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After South Korea, Vietnam another example to emulate in fighting Covid-19
May 20 , 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 4113
Introduction
Amongst Asian countries, three countries – South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam – have been successful vis-a-vis the European nations and rest of Asia in containing the spread of the novel Coronavirus or Covid-19. Like South Korea and Taiwan, Vietnam is being seen as a model for other nations to emulate.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Contact tracing , Coronavirus , Developing vaccine , Farmacia Orient , Low-cost model , Medical supplies , Stakeholder , Testing kits , Ventilator , Vingroup , Warlike preparation

Regulating the Use of Autonomous Weapon Systems
May 19 , 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee
Commentary Views: 4200
Instead of worrying about technical definitions, focus on how humans can retain control over their machines
 Terminators running amok; the wanton killing of human beings; the end of civilisation as we know it; these are the sort of images that come to mind when the word ‘killer robots’ is used.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : artificial intelligence , Emerging technologies , International humanitarian law , Lethal autonomous weapons , UN CCW

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 19, 2020
May 19 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 2950
Faced with economic calamity and the threat of the coronavirus further fracturing the European Union, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on May 18 broke with decades of German economic orthodoxy and agreed to back the idea of collective European debt to help those countries that have been hit hardest by the pandemic.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Airline Travel , BeiDou , Dengue , Inflation , Merkel , Moderna , Oil and Gas , Taiwan , tariffs , TRIPS , WHA

Myanmar Round Up: April 2020
May 19 , 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
Article Views: 4826
Myanmar continues to struggle amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing its deep socio-economic problems, concerning poverty, hunger, internally displaced people and ethnic armed organisations. The milita...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Myanmar; Burma;

आत्मनिर्भरता: भारत के पुनरुत्थान की मोदी की योजना
May 19 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 5760
आत्मनिर्भरता: भारत के पुनरुत्थान की मोदी की योजना अरविंद गुप्ता, निदेशक, वीआईएफ प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 12 मई, 2020 को राष्ट्र के नाम अपने संबोधन में 20 लाख करोड़ रुपये की योजना का ऐलान किया और सुधा...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , आत्मनिर्भर भारत अभियान , आत्मनिर्भरता , आत्मनिर्भरता वैश्वीकरण , पुनरुत्थान , प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी , भारत , योजना , लोकल के लिए वोकल , स्थानीय विनिर्माण

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 18, 2020
May 18 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 23873
Trump's rhetoric on Beijing has turned increasingly aggressive in recent weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsened in the U.S., but the Commerce Department's new rule, announced on May 15, is first major economic measure against China after the two countries inked the first part of a trade deal in January.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 5G , Antitrust , CNOOC , Huawei , Special Operations , Vaccines , Venezuela , West Bank , WHO Summit

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