Cyber , Deepfake , Defence Security , economy , GAN , India , Japan , ML , Neural , Pakistan , Political , technology , Terrorism , Unreal , US

Political Instability Resurfaces Again in Nepal
July 10 , 2024 Dr Rishi Gupta
Commentary Views: 1466
Nepal, nestled between the two biggest Asian economies—India and China—is again witnessing political uncertainties. The ruling Left Alliance is on the brink of collapse following the withdrawal of suppo...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , India , KP Oli , Maoist Centre , Nepal , Nepal Communist Party , Nepali Congress , Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'

Strengthening Ties: PM Sheikh Hasina’s Strategic Visit to India
July 9 , 2024 Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 1762
Introduction
On 21 June the PM of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi for a two-day state visit at the invitation of PM Narendra Modi, thus becoming the first leader to pay a bilateral state visit to India

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bangladesh , China , Connectivity , India , Intra- Regional Trade , Sheikh Hasina , Teesta River Project

New Dynamics in Nepal-India Relations
July 8 , 2024 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 1918
Nepal-India relations are as old as the history of human civilization. No two countries of the world are as much tied together through the bonds of geography, culture, social, economic, religion, and la...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : border issue , hydropower trade , India , Nepal , Pancheshwar project , Treaty of Sugauli

The Rise And Rise Of Ajit Doval
July 6 , 2024 Nitin A Gokhale
Article Views: 1586
The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), in its 25th year, continues to grow in size and importance. Led by India’s longest-serving National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, the NSCS, which d...

National Security and Strategic Studies

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