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COVID-19 in West Asia: Implications for India
April 15 , 2020 Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF
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The COVID-19 crisis has reflected the significance of nation-state and national boundaries continue to remain the principle barrier to contain the transmission of the pandemic. The initial response in m...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China; Russia , COVID-19 , Indian migrants , Remittances , US

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 15, 2020
April 15 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3647
The Russian president and his US counterpart have held five conversations since March 30, more than in the whole of 2019, as they negotiated the largest ever co-ordinated cut in crude oil production in response to a collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Coronavirus Outbreak , COVID-19 , Daily scan , epidemic , GDP , IMF , Pandemic , WHO , World Economy

Covid-19 and India’s Maoists
April 15 , 2020 DR P V Ramana
Commentary Views: 6166
Even as the country is under a lockdown in the wake of COVID-19, also being referred to as novel Corona virus, alleged sympathisers of Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in shor...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Leftwing Extremism

Tags : COVID-19 , Expansion of bases , Recruitment , Relief from courts , Urban Maoists

Armed Forces in Aid to Civilian Authorities in COVID-19 environment
April 14 , 2020 Jaideep Chanda
Article Views: 5121
COVID-19 has tested healthcare and associated infrastructure of nations like nothing else before. There are precedents e.g. the Spanish Flu, but none on the scale of COVID-19. Under such a catastrophic ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Army , Assistance Civil authorities , CDS , COVID-19 , Force preservation , IAF , Indian Navy , logistics , Quarantine

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 14, 2020
April 14 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3952
The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million on April 13 to cancel six months of debt payments for 25 of the world's most impoverished countries so they can help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Coronavirus , Covid 19 , Daily scan , Face masks , G20 finance ministers , Government , IMF , lockdown , Pandemic

लॉकडाउन का पहला सप्ताह: आशा के बीच मिलेजुले परिणाम
April 14 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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चार-घंटे के नोटिस पर 3 सप्ताह के एक राष्ट्रव्यापी लॉकडाउन की घोषणा करने में साहस और दृढ़ विश्वास की आवश्यकता होती है। पीएम मोदी ने 24 मार्च को राष्ट्र के नाम अपने संबोधन के दौरान इन गुणों को पूर्ण रूप स...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Covid 19 , Economic Task Force , Hindi , lockdown , PM CARES Fund , लॉकडाउन का पहला सप्ताह

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