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'Self-reliant India' is a Dynamic Concept, it will never remain static
May 18 , 2020 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
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When asked if India should woo companies currently involved in China, Gurumurthy said: In my view, India should just create the ecosystem in which those who want to leave China will look at us as the fi...

Economic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Atma Nirbhar; Covid_19; Corona Virus; Swadeshi movement; Make in India;

COVID 19 and Emerging Geo-politics
May 18 , 2020 Aarushi Suri Dr Harinder Sekhon Shreyas Shende
Article Views: 3881
A meeting of the US Experts Group at VIF comprising Director, VIF, Dr Arvind Gupta, Ambassador Arun K Singh, former Ambassador of India to the United States Former Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Kanwal S...

China, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Post COVID Emerging Geopolitics; US China De coupling; Challenge to US led Global Order; US China Relations; Economic Challenge to Global Order; Future Trajectory; India's Options; Policy; Choices for India; Skilling India; India's Security Challenges; In

Taiwan Deserves Support of Democratic Countries for its World Health Assembly Bid
May 17 , 2020 Rup Narayan Das
Commentary Views: 3570
Taiwan has attracted international media attention from time to time, particularly whenever there is news regarding supply of arms, like fighter air crafts by the U.S.A or there is sabre rattling in the...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , COVID-19 , India , Taiwan , USA , WHA , WHO

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 15, 2020
May 15 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3409
Japan, its Asian neighbours, European countries and the U.S. are all looking to carve their own unique paths toward the same destination -- an exit from the coronavirus crisis that has hammered their economies. Much of the world is now attempting this high-stakes balancing act -- avoiding a full-on economic collapse while also preventing a new rush of infections that could overwhelm medical services.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : COVID-19 , Daily scan , Green Deal , logistics , Mental Health , Rohingya , Trade deal , TSMC , WTO

Tale of Panchatantra and The Wuhan Virus | A Poem
May 15 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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Getting the right perspective when Such pandemic starts to unfold, Of Elephant and the blind men Is tale that needs to be retold. How leaders felt the pachyderm In parts but could not see the whole, And...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Brazil , British , Chinese germ , Elephant and blind men , France , India , Italy , Korea , Pakistan , Spain , Sweden , U.S.

कोरोना – जैविक युद्ध और अन्य निहितार्थ
May 15 , 2020 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)
Article Views: 3893
कोरोनावायरस की तीव्रता और प्रसार दुनिया के लिए अभूतपूर्व रहा है। इससे पहले की सभी महामारियों का असर या तो छोटे क्षेत्रों पर हुआ था या कुछ ही समय में वे खत्म हो गई थीं। मौतों की बात करें तो 1347 और 1351 ...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Hindi , कोरोना , कोरोनावायरस , चीन , बीआरआई , महामारी , वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था , सोशल मीडिया

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