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India’s African Focus Continues
November 22 , 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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It appears that the next Chief Guest for the Republic Day 2019 will be Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, after a reluctant US President expressed his inability. It was for the good in any case...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India-Africa Cooperation , Indo-African relations

India-Nepal Relations under PM Oli
November 22 , 2018 C D Sahay Sushmita Bharti
Commentary Views: 4739
The landmark nation-wide elections in Nepal under the new Constitution, held in end-2017, ushered in a new era of democratic governance in the country. In these elections, the people’s verdict went overwhelmingly in favour of the Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist–Leninist or CPN-UML led by Prime Minister K P Oli, in alliance with CPN (Maoists Centre).

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Indo-Nepal relations , Nepal politics

Architecture in Success of a Strategic Platform : Lesson from Arihant
November 19 , 2018 Vice Adm Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Commentary Views: 2798
The Programme INS Arihant Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN), which completed its ‘deterrence patrol’ recently and was commended by the Prime Minister, is a three decades old pursuit of a survi...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Arihant SSBN , Defence programmes

Arihant to India’s defence: Nuclear triad is now fully operational and provides us with credible strategic deterrence
November 19 , 2018 General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM
Article Views: 29986
Monday, 5 November 2018, was indeed a red letter and historic day in the history of India’s security paradigm when a visibly proud Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the completion of a maiden ‘deterrent patrol’ by INS Arihant, India’s first indigenously built nuclear ballistic missile submarine.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Arihant , Indian Navy , INS Arihant , Nuclear Triad

Transcript of the full speech of Shri S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF on 'State of the Economy: India and the World' delivered at VIF on 15 Nov 2018
November 19 , 2018 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 7387
Professor Roger Moser, who says India is a second home, was partnering with me in discussions today on employing technology which is already developed. This is a new area of development all over the world.

Economic Studies

Tags : economy , Gurumuthy , RBI , World Economy

The Trinity Of Power
November 19 , 2018 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 15216
INS Arihant will enable India to assert its rights on water, besides land and air. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on November 5 that India’s first indigenously designed and built nuclear-powere...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Indian Navy , INS Arihant

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