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Israel’s Dissolved Knesset
June 7 , 2019 Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF
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On 9 April 2019, national election was held in Israel in which the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assumed victory. The ruling party, Likud maintained its lead in the 120 members Israeli Par...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Israel elections , Netanyahu’s political test , political dissonance in Israel

27 मार्च 2019 का ए-सैट परीक्षण
June 7 , 2019 Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, PhD
Article Views: 2905
भारत ने आखिरकार उपग्रह रोधी प्रौद्योगिकी (ए-सैट) का परीक्षण कर ही लिया। भारत की क्षमता दर्शाने के लिए यह परीक्षण काफी पहले से किया जाना था और वह प्रदर्शन आधुनिक प्रौद्योगिकियों के संदर्भ में किया गया। य...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Hindi , उपग्रह रोधी ए-सैट , भारत का अंतरिक्ष क्षमता , भारत का मिसाइल रक्षा

Ideas for PM Modi’s upcoming SCO Summit in Kyrgyzstan
June 6 , 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3468
The 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is scheduled to be held on 13-14 June 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is the second summit after India was granted full membership of this organiz...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India-CAR’s relations , India’s objectives in SCO , SCO Summit 2019

Historical Perspective on Ancient and Medieval Sino-India Wars
June 6 , 2019 Colonel D Lakshmana Kumar
Article Views: 20367
Before the 1962 border clash, Mao Zedong apparently told his commanders that China and India had previously fought ‘One and a half wars’ and in both instances India had been defeated convincingly. This historical misconception would have had no significance had it not been quoted repeatedly by authors and scholars.

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Mao’s notion of Sino-India history , Mongol incursions in mediaeval times

Jal Shakti
June 5 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Commentary Views: 3060
One of the highlights of Government formation for a second time under the prime ministership of Narendra Modi was the creation of a new Jal Shakti Ministry. This was pursuant to the promise the Bharatiy...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Jal Shakti Ministry , Water conservation , Water crisis

Shangri-La Dialogue-2019 - Implications for India’s Security Policy
June 5 , 2019 Commodore Somen Banerjee
Commentary Views: 3923
Recalling Queen Victoria’s diamond Jubilee in 1897, Arnold Toynbee had remarked, “Here we are at the top of the world. We have arrived at this peak to stay forever. There is off course, this thing calle...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China’s Indo-Pacific intent , Shangri-La Dialogue-2019 , US policy in Indo-Pacific

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