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The Lockdown Week-1: Mixed results amidst hope
April 2 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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Announcing a nationwide, 3-week lockdown at four-hour notice requires courage and conviction. PM Modi displayed these qualities in full measure during his address to the nation on 24th March when he exp...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : community transmission , congregation Tablighi Jamaat , Economic Task Force , Fake news , International cooperation , lockdown , Migrants , PM CARES Fund , relief package , shortages

Myanmar Round Up: February 2020
April 2 , 2020 Jaideep Chanda
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The Presidential visit by President U Win Myint to India was the major highlight of India Myanmar relationsfor February 2020. Sadly, violence dominated February 2020 in Myanmar as the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) and the Arakan Army (AA) slugged it out in Chin and Rakhine States, to the peril of the locals caught in between.

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Coronavirus , Food Shortages , Internally Displaced Persons , Kachin Independence Army , Myanmar , Peace talks with AA , President U Win Myint , Presidential Visit , Rakhine Conflict

Pakistan and the FATF: The Sword Still Dangles
April 2 , 2020 Aakriti Vinayak
Commentary Views: 3977
Pakistan is in deep trouble. It was and continues to be under the penetrating gaze of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog- the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). To prevent org...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : FATF , Pakistan , Terror Financing , Terrorism

Rare eBooks on VIF Website
April 2 , 2020
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Majumdar, R.C., Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East, Volume I: Champa, Greater India Society Publication, Lahore: The Punjab Sanskrit Book Depot, 1927.

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Ancient World , Asoka , Corporate Life in Ancient India , Cradle Tales of Hinduism , Essays in National Idealism , Foreign Notices of South India , From Colombo to Almora , History of Sri Vijaya , India and Java , The Dance of Śiva: Fourteen Indian Essays , The Economic History of India , The Hindu View of Life

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 2, 2020
April 2 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 2996
While political leaders have locked their borders, scientists have been shattering theirs, creating a global collaboration unlike any in history. Never before, researchers say, have so many experts in so many countries focused simultaneously on a single topic and with such urgency

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Climate Change , coronavirus concerns , Covid , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Economic , European financial unity , flu , National shutdown , Virus Outbreak

The US and the Coronavirus Crisis
April 1 , 2020 Dr Harinder Sekhon
Commentary Views: 3972
With over 160,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 2500 deaths, the United States has emerged as the new epicentre of the corona virus pandemic sweeping across the world. Amidst global shutdowns and rem...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Governor Cuomo , International cooperation , New York City , Trump's early Response , Trump's Rescue Plan , US Epicentre of Coronavirus , Xi Jinping Trump telephone conversation

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