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Containment Again: Will this be the Leitmotif of the ‘Quad’?
January 29 , 2018 Pinaki Bhattacharya
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Prologue

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Act East , Indo-Pacific , Quad Grouping

Commentary: Electoral Bonds – First Step to Cleanse the Electoral System
January 29 , 2018 Dr A Surya Prakash
Commentary Views: 5377
Indians take pride in the fact that they are citizens of the world’s largest democracy and that despite poverty, under-development and fairly high levels of illiteracy, the democratic spirit in well and...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Election spending , electoral bonds

Counsels from the Life of Swami Vivekananda for the Indian Youth
January 25 , 2018 Pravas Kumar Mishra
Views: 7094
Swami Vivekananda was a monk who travelled extensively in the most interior parts of India, which inevitably shaped his conscience about the uniqueness of Indian culture, spirituality and civilisation. ...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Bharat Mata , Indian values , Swami Vivekananda

Anatomy of Agricultural Debt Waivers in India
January 25 , 2018 Akash Solanki
Views: 8025
Agriculture plays an important role in the Indian economy with over 58 per cent of rural households dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. As per the 2nd revised estimates by the CSO, the share ...

Economic Studies

Tags : farm loan waivers , Fiscal reforms , state finances

Commentary- Central Asia in 2017
January 24 , 2018 Dr Rashmini Koparkar
Commentary Views: 5501
Central Asia is India’s extended neighbour and a geo-strategically vital region. India’s relations with this region go back for centuries, and are based on commercial, cultural, and civilizational links...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CARs , Central Asian Republics , Chabahar Port , foreign policy , INSTC , Kyrgyzstan , Rajnath Singh , regional cooperation , SCO , TAPI

Challenges of the India-Bharat Divide
January 23 , 2018 Rajesh Singh
Views: 10

Tags : Policies & Perspectives

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