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Chinese President Xi Jinping Bolsters Position at National People’s Congress
April 4 , 2024 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 2222
The plenary sessions of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body, and the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s version of a parliament, both i...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : aircraft carrier , civil military fusion , CPCC , Gen Dong Jun , Li Qiang , National Defence budget , PLA Navy , SOEs , Taiwan , Third Plenum , Wang Yi , Xi Jinping

Japan’s New Partnership and Change in Defence Posture
April 3 , 2024 Varuna Shankar
Commentary Views: 1598
In the latest move, Japan on March 26 decided to to ease its strict defence exports’ rules. This has allowed it to build the next-generation fighter jet in collaboration with Britain and Italy to be exp...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Britain , Italy , Japan , pacifist principles , sixth generation fighter jet

Recent Political Developments in Nepal: What next?
April 2 , 2024 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 1814
On March 4, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister and the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-MC) stunned the nation by severing a 15-month-long alliance with Nepali Congress and forg...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Beijing , CMN-MC , CPN-UML , India , Nepal , Nepali Congress , PM Dahal

Mapping Terrorism & Extremism in Bharat
April 1 , 2024 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 4615
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्‌ । कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्‌ ॥ [Translation: “O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, unborn, eternal and immutable kill an...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : Bharat , India , insurgency , Islamic , J&K , Jammu , Kashmir , Khalistan , LWE , Maoist , Naxal , PFI , Punjab

The Paddy Gene Bank of Sathyanarayana Beleri
March 27 , 2024 Sarada Subhash, Research Associate, VIF
Positive Bharat Views: 1962
Shri. Sathyanarayana Beleri, a paddy gene bank conservator and farmer from the Belur village of Kasargod, Kerala was recently conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award by the Government of India f...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : agriculture , indigenous rice varieties , paddy gene conservationist , Positive Bharat , traditional food sources

Why a Code of Conduct on South China Sea Remains Elusive?
March 26 , 2024 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 2200
Introduction
Recent developments in South China Sea have necessitated fast-tracking the finalisation of a legally binding Code of Conduct (COC) for all competing parties in the disputed waters. There are doubts, however, if such a document can be arrived at any time soon purely because of China’s rigid position.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , CNOOC , Code of Conduct , EEZ , island reclamation , military installation , ONGC , South China Sea , UNCLOS

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