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Commentary: PM Modi’s Visit to Nepal - the Beginning of a New Chapter
May 17 , 2018 Abhigya Langeh C D Sahay
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Within a month of the first official foreign trip under taken by Nepal’s new Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to New Delhi (Apr 6-8, 2018) which came within two months of his assumption of office in Februa...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Indian PM’s Nepal visit , Indo-Nepal relations

Sri Lanka: Reforms in Policing-Work in Progress
May 17 , 2018 Akash Sahu
Article Views: 4472
The unfortunate incident of the police shoot out in Kataragama, a town in Monaragla district of south Sri Lanka on the night of 20th January, 2018, stirred up public protests and raised questions on the...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Police reforms in Sri Lanka , Policing in Sri Lanka

Commentary: India’s Lines of Credit Dilemma
May 16 , 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3715
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his third visit to Nepal at the end of the week from May 11-12, closely on the heels of visit of Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. Speaking at the India Foundat...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Diplomatic Lines of Credit , Economic diplomacy

Commentary: Will Japan Carry the Bastion of Constitution Amendment After Abe?
May 16 , 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 4128
“角を矯めて牛を殺す” (Kill a bull by straightening its horns, meaning: Action taken to put something right is often more unpleasant or damaging than the original problem)

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Japanese Constitution , Japan’s Defence Policy

एयर चीफ मार्शल बीएस धनोआ ने एक सार्वजनिक भाषण में बताया कि बदलते सुरक्षा वातावरण में कैसी है भारतीय वायुसेना की भूमिका
May 15 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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विवेकानंद इंटरनेशनल फाउंडेशन (वीआईएफ) के आमंत्रण पर एयर चीफ मार्शल बी. एस. धनोआ ने “राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा में भारतीय वायु सेना की भूमिका” विषय पर सार्वजनिक संबोधन किया। संबोधन में सामरिक समुदाय के सदस्य, आम जनता और स्कूल-कॉलेजों के छात्र मौजूद रहे।

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Hindi , राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा , वायु सेना की भूमिका

Obituary: Pravrajika Atmaprana, Biographer of Sister Nivedita, Passes Away in Delhi
May 15 , 2018 Dr Arpita Mitra
Article Views: 5580
Pravrajika Atmaprana, a senior nun of Sri Sarada Math, passed away at the age of 96 on the morning of 13 May at Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, New Delhi.

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Pravrajika Atmaprana , Ramakrishna Sarada Mission , Sister Nivedita’s Biographer

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