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India-China Standoff and Stability in the Indo-Pacific
June 22 , 2020 Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (Retd.)
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Recent violent clashes near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between Indian and Chinese army units, resulting in large number of casualties in the Galwan region, has caused significant alarm in the wide...

China, Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : COC , Galwan , Indian Navy , Indo-Pacific , IOR , PLA Navy , South China Sea

Hydroxychloroquine: Pandemic, Parasites and Politics
June 22 , 2020 Radhika Daga
Commentary Views: 6248
In this six month long mercurial quest for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, winners are far from declared. Among the various antiviral treatments tested or deployed to inhibit the viral gr...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : artificial intelligence , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Donald Trump , Hydroxychloroquine , ICMR , Science , Vaccines

The Islamic Reception of Yoga
June 20 , 2020 Dr Arpita Mitra
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The history of the Muslim world’s engagement with Yoga spans at least about a millennium. The purpose of this essay is to briefly recount some high points in this history, which will help put in perspec...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Abul Fazl , Ain-i-Akbari , Alberuni , Amritakunda , Arab World , Arabic & Persian translation , cultural translation , Hatha Yoga , India , Islam , Patanjali , Sufism , Tahqiq-i-Hind , Yoga , Yogasutra

FDI in Defence: Some Thoughts
June 20 , 2020 Lt. Gen P R Shankar (Retd.)
Article Views: 4281
When our Finance Minister announced the raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the defence sector under the automatic route from 49% to 74%1 it was reported as a ‘big push’ for Make in Indi...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Defence sector , FDI , Make in India , ROI , technologies

An Assessment of China’s 13th National People’s Congress – May 2020’
June 20 , 2020 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 4897
Summary The 3rd Plenum of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) was held in Beijing from May 22 to 28, 2020, in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic with restrictions on expenditure and social int...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : 13th CPC , China , CPPCC , criticism , economy , Hongkong , military Deputies , Pandemic , Tsinghua University , Two Centenary goals , Two Sessions , US-China relations , Xi Jinping

India gets Elected as a Non-permanent Member of the UNSC: A Busy Agenda Ahead
June 20 , 2020 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 6467
On 17 June, India wascomfortably elected to the non- permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period of two years starting January 2021, receiving the endorsement from 184 ou...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India , Multilateralism , Non-permanent member , permanent seat , UNSC

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