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The 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (2019-2020)
August 23 , 2019 Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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The 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will be held from mid-September 2019 till mid-September 2020. The African Group’s candidate Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria, a political scientist, educationist and career diplomat, has been unanimously elected President of this session of the UNGA, which will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 2020.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : agenda for the UN , India in UNGA , UNGS session

कश्मीरी आतंकियों की नई नस्ल
August 23 , 2019 Bashir Assad
Article Views: 3009
कश्मीर में आतंकवाद के मौजूदा दौर के पीछे विचारधारा की मजबूत बुनियाद है। यह 1990 के दशक की विचारधारा से एकदम अलग है। आतंकवाद के इस दौर को जरूरत वैचारिक खुराक वहाबी और मौदूदी पंथों से निकलने वाले इस्लामी ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Hindi

Is it Time for India to Up its Game in West Asia?
August 22 , 2019 Rajesh Soami
Commentary Views: 2753
Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and France this week to boost bilateral ties with these states. The visit comes in the wake of support that India has re...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India and West Asian countries , PM’s West Asian visit , West Asian relations

Misleading Reportage: India Remains a Miracle and Robust Democracy
August 22 , 2019 Amb Rajiv Sikri
Article Views: 8474
A few days ago, a relative who lives in the US brought to my attention an article by Ramachandra Guha in The Washington Post of 14th August titled “India was a Miracle Democracy. But it’s Time to Downgr...

Media Studies

Tags : False propaganda , Guha’s tirade , Misleading foreign readers

Education and Technology: The New Frontier of Indo-Bhutan Relationship
August 22 , 2019 Alakh Ranjan
Article Views: 7589
India and Bhutan share a very close relationship not only in terms of geography but also in terms of history, traditions, culture and spirituality. The relationship between India-Bhutan runs very deep a...

Bhutan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Indo-Bhutan cooperation , Indo-Bhutan relations , PM Modi’s Bhutan visit

US-China Trade War: Fall Out in China
August 21 , 2019 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 2484
The mood in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hierarchy is sombre. The US-China trade war, as it is called, marks a substantive change in the US-China relationship. Mutual suspicion now taints what Beij...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China-US trade , China’s policy issues , Chinese economy

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