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Practical Patriotism: Remembering Swami Vivekananda on his 157th birth anniversary
January 10 , 2020 Dr Arpita Mitra
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In December 1892, Swami Vivekananda was visiting Trivandrum, the capital of the then Princely State of Travancore. This was right before his visit to Kanyakumari, where, during the Christmas of 1892, si...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : birth anniversary; 12 January , call to the youth , National Youth Day , patriotism , service to the nation , serving the poor , Swami Vivekananda

Right to Information Act: Its use and misuse
January 10 , 2020 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 8837
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde cautioned last month against the abuse of the Right to Information Act, setting off a chain of indignant reactions from a variety of activists. “There is paralysis and fe...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article 19 , CIC , CJI , misuse of RTI , RTI

Assassination of General Soleimani and geo-political tensions in the Gulf
January 9 , 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3362
Assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Al Quds Forces in an American strike at Baghdad airport in the early hours of 3rd January sent shock waves in the region. Iran declared 3...

West Asia, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : IRGC , Kitaib-Hizbullah , Mashad , oil price , Quds Force , Soleimani

All Quiet in Kashmir?
January 9 , 2020 Bashir Assad
Commentary Views: 4356
Kashmir is relatively calm since the last couple of months. No street protests, no encounters between the militants and the security forces. Last encounter was reported on November 26 between the milita...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Article 370 , Communications , FATF , infiltration , Intelligence , ISI , Pakistan

Chinese President Xi Jinping Faces Difficult Times Ahead
January 8 , 2020 Jayadeva Ranade
Commentary Views: 4168
There are clear indications that popular dissatisfaction and discontent with Chinese President Xi Jinping inside China continues to simmer just below the surface. The economic slowdown, unemployment and...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : BRI , China's universities , leaks , Protests , surveillance

China’s Energy Challenge: Lessons for India
January 8 , 2020 Amit Bhandari Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3213
Like other large economies, China faces the twin issues of affordable energy and environmental concerns. China accounts for almost half of the global coal consumption, has recently overtaken the U.S. as...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Electric cycles , Lithium batteries , renewable energy , urban transport

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