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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 04, 2020
June 4 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 2545
Economic Saudi Arabia poised to reverse extra production cuts as Opec+ meets

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Covid-19; Corona Virus; WHO; Hong Kong; Chinese

Modi Calls upon the Indian Industry to ‘Think Big’ and Help Build Aatmanirbhar Bharat
June 3 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 5002
Speaking at the 125th Annual Session of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon the Indian industry to take advantage of the unprecedented opportunities thro...

Economic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Aatmanirbhar Bharat , CII , COVID-19 , economy , health , MSMEs , structural reforms , Supply chains

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 03, 2020
June 3 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 2564
Economic
U.S. Weighs Tariffs against Nations Seeking to Tax Internet Firms
The Trump administration is taking the initial step to prepare tariffs against a range of trading partners unless they back off proposals to impose taxes that would fall heavily on the major American internet companies. The Office of the U.S.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Covid-19; Tax Internet Firms; lockdown; WTO; 6G; Coronavirus; China; Huawei

What is happening in Libya?
June 2 , 2020 Amb K P Fabian
Article Views: 4388
We have been coming across reports, more in the foreign media than in the Indian, of the military gains of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at the expense of the Tobruk-based General Khalifa Haftar.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : GNA , Haftar , Libya , Oil , Russia , Tobruk , Tripoli , Turkey

Net War in India: in the Context of Current Turbulence
June 2 , 2020 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Article Views: 4048
The Current Turbulence Relevant to India
The most visible events that impact the collective consciousness of Indian population today are connected with Sino Indian confrontation in the East, Pakistan sponsored proxy war post abrogation of Article 370- in the West, migration of Indian workers from economic hubs to their respective states of domicile and unprecedented global and economic downturn.

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article 370 , Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) , Information war , migrant workers , Net War

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 02, 2020
June 2 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3071
Economic
China bets on $2tn high-tech infrastructure plan to spark economy
When Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang delivered his government's annual work report in Beijing recently, the $2 trillion new high-tech infrastructure initiative was high up on the agenda.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Brent , Cash Payouts , Daily scan , Gold Trading , ICAO , Infrastructure Initiative , Kremlin , Taliban , Travel Bubbles , WHO , WTO

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