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The United States and the COVID Challenge: it’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election
June 16 , 2020 Dr Harinder Sekhon
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the United States. In June, the US crossed the two million mark in infected cases and has reported over 117 thousand deaths. Of these, New York alone has recorded over 382,000 cases, far higher than most nations in the world.

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : America's troubles , CARES Act , COVID Challenge , Donald Trump , Epicentres of the disease , Great Depression , H1B Visas , Immigration , New York , Pandemic , Paycheck Protection Program , Rural America. , US Demographics , US economy , US elections , US Unemployment

वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
June 16 , 2020 Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.)
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हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बारे में विस्तार से बात करते समय कुछ उचित और प्रासंगिक तथ्य सामने रखे हैं। हालांकि तथ्य उपयुक्त हो सकते हैं ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : एलएसी , गालवान घाटी , नकुल , लद्दाख , विभिन्न धारणाएं , सिक्किम

Russia and Turkey Embroiled in Libya
June 16 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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For over a decade the biggest problem and misfortune of the Libyans has been the competition among the rival powers. This included the regional and non-regional interventionists who continue to support ...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Berlin Process , Erdogan , Gen. Haftar , GNA , Putin , Tobruk , Tripoli , UN

COVID-19 in Tajikistan: From Denial to Full-scale Crisis
June 15 , 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
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Despite being surrounded by the countries with positive cases of coronavirus, the Tajik Government had consistently denied the existence of the virus until April 30 when 15 cases were reported. This ann...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , IMF , India , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Medical Diplomacy , Pandemic , Pneumonia , poverty , Remittances , Tajikistan , Unemployment , Uzbekistan , Vande Bharat , World Bank

The Virtual Summit between India and Australia: how Significant?
June 15 , 2020 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Connected by the Indian Ocean, Commonwealth, the English language and shared democratic values, Australia has never loomed larger in the Indian consciousness than in the last decade. The relationship ha...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Australia , Cyber Security , defence cooperation , diaspora , India , Indo--Pacific , Mutual Logistics Support , strategic partnership

ऑटोनॉमस शस्त्र प्रणालियों के प्रयोग पर नियंत्रण
June 15 , 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee
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तकनीकी परिभाषाओं की चिंता करने के बजाय जोर इस बात पर हो कि मानव अपनी मशीनों पर नियंत्रण कैसे बनाए रख सकता है
जैसे ही ‘किलर रोबॉट’ शब्द इस्तेमाल किया जाता है तो हमारे दिमाग में कैसी तस्वीरें कौंधने लगती हैं? पगलाए हुए टर्मिनेटर दौड़ रहे हैं; लोगों को बेरहमी से मारा जा रहा है; दुनिया खत्म हो रही है। लेकिन वास्तव में यह शब्द ऑटोनॉमस हथियार प्रणालियों (एडब्ल्यूएस) के लिए या उन हथियारों के लिए इस्तेमाल होता है, जिनमें कृत्रिम मेधा (एआई) यानी खुद सोचने की क्षमता होती है।

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानवीय कानून , उभरती प्रौद्योगिकियां , कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता , घातक स्वायत्त हथियार , संयुक्त राष्ट्र CCW

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