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A Budgetary Farce in Pakistan
June 24 , 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
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The expectation from the second full-year budget presented by the Imran Khan government was out-of-the-box thinking to tackle immediate and long term issues. These included the COVID-19 pandemic, econom...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : COVID-19 , Debt & liabilities , Defence budget , deficit , Economic Survey , IMF conditions , negative growth , revenue targets

आत्मनिर्भर भारत अभियान: आत्मनिर्भरता को समझना एवं पटरी पर लौटने का रास्ता तय करना
June 24 , 2020 Aarushi Suri
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यह आलेख भारतीय उद्योग परिसंघ (सीआईआई) और विवेकानंद इंटरनेशनल फाउंडेशन (वीआईएफ) के प्रसिद्ध विशेषज्ञों के विचारों और जानकारी पर आधारित है, जो विचार उन्होंने वीआईएफ द्वारा 25 मई, 2020 को आयोजित वेबिनार मे...

Economic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , अर्थव्यवस्था , आत्मानिभर भारत , इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर , एमएसएमई , मैन्युफैक्चरिंग , रिवाइविंग ग्रोथ , सर्विसेज , स्व रिलायंस

GAMES WITH CHINESE NAMES | A POEM
June 23 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Commentary Views: 4165
To understand China’s conduct You have to from their names deduct The kind of persons they could be, It’s like solving a mystery. In social context these days one sees You use first names with so much e...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chen Boda , Han Zheng , Hu Qili , Li Changchun , Li Fuchun , Li Lanqing , Li Zhanshu , Lui Yunshan , Politburo , Qiao Shi , Song Ping , Wang Hongwen , Wang Huning , Wang Qishan , Wang Yang , Wu Bangguo , Yao Yilin , Yu Zhengsheng , Zhang Gaoli , Zhao Leji

Sino Indian Faceoff: An Inflection Point in Relations
June 23 , 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
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The ongoing Sino-Indian faceoff at several points in Ladakh as well as at Naku La in Sikkim have brought the relationship to an inflexion point. While examining the extraordinary gravity of this face of...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Fingers area , Galwan valley , India , LAC , Ladakh , UN Human Rights Council

A Brief Assessment of China’s 3rd Session of the 13th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference - May 2020
June 23 , 2020 Jayadeva Ranade
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As usual China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), held its annual plenary session in Beijing along with the National People’s Congress (NPC)....

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP , COVID-19 , CPCC , critics of Xi , Deputies , Hong Kong Deputies , Li Keqiang , National security Law , PAP , PLA , Politburo , TAR , Xinjiang

India- Nepal and the issue of Lipulekh
June 22 , 2020 Dr Sangeeta Thapliyal
Article Views: 10238
Who owns Lipulekh pass and Kalapani? From where does the river Mahakali originate? What is the strategic importance of Kalapani? These are certain questions that have come to the forefront since Nepal r...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : India Nepal border , Lipulekh pass , Mahakaliriver

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