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Neighbourhood First: India’s Policy towards Nepal
October 1 , 2019 Alakh Ranjan
Commentary Views: 5895
The Mothihari-Amlekhgunj pipeline was jointly inaugurated on 10th September 2019 by Prime Ministers of both nations through a video link. The 69 km pipeline multiproduct pipeline is a government to gove...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China’s Nepal overtures , India’s role in development of Nepal , Indo-Nepal ties

India and Mongolia – The Spiritual Neighbours
September 30 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 4467
Ironically, when one thinks of Mongolia the utter winter, cold climate, distance and exotic nature claim the mind-space. This is one country where Indians are loved probably due to the Buddhist connecti...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India-Mongolia bond , Indo-Mongolia spiritual-material cooperation

The Attack on Saudi Oil: What Next?
September 30 , 2019 Amb K P Fabian
Article Views: 2179
The world learnt with tremendous shock, surprise, and a degree of distress about the attack on Saudi oil facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais, bringing down the Saudi oil giant Aramco’s oil production by 5....

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Attack on Saudi oil , Iran-Houthi-Saudi tangle , oil supply crisis

Contrasting Visions of Modi and Imran Khan
September 30 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 2913
The two speeches delivered by Prime Minister Modi and by Mr Imran Khan at the UN General Assembly on 27 September 2019 are studies in contrast. Both prime ministers spoke about their visions and their c...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Imran Khan’s hate speech , India’s Kashmir issue , Modi’s address to UNGA

Notes from the Sub-continent
September 27 , 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee
Article Views: 44969
In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we offer a mix of foreign and domestic policy issues. Starting with Bangladesh, we look at its response to India’s publication of the National Register for Citizens in Assam; then onto Nepal, where we see how the commentariat is divided over the outcomes of the Chinese foreign minister’s recent visit to Kathmandu.

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Assam NRC , Pakistan’s Kashmir cry , Sino-Nepal visit , Sri Lanka elections

Post August 5, the Many Truths of Kashmir
September 27 , 2019 Bashir Assad
Article Views: 3382
Post the abrogation of Article 370, with restrictions in Kashmir - clampdown on communication channels through mobile and internet services - the information coming out through media outlets cannot be t...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Kashmir situation , Media in Kashmir , Militant diktats in Kashmir

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