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The India EU Summit: Belied Expectations
July 31 , 2020 Amb Gurjit Singh
Commentary Views: 4041
The 15th India EU Summit was held on 15 July 2020 in virtual mode. The process of Summits was instituted in 2000 and 12 Summits took place annually till 2012. The 13th took 4 years to materialize, in20...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Brexit , BTIA , China challenge , Connectivity Strategy for Asia , COVID-19 , EU China Strategy , shared values

Turkey and Egypt on the Libyan Cross Roads
July 31 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 5588
Libya’s misfortune refuses to go away. The foreign and interventionist powers continue to back their proteges to sub serve their own regional geo-political and geo-economic interests in the Mediterranea...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Egypt , Erdogan , General Haftar , GNA , Hagia Sofia , Libya , LNA , Muslim Brotherhood , President Sisi , Sirte , Turkey

ASEAN Response to Covid-19 Pandemic: An Assessment
July 30 , 2020 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 6044
ASEAN countries being next to mainland China were the first ones to come in contact with the Coronavirus. In fact, the first confirmed case outside China was detected in Thailand on 13 January who was a...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , COVID-19 , Economic Outlook , mitigation strategies , Stimulus package , Vietnam , WHO

Sustainability of Federalism in Nepal
July 30 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 4975
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 : CPN-Maoist , Federalism , House of Representatives , Local Councils , Madhes Movements , Madhesis , Nepal , Provincial Assemblies

Rural Growth, Agricultural Reforms & RBI Monetary Policy in a High Systemic Risk Economy
July 29 , 2020 Praveen Menon
Article Views: 6037
When the RBI meeting of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in August commences, it would probably be the strangest voting decision. On one hand, RBI may be acutely sensitive to the diminished consumer conf...

Economic Studies

Tags : Agrarian economy , Agricultural reforms , agriculture , Banking crisis , Economic crisis , economy , Economy of India , Financial crisis , Financial system , Indian Economy , Liquidity , Monetary policy , MPC , NBFC , NPA , Pandemic , Reserve Bank of India , Rural economy

Year after Abrogation of Article 370 what the State has Achieved!
July 29 , 2020 Bashir Assad
Article Views: 5750
It is one year since the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution which conferred special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir within the Union of India. Seemingly the ...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article 370 , Geelani , governance , International players , LoC , new terrorist outfits , Pakistani handlers

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