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Bangladesh : Leveraging its Locational Advantage
January 11 , 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta
Commentary Views: 4420
India and Bangladesh recently made history. After years of discussion and negotiations the first land and air transshipment between them finally took place towards the end of 2018. The first bonded cont...

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bangladesh elections , Indo-Bangladesh transport and economic partnership

Status of India-China Relations: Report from a Field Visit to Chinese Think Tanks
January 11 , 2019 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 11583
A multi-think tank scholars’ delegation from India visited China in the end of November, 2018. During the seven day visit, the delegates extensively interacted with a number of premier Chinese think tha...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India-China relations , Indo-China issues

आईएनएस अरिहंत की निवारक गश्त: भारत की परमाणु स्थिति में मील का अहम पत्थर
January 11 , 2019 Dr Kapil Patil
Article Views: 14622
भारत के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 5 नवंबर को ऐलान किया कि भारत की पहली पूरी तह स्वदेश में डिजाइन की गई और बनाई गई परमाणु पनडिब्बी आईएनएस अरिहंत ने हमले और घुसपैठ की आशंका रोकने के लिए अपनी पहली निवारक (डिटरंस) गश्त सफलतापूर्वक पूरी कर ली है। भारत की परमाणु स्थिति में इसके साथ ही अहम बढ़त मिल गई क्योंकि इससे परमाणु तिकड़ी पूरी तरह सक्रिय हो गई और देश शत्रुओं को रोकने के लिए भरोसेमंद परमाणु क्षमता हासिल करने के करीब पहुंच गया है।

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Hindi , आईएनएस अरिहंत का गश्त , भारत की परमाणु स्थिति

China calls for Taiwanese Reunification
January 10 , 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh
Commentary Views: 3636
January 1 marked the 40th anniversary of ‘message to compatriots in Taiwan’ which was issued by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on January 1, 1979. This message conveyed some of...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China-Taiwan , Xi on Taiwan

Swami Vivekananda and the New Gospel of ‘Manliness’
January 10 , 2019 Dr Arpita Mitra
Commentary Views: 13707
(This Commentary has been written to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Before the new generation misconstrues, Manliness is truly defined as ‘Purusharth’. - Ed)

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Swami Vivekananda , Vivekananda’s message of life

Challenges of Migration
January 9 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 6878
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this seminar on ‘The Challenges of Migration’ that India has been facing for a long time. Challenge of Illegal Migration

National Security and Strategic Studies, Ilegal Immigration

Tags : Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 , Illegal Migration

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