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India’s Climate Policy
July 15 , 2024 Dr J.R. Bhatt, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 408
The 1990s were a time of global change. The fall of the Berlin Wall led to Francis Fukuyama arguing in The End of History and the Last Man that western liberal democracy had triumphed and there was to b...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : adaptation , Climate Change , Determinants and Evolution , Development , Environment , India's Climate Policy , mitigation

Pezeshkian as President: What Might this Mean for Iran and India
July 15 , 2024 Kingshuk Chatterjee
Article Views: 307
Election for the presidency of the Islamic Republic in Iran has brought into limelight the unlikely figure of Masoud Pezeshkian, who beat the arch-conservative Saeed Jalili in the run-off held on 5th Ju...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 2022 protests , Ebrahim Raisi , Hijab laws , Reformist bloc , Saeed Jalili

The Growth of Digital Payments in India: 10 Key Factors
July 12 , 2024 Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 339
Over the last 10 years, India has witnessed phenomenal growth in the digital payments’ domain. In terms of volume, the total number of digital transactions have increased from a mere 162 crores during ...

Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Department of Payment and Settlement Systems , Digital payment systems , Fintech , National Electronic Funds Transfer , Real-Time Gross Settlement , Unified Payments Interface

Building Capabilities and Capacities for India - Policy suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024
July 11 , 2024
Views: 223
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, Senior Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 386
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: 415
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'

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