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Indian Economy may take a Few Years to Stabilize
September 12 , 2020 Pratim Ranjan Bose
Commentary Views: 5874
If social media is of any significance, the public perception of the prospect of recovery of India’s COVID-hit economy moves between two extremes. Some are quick to ‘predict’ doomsday and some others on...

Economic Studies

Tags : Banking sector , China , COVID-19 , GDP , Lockdowns , Maruti Suzuki , services sector

Deconstructing China Pakistan Economic Corridor- Is it Viable?
September 11 , 2020 Aakriti Vinayak
Commentary Views: 5375
Covid-19 crisis has compelled the world to re- envision its strategies of cooperation and contestation with China. International community has demanded an investigation of the origin of virus putting th...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Belt and Road Initiative , China , China Pakistan Economic Corridor , China Perfidy , CPEC , Economic crisis , Gwadar , Pakistan

Sustainability of Federalism in Nepal
September 11 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 11518
Federalism is a system of government that distributes power between the Central government and the regional bodies.1 Most of the countries in the world have adopted federalism for it helps them in bridg...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Budgetary allocations , CPN (Maoist) , Federalism , Janjatis , Madheshis , Nepal

India-China military standoff: What next?
September 10 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 4630
The India-China military stand-off has worsened in the last few days. Each side has blamed the other for the current round of tensions. In a pre-emptive move, the Indian forces occupied important height...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Defence Ministers , Indian Army , Rezin La , SCO

चीनी विदेश मंत्री की यूरोप यात्रा: जनसम्पर्क की असफल कवायद
September 10 , 2020 Amb JK Tripathi
Article Views: 5350
चीन के विदेश मंत्री वांग यी ने 25 अगस्त से 1 सितम्बर तक यूरोप का दौरा किया। उनकी यह यात्रा कुछ चुनिंदा देशोंइटली,फ्रांस,नीदरलैंड्स,नार्वे और जर्मनी तक सीमित रही। चीनी विदेश मंत्रालय के प्रवक्ता झाओ ली...

China, Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , उइग़र , कोविड-19 , जी-7 , तिब्बत , यूरोप , वांग यी , शी जिनपिंग , हांगकांग

India-China Face Off- Has China Committed a Faux Pas?
September 9 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Article Views: 19338
China has committed a grave error in triggering a military confrontation in Ladakh. It has underestimated the Indian resolve to stand up to its bullying tactics. Doklam should have been a warning to Chi...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP , China , Defence Ministers meeting , economic front , LAC , Ladakh , military conflict , Pangong Tso , PLA , Wang Yi , Xi Jinping

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