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Three generations at the Everest Base Camp
May 29 , 2024 Amb R Rajagopalan
Positive Bharat Views: 1781
They are neither mountaineers nor professional athletes, just a close knit family that wanted to be together and also mark an important date. A normal family but with the zeal, enthusiasm and determinat...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Bharat positive , Everest Base Camp , Krishan Saroop Sood , Positive Bharat

Initial Assessment of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Three Nation European Tour
May 28 , 2024 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 1586
Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan, Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) member and Director of the CCP CC General Office Cai Qi and Politburo member and Foreign Minister W...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , EU , France , Hungary , Macron , Serbia , Ursula von der Leyen , Uyghur protests , Xi Jinping

Iran in the Wake of the Death of Ebrahim Raisi
May 27 , 2024 Kingshuk Chatterjee
Article Views: 1560
The death of Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent President of Iran, in a tragic accident has lent to feverish speculation as to what could its repercussions be. The general consensus that is emerging seems to...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Ayatollah Khamenei , Ebrahim Raisi , Hossein Amir-Abdollahian , IRGC , Mohammad Mokhber

India’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Model for Equitable Healthcare
May 27 , 2024 Dr Shailja Vaidya Gupta
Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy Views: 1840
Introduction
In late 2019, a notable increase in cases (a cluster) of atypical pneumonia occurred in Wuhan, China.

Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) , COVID-19 pandemic , Equitable Healthcare , Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 , Vaccine Diplomacy

The Potential and Challenges of India’s Online Gaming Industry: Need for a Holistic Approach
May 26 , 2024 Amrit Kiran Singh, Founder President, Skill Online Games Institute (SOGI)
Article Views: 1913
India's online gaming industry stands at a pivotal moment, reminiscent of the inflection point that the IT sector faced in the 1990s. The regulatory approach adopted by the government will determine whe...

Governance and Political Studies

The Changing Nature of Warfare: Lessons for India
May 24 , 2024 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 1855
The Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Gaza provide several pointers to how the nature of warfare is changing. Indian strategic thinkers need to carefully study these wars and imbibe the lessons. Indian ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Air defence , doctrine , Drones , India , Iran , Israel , Lessons , Long wars , nuclear doctrine Ukraine war

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